Inside Japan’s nuclear ghost zone

Nothing stirs in the empty heart of Tomioka, a community of 16,000 now reduced to the eerie status of a ghost town after the nuclear disaster at Fukushima. The shops of the main street are deserted, motorbikes and cars are abandoned, weeds push through gaps in the concrete. Vending machines selling drinks and snacks – […]

A Vision For The Post-Peak Oil Future (Pt 6)

“Peak oil and the events associated with it will be an unprecedented discontinuity in human and geologic history. Peak oil crises will soon confront societies with the opportunity to recreate themselves based on their respective needs, culture, resources, and governance responses. Peak oil will require a change of economic and social systems, and will result […]

IEA says fundamental tightness explains sustained high oil prices

Oil prices have remained stubbornly high this year, with Dated Brent currently averaging more than $110/barrel, seemingly at odds with the worsening economic outlook in many key oil-consuming countries. But despite all the attention being given to the parlous state of many western economies, fundamental market tightness lies behind the apparently paradoxical sustained high crude […]

New evidence cites more BP oil spill mistakes

A key federal report into what caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history was being readied for release as early as Wednesday amid revelations that BP made critical mistakes on the well and failed to tell its partners and the U.S. government when it realized it. An investigation team of the U.S. Coast […]

Porter Stansberry: U.S. Shifts to Gas Export Role

The Energy Report: You have said you don’t believe in peak oil, Porter, because as oil prices rise, the entrepreneurial spirit will lead people to find ways to extract oil either in new places or with new technology. With prices running between $80 and $100/barrel (bbl), is the era of cheap oil over? And if […]

Growing through the storm

What can we learn from the storms and fires? Will gardening still be possible if the climate is disrupted? Where will fertilizer come from after Peak Oil? In this Fall 2011 Kick-off show, we have three interviews. LEARNING FROM HURRICANE IRENE “Peak Oil Shrink” psychologist Kathy McMahon starts out. Watching the TV reports, and being […]

Peak Oil and the light at the end of the tunnel

For over 100 years we have relied on oil as a cheap, energy dense and portable form of power. Many advances such as plastics, ink, medicine, fertilizer, crayons, bubble gum, soup, glass and tires are heavily dependent on cheap oil. There is only a finite supply of oil in the world, and demand is increasing […]

Orlov: How I Survived Hurricane Irene

Quite a few well-meaning people have written to ask me how I survived the recent hurricane. Some have even suggested that I should give up living aboard and flee to higher ground. We spent the entire event at the dock, bobbing up and down slightly and leaning over a bit in the wind gusts. By […]

‘Out of Control’ Food Markets Need Rules

New rules are needed to limit the influence of financial speculation and stabilize food markets that are “out of control,” an anti-poverty campaign group said. Regulators in the U.S., the European Union and the Group of 20 should move trading of derivatives from over-the-counter markets to regulated exchanges and introduce position reporting, the London-based World […]

Saleh’s offer sparks mass protests in Yemen

Tens of thousands of Yemenis in the capital chanted “No deal, no maneuvering, the president should leave”. Hundreds of thousands of Yemenis have gathered in cities and towns across the country to protest what they consider President Ali Abdullah Saleh’s latest attempt to avoid stepping down. “No deal, no maneuvering, the president should leave,” protesters […]

The Global Inflation Bomb

The Global Economy is still deep in uncertainty over not just whether or when a recovery will take place but more importantly there is much debate over if the financial turbulence of 2008 were just the tremors before a the real economic earthquake. The very fabric of the global economy is completely different today than […]

Our Greatest Challenge – Inflation, Sovereign Defaults, Fiscal Deficits? No – EROEI

Haven’t heard of EROEI? You can be forgiven if its not a topic that is on the tip of your tongue with issues of sovereign insolvency, QE3 and the like dominating the airwaves. I feel confident that EROEI is an acronym that will receive much wider recognition over the next decade. What is EROEI you […]

Agenda for the 2011 ASPO-USA Conference

his week, we would like to present our agenda for the 2011 ASPO-USA Conference – Peak Oil, Energy & the Economy to be held November 2-5 (Wednesday – Saturday) in Washington DC. Wednesday is a pre-conference day featuring visits with Congressional offices and Congressional staff. Thursday will focus on the latest information on oil and […]

European Debt Crisis and Sustainability

What would humans have to do to really live sustainability with the world’s ecosystems? I got a shock when I read about the pattern of species extinctions which is taking place that form a part of what is called the “Sixth Mass Extinction.” It turns out that man’s adverse influence on ecosystems didn’t start a […]

Five minutes with Dave Hamilton

Dave Hamilton has a degree in Nutrition, is a professional foraging,food and gardening writer. He lives in Devon, where he grows and forages for most of his own food and teaches horticulture.

Peak oil and collapse scenarios. Part 2

n Part One we did a sort of fast fly-by of the Peak Oil debate, taking its temperature, as it were, rather than “explaining” it. There are already more than enough “explanations” and “refutations”, as any search engine will demonstrate, and the reader is invited to explore them at his/her leisure. Here we pick up […]

OPEC: Global Oil Supply Increased in August

OPEC’s graph is above, and shows a continuing increase at a steady pace.  We are now pretty much back to the level of January (ie pre-Libya problems). In OPEC country level details: Saudi Arabia sustained and very slightly added to their recent increase, Libya is down to nothing, and nobody else has much in the […]

Solar and Wind Power Would Speed Up, Not Reduce, Global Warming

Study: Coal-Fired Power Plants Emit Pollutants That Keep the Earth Cool (Note: I am amazed that I have to put such a disclaimer in here, but a note for the comprehension-impaired: This is not an article calling for more coal-fired power plants. It is an examination into how the media reported on a recent energy […]

Oil Market data leak spurs calls for changes at the CFTC

Nearly a month after a US senator leaked confidential energy market information to the public in an attempt, he said, to show that big banks were artificially driving up prices, the calls for controls, probes and reforms have begun. During a Commodity Futures Trading Commission meeting Thursday, CFTC Commissioner Jill Sommers, a Republican, called on […]

Kunstler: Seeing Stars

I don’t want to be party pooper, but is it possible that all the 9/11 remembrance hoopla was a kind of weekend refuge from reality for this psychologically spavined nation? Memorializing is easy; acting resolutely in the here-and-now is another matter. To me, the various  9/11 doings that radiated out over the media gave off […]

OPEC cuts oil demand forecast

OPEC cut its forecast for global oil demand growth next year because of a worsening economic outlook and said a disappointing economic performance in top consumer the United States could further weigh on fuel use. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, in a monthly report on Monday, also said concerns were easing about a […]

E-Cat Cold fusion device independently validated producing 800% more energy than input

Initially met with skepticism due to claims that it works on cold fusion technology, the energy catalyzer has been validated producing 2.6 kilowatts from an input of 300 watts by Swedish technology magazine NyTeknik (http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/ener…). The technology, which was granted a patent in April, is expected to be on the market this fall. (http://www.nyteknik.se/nyheter/ener…) Inventors […]

Power demand from US homes is falling

American homes are more cluttered than ever with devices, and they all need power: Cellphones and iPads that have to be charged, DVRs that run all hours, TVs that light up in high definition. But something shocking is happening to demand for electricity in the Age of the Gadget: It’s leveling off. Over the next […]

China Goes Solar as America Stumbles

The U.S. media is abuzz over last week’s bankruptcy of thin-film solar manufacturer Solyndra LLC, with some conservative politicians trying to use the demise of the start-up to argue against federal financing for green energy. But the Chinese media is focusing on a far more important solar power development: two major energy plans that will […]

Arabs nations to get $58 billion to reward reform

Wealthy countries and international lenders promised more money Saturday to encourage democratic reforms in Arab nations, promising at least $58 billion. After Tunisia and Egypt ousted their authoritarian regimes earlier this year, eight of the world’s most developed economies along with rich Arab countries and a raft of development banks had pledged in May to […]

Iran Says Boosting Oil Output Among Top Priorities

Boosting Iran’s crude production is one of the Oil Ministry’s top priorities, the ministry’s Shana news website reported, citing Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi. Crude output must increase by 1 million barrels a day by 2013, Qasemi said at a meeting with officials in the southern city of Ahwaz, according to Shana. Iran, the second-biggest producer […]

India: Time To Privatize Oil Procurement

Move over subsidies. It is time to privatize oil procurement. Doubters must realize that the telecom industry that was privatized a decade ago did not cause a steep price hike or hold the nation to ransom due to profiteering. On the contrary it has modernized communication, made telephony easier and cheaper for the common man […]

Food Production Must Increase 70 Percent to Meet Earth’s Growing Population

With the world’s population expected to reach 7 billion by the end of October according to the United Nations, farmers and researchers are scrambling to figure out how to prevent a global food crisis. Despite a recent decline in fertility throughout the world, the Earth’s population is predicted to reach 10.1 billion by 2100, according […]

An Off-Grid Family Home in Rural New Hampshire

From the beginning, they had a plan. “Almost from when we met, the plan was always, we’ll move back to Peterborough when we want to start a family, and we’ll build a house with my dad,” says Anna Von Mertens. Anna, a textile artist, and her husband, Chris Anderson, had both moved to San Francisco […]

Prince Charles warns of ‘sixth extinction event’

Mankind faces extinction, the Prince of Wales has warned, unless humans transform our lifestyles to stop mass consumption, run away climate change and destruction of wildlife. In his first speech as the new President of the Worldwide Wildlife Fund (WWF) UK, Prince Charles suggested ‘surviving ourselves’ should be a priority. Referring to himself as “an […]

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