Global Crop Yields Fail to Keep Pace With Demand

The world is not increasing yields of major crops quickly enough to meet future food demands from an expanding population, presenting a “looming and growing agricultural crisis”, according to a study. Yields of maize, rice, wheat and soybean – responsible for providing 43 per cent of global dietary energy and 40 per cent of protein […]

Expect $50 oil , but not $2 gas , Gulf Oil CEO says

Oil prices should be about half of today’s $105 a barrel by the end of the year, Gulf Oil CEO Joe Petrowski predicted on CNBC on Monday. He stressed on “Squawk Box” that this trend is mostly on the supply side because record amounts of oil and natural gas are being produced in the United […]

More People; Fewer Resources

The UN now estimates that there will be 9.6 billion people by 2050, which is a revision upwards from their 2010 estimate of 9.3 billion. For some environmentalists, this is a scary thought. A simplistic take on natural resource use suggests that more people mean more consumption and more pollution. Estimating global population, let alone […]

10 Points To Consider In The Natural-Gas-Vehicle Debate

The perception of natural gas as a mainstream fuel for vehicles runs the gamut, dependent upon where you live: from the improbable… to the viable… to the everyday reality. So from recent burrito research expeditions, here are ten points to stir up the melding pot of the great natural gas vehicle debate. 1) Here is […]

Peak Moment 238: Splendid Bicycles for Cargo and Kids

Picture a sofa perched on a bicycle for its move across town! That’s how Portlanders Joel and Barb Grover transport items too big or awkward for a car. More and more folks in bicycle-friendly terrain are using cargo bikes for their in-town transportation needs — carrying kids, groceries, purchases and goods for market. Creative cycle […]

More Oil, but Higher Prices

Please repeat the words “more oil, higher prices” as you stand at the gasoline pump. These four words are key to solving your pain at the pump because they underlie oil price reality. “Drill, baby, drill” through hydraulic fracturing is pumping out more oil. It will not deliver sustained lower pump prices. Why gasoline prices […]

Lower Oil Prices on the Horizon

More crude produced in the U.S. and lower demand for it both here and overseas spell relief for consumers. After nearly a decade of unrelenting gains, oil prices are poised for a drop. New sources of supply and slowing demand both at home and abroad will combine to push prices down by 20% to 30% […]

Peak Oil: Crude oil prices have increased

News22 Published 12 July 2013

We Need Oil. They Need Pig.

China has battleships, missiles and awfully effective computer hackers. Soon it will have tasty American-made pork parts in its arsenal to threaten the United States. To the Chinese government, pork is a strategic concern. It even has a strategic pork reserve, like the United States has a strategic oil reserve. Some senators are objecting to […]

New England’s love affair with natural gas cools

New England’s love affair with natural gas appears to be showing strain as the regional power grid operator voices worry about too much demand on limited supplies and a leading environmental group criticizes the fuel it once supported. The changing mood follows more than a decade of explosive growth in the use of natural gas […]

IMF projects slower growth for 2013

The International Monetary Fund in Washington on Tuesday said economic growth prospects for 2013 had weakened since April. In the group’s World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said global economic growth in 2013 would be slightly above 3 percent, dropping its growth predictions due to “weaker domestic demand and slower growth in several key emerging […]

Inflation Is Too Low? Are You Kidding Us Bernanke?

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said this week that inflation in the United States needs to be higher.  Yes, he actually came right out and said that.  It almost seems as if Bernanke is trying to purposely hurt the middle class.  On Wednesday, Bernanke told the press that “both sides of our mandate are saying […]

Dr. Robert Lawrence: Peak Oil, Food Systems and Public Health

As the director of the Center for a Livable Future at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Dr. Robert Lawrence knows a lot about the relationships among agriculture, public health, natural resources, the environment and global population. He managed to address the complex interconnections among them all in an hour-long lecture at the […]

OPEC Sees Oil Demand Decline Again

Demand for crude oil from OPEC countries is expected to decline again next year, as independent producers, especially the United States, increase their supplies. Listen to De Capua report on OPEC Times are gradually changing for OPEC, the Organization of Oil Exporting Countries. Its own surveys show how the global market is shifting as oil […]

Japan Utilities Use Less Oil on Nuclear Restart, New Coal Units

Japan’s utilities used less crude and fuel oil in June as the operation of two nuclear reactors and new coal-fired units helped them reduce reliance on more-expensive sources. Japan’s 10 regional power utilities consumed about 770,000 kiloliters of crude in June, down 27 percent from a year earlier, according to data released today by the […]

Oil Demand Pushed Up By Emerging Markets

Emerging nations are pushing the global oil demand to a new peak, according to the International Energy Authority. Emerging economies will become the main force in the global oil market next year and push demand to a record high level, according to new data. The International Energy Agency (IEA) has also raised its demand forecast […]

Hard Landing In China Could Take Oil Down To $70 Per Barrel

China is increasingly giving signs that a hard landing could be in the cards, as the government cracks down on financial excesses and overheating markets amid a global slowdown.  If the world’s second largest economy were to slow down dramatically, it would have a substantial effect on commodity prices, given China’s outsized influence in those […]

Sharp Jump in US Gasoline Prices Seen Within Days

Gasoline is expected to jump 10 to 20 cents per gallon in the next several days, as rising oil prices and peak driving season create a perfect storm for higher prices. Industry experts say gasoline prices at the pump should follow the already higher prices in the spot wholesale market. The national average at the […]

2/3 of Egypt’s oil is gone 20 years after its peak

No matter who is ruling Egypt and for how long, this country faces a crippling energy crunch which contributes to the general dissatisfaction of the public and the accelerating changes we see in this country. Egypt’s Gas Shortage Fuels June 30 protests 27/6/2013 By Wednesday afternoon, June 26, traffic in Cairo went from a gridlock of […]

China Passenger-Vehicle Sales Rise 9.3%

China, the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, plans to widen the number of cities curbing auto purchases to fight pollution and congestion, threatening vehicle sales, the government-backed car association said. Eight cities — Chengdu, Chongqing, Hangzhou, Qingdao, Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang, Tianjin and Wuhan — will probably introduce measures limiting auto purchases, Shi Jianhua, deputy secretary general […]

China wants bigger share of U.S. shale revolution

China expressed a desire to increase its investment in U.S. shale gas during talks between the two countries on Wednesday, an American official said. Output from shale fields in the United States and Canada has jumped in recent years with the increased use of drilling methods such as hydraulic fracturing. Companies in China, which has […]

More Signs Of ‘Peak Us’ In New Study Of ‘Peak Oil Demand’

Now comes this fascinating paper in Environmental Science & Technology: “Peak Oil Demand: The Role of Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels in a Global Oil Production Decline.”   Abstract Some argue that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity. We examine the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved […]

The economy isn’t coming back

Presently Americans wait with bated breath, watching sales numbers and unemployment statistics, grasping for signs that an economic recovery is underway. We search for signals that indicate we’re growing, that there will be a job for everyone who wants one, and that the United States will resume the prosperity and standing in the world it […]

New Great Depression Will Collapse Civilization

In today’s video, Richard Duncan author of ‘The New Depression’ explains how a four decade long expansion of 50 trillion dollars in credit will collapse civilization in less than 10 years.

Peak Oil Will Not Be Televised

Before I get into my post, I wanted to share this article. As gross as it is, considering my experience with C. Diff over the past (more than) several years, people should know just how important the bacteria flora living on and in your body is to your health. I had occasion to reach out […]

Los Angeles, Paris Participate in Megacities Carbon Project

Cities are responsible for 70 percent of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Los Angeles and Paris are both participating in the Megacities Carbon Project, a research study by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to develop and test methods for more accurately measuring greenhouse gas emissions from cities and power plants. The stated goal of the […]

Good growth – does the world need it or get it?

PwC’s Malcolm Preston asks if western governments are pursuing the right sort of growth Returning from an overseas business trip last month I read a report of Obama’s climate action plan. It described it as adding-up to “one of the most extensive reorganisations of the US economy since the 1930s”. A few paragraphs later, the […]

Building a resilient homestead of your own

“Imagine inheriting a food forest,” farmer and author Ben Falk suggests in The Resilient Farm and Homestead: an Innovative Permaculture and Whole Systems Design Approach. And although Falk does eventually go on to describe exactly how one would go about creating a low-maintenance, edible forest garden, the idea he poses ignites a greater question – […]

The Most Expensive Gas In The World

At an incredible $9.98 per gallon, Turkey has the most expensive gasoline in the world – almost triple that of the US – closely followed by Norway at $9.97. In fact, as Bloomberg notes, the US can celebrate its good fortune at being only the 51st most expensive country in the world for gasoline. (click […]

More on Land, Energy, and Time

Land We may assume, then, that every economic actor* in a community has been assigned a portion of contiguous land of equal value excluding the most desirable locations of all – normally coast lines, river banks, the best scenic outlooks, and the best locations for intensive energy collection, which will be retained by the community […]

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