I not going to pretend I know an awful lot about the situation in Iraq (except to say their oil extraction rate is around a third lower now compared with a few years ago) but I will present this data compiled by cryptome.org (click the graph for larger version):
The graph shows the US military’s […]
This is an encouraging development. Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas has directly asked the EU Commission:
“What is the Commission’s position on this debate? When does the Commission anticipate that peak production will occur? What is its strategy for responding to the challenges posed by peak oil?”
Very rarely do we see prominent environmentalists raising the […]
Last week we looked at the shocking discovery that the EIA’s International Energy Outlook 2001 was completely wrong in it’s analysis of some major oil provinces, worrying since it seems some people, even governments, actually believe these guys know what they are talking about and use their forecasts to develop policy. Now it’s time […]
On Wednesday 23rd I attended the Oil Supply Summit at the Palace of Westminster chaired by John Hemming MP. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Chemical Industries Association (CIA), National Farmers Union (NFU), Energy Institute (EI), Ofgem, New Energy Foundation (NEF) and Powerswitch with the aim to review the fossil fuel situation […]
On Wednesday 2nd November the Energy Institute held a conference titled Oil Depletion – Facing The Challenges unfortunately I was dodging riots in Paris and couldn’t be there but it seems that Claire Durkin, Head of Energy Markets Unit at the DTI made a very important announcement, she has been quoted as saying:
We can […]
A new petition entitled “Peak Oil Production & Decline - Raising awareness and discussion of the consequences and solutions” has officially been launched by Powerswitch.org.uk to call on UK government to prepare for the serious economic, social and cultural adjustment of the twenty first century caused by global oil depletion.
The petition, which can be found […]