Archive for 'Öljyhuippu'

Biofuels - Mar 16

Posted on March 16, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

-The Case Against Biofuels: Probing Ethanol’s Hidden Costs
-Big Oil Behind Yet Another Biofuels Research Paper
-Harrabin’s Notes: Battle over biofuel strategy

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Peak oil & supplies - March 14

Posted on March 14, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

- Kuwaiti scientists predict peak oil production for 2014
- Forecasting world crude oil production using multicyclic Hubbert model (paper)
- Study sees efficiency as key to meeting energy needs (CERA)
- Traders bet on higher gasoline prices

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ODAC Newsletter - Mar 12

Posted on March 12, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

What do you do if you’re an energy consultancy that finds itself on the wrong side of the peak oil argument just as much of the oil industry and the rest of the world embraces the idea? The solution devised by eternal optimists IHS CERA, hosting a conference in Houston this week, is to sidestep this embarrassing development by simply rebranding the problem: ‘peak demand’.

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Gas - Mar 10

Posted on March 10, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

-US EPA chief concerned about gas drilling fluids
-Europe the new frontier in shale gas rush
-The true cost of shale gas production
-The Natural Gas Shopping Spree Quickens

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Collaboratively We Are Really, Really Smart

Posted on March 8, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

KrisCan talks with designer Ken Eklund, the creator of World Without Oil, an online game that dealt with the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis where players were encouraged to contribute stories, podcasts or videos that chronicled their experience of an imagined reality…

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Requiem for a dying city

Posted on March 6, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

Unions, very much like the bulk of the population, are still trapped in this ideology of perpetual progress, yet cannot help noticing the continuous degradation of most people’s living conditions. The result of this cognitive dissonance between the grandiose expectations of the ideology of progress and the bleak reality, is a curious combination of helplessness, despair and anger..

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Peak oil notes - Mar 6

Posted on March 4, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

A weekly update including:
- Prices and production
- Iraqi elections

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Peak oil, gas, prices, and supplies - Mar 2

Posted on March 2, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

-What the Olympics Can Teach Us About the Price of Gas
-Pickens expects approval of key natural gas plan
-Asia buys record volume of W.African oil in Q1
-Russia February Output Nears Post-Soviet Record on TNK-BP
-RBS accused over funding for tar sands ‘blood oil’

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An uneven collapse (Hint: It’s already happening)

Posted on February 28, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

The collapse of the globalized society we now inhabit will be exceedingly uneven geographically and one that is spread over many years. And, I believe that that collapse has already started to appear.

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ODAC Newsletter - Feb 26

Posted on February 26, 2010, under Uutiset, Öljyhuippu.

The world is heading for a renewed oil crunch as soon as 2013 due to shrinking production capacity and growing demand in the emerging markets, according to reports from two investment banks. Both BofA Merril Lynch and Barclays Capital conclude non OPEC production is close to peak, meaning a shift back to reliance on OPEC for new capacity…

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Lähde: Energy Bulletin