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Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will
Tech Won’t Save Us. Shrinking Consumption Will Beyond the ‘blah blah blah’ of climate summits lies the real solution our leaders refuse to acknowledge. First of two parts. Oversold: Forget carbon storage, direct air capture, hydrogen power and the Earth relentlessly mined to support ‘green tech.’ Image from Shutterstock. Since 1995 there have been 25 global […]
The Oil Omen: First Large U.S. Shale Driller To Pledge Flat Output In 2022
The Oil Omen: First Large U.S. Shale Driller To Pledge Flat Output In 2022 Diamondback said it planned to pump some 221,000 to 225,000 barrels of crude daily. For full 2021, Diamondback said production would come in at between 222,000 to 223,000 bpd Most large shale drillers are adopting the same approach in order to […]
Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb
Permafrost: a ticking carbon time bomb In Sweden’s far north, permafrost beneath the Stordalen mire is up to thousands of years old. Sheltered by snow-spattered mountains, the Stordalen mire is a flat, marshy plateau, pockmarked with muddy puddles. A whiff of rotten eggs wafts through the fresh air. Here in the Arctic in Sweden’s far […]
How Much of the Worsening Energy Crisis Is Due to Depletion?
How Much of the Worsening Energy Crisis Is Due to Depletion? If society attempts to maintain current levels of energy services throughout the transition, the result will be a spike in both energy usage and carbon emissions. Coal and natural gas spot prices have recently soared to record levels internationally, while oil is trading at over […]
When they say money, think energy
When they say money, think energy The Indian government ruffled a few feathers at the COP this morning, by raising the thorny question of the £722bn they were supposed to receive to aid their transition away from fossil fuels. Because, when all is said and done, the proposed transition is all about money. Decommissioning the old fossil […]
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI
Today’s Contemplation: Collapse Cometh XXXI Tulum, Mexico (1986) Photo by author So, dozens of political leaders, their hundreds of staff, multitudes of corporate leaders, and who knows how many ‘celebrities’ have all gathered in Glasgow, Scotland for an elite confab (#26) to discuss the ‘Climate […]
The Big Three: The 21st Century “Clean Energy” Regime
THE BIG THREE: THE 21ST CENTURY “CLEAN ENERGY” REGIME *Breakthrough Energy Coalition Founders The “big three” that comprise the 21st century “clean energy” regime are Mission Innovation, Breakthrough Energy Coalition (BEC), and the Global Apollo Programme, with BEC in the driving seat. What we are witnessing is militarized advertising campaign for pseudo ‘public interest’ purposes. This is an example […]
BP: Oil Demand Has Already Topped 100 Million Bpd
BP: Oil Demand Has Already Topped 100 Million Bpd BP: Global oil demand has already exceeded the threshold of 100 million barrels per day Demand will continue to increase and reach pre-COVID levels at some point in 2022 Global oil demand has already exceeded the threshold of 100 million barrels per day (bpd) last seen […]
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
China Rations Diesel Amid Nationwide Fuel Shortages
China’s Blackouts Are Shining Light On A New Problem
China’s Blackouts Are Shining Light On A New Problem
Biden says he worries that cutting oil production too fast will hurt working people
Biden says he worries that cutting oil production too fast will hurt working people President Biden spent three days in Rome talking to world leaders before and during the G-20. He held a formal press conference before heading to the UN climate summit in Glasgow. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images President Biden said on Sunday […]
Stealing a Nation: Secret SAS Mission to Capture Mideast Oil Artery
Stealing a Nation: Secret SAS Mission to Capture Mideast Oil Artery British files seen by Declassified-UK reveal details of torture from 1970, when special forces invaded and annexed the Persian Gulf’s most important oil route, Phil Miller reports. A dhow in the waters off Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, 2007. (hoteldephil, Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) Fifty years ago, U.S. […]
Here to stay or gone in 30 years? Inside the fight over the future of the oil industry
Here to stay or gone in 30 years? Inside the fight over the future of the oil industry The people who made their fortunes in the oil capital of Europe need a new plan. For decades, Aberdeen, a port city on Scotland’s northeast coast, has served as the commercial gateway to the North Sea, where powerful […]
World Should Brace for Global Oil Shortage and Skyrocketing Price Due to Worsening Crisis
World Should Brace for Global Oil Shortage and Skyrocketing Price Due to Worsening Crisis According to economists, chronic underinvestment in new oil supply since the 2015 crisis, as well as pressure on oil and gas corporations to reduce emissions and even “keep it in the ground,” would likely lead to global oil output peaking sooner than […]
Intermission: The Machine Stops?
Intermission: The Machine Stops? ‘I have seen the hills of Wessex.’ “The Machine,” they exclaimed, “feeds us and clothes us and houses us; through it we speak to one another, through it we see one another, in it we have our being. The Machine is the friend of ideas and the enemy of superstition: the […]
