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Resource Insights: Five energy surprises for 2015: The possible and the improbable
Resource Insights: Five energy surprises for 2015: The possible and the improbable. The coming year is likely to be as full of surprises in the field of energy as 2014 was. We just don’t know which surprises! I am not predicting that any of the following will happen, and they will be surprises to most […]
Egypt And The Double-Edged Sword Of Cheap Oil
Egypt And The Double-Edged Sword Of Cheap Oil. The good news for Egypt: Inexpensive oil means the government needs to spend less on its fuel subsidies for its energy-hungry population of 86 million people, the third largest in the Middle East. The bad news: Rich oil-producing countries in the region are making less money on their […]
The Archdruid Report: Waiting for the Sunrise
The Archdruid Report: Waiting for the Sunrise. By the time many of my readers get to this week’s essay here on The Archdruid Report, it will be Christmas Day. Here in America, that means that we’re finally most of the way through one of the year’s gaudiest orgies of pure vulgar greed, the holiday shopping season, […]
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Challenging the Divine Right of Big Energy | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Rebecca Solnit, Challenging the Divine Right of Big Energy | TomDispatch. It was the most thrilling bureaucratic document I’ve ever seen for just one reason: it was dated the 21st day of the month of Thermidor in the Year Six. Written in sepia ink on heavy paper, it recorded an ordinary land auction in […]
Revolution, Part 2: The New Paradigm | Degrowth 2014
Revolution, Part 2: The New Paradigm | Degrowth 2014. Worried about the shit hitting the fan on climate change and other major crises? Good. Because those crises prove that civilization is in the midst of a phase shift to new forms – and we’ve got the opportunity, right now, to ride the wave of five […]
20 Stunning Facts About Energy Jobs In The US | Zero Hedge
20 Stunning Facts About Energy Jobs In The US | Zero Hedge. For all those who think the upcoming carnage to the shale industry will be “contained” we refer to the following research report from the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research: The United States is now the world’s largest and fastest-growing producer of hydrocarbons. It has […]
Renewables Highly Competitive Though Not Yet At Scale | EnergyPolicyForum
Renewables Highly Competitive Though Not Yet At Scale | EnergyPolicyForum. Investment in renewables worldwide has picked up steam. It is possible that total clean energy capacity installed in 2014 will be greater in non-OECD countries than developed nations for the first time. Oil and gas companies have long touted an expected upward growth trajectory in […]
Resource Insights: Greed explained: J. Paul Getty, Aristotle and the Maximum Power Principle
Resource Insights: Greed explained: J. Paul Getty, Aristotle and the Maximum Power Principle. Greed explained: J. Paul Getty, Aristotle and the Maximum Power Principle Regular readers know I often write about energy, and while this piece may not at first blush seem like an energy story, you’ll soon see that the quest for an ample […]
2014 Year in Review – David Collum | Peak Prosperity
2014 Year in Review – David Collum | Peak Prosperity. Every year, friend-of-the-site David Collum writes a detailed “Year in Review” synopsis full of keen perspective and plenty of wit. This year’s is no exception. As with past years, he has graciously selected PeakProsperity.com as the site where it will be published in full. It’s quite longer than […]
Falling Oil Prices Could Rock Canada’s Politics: Expert | The Tyee
Falling Oil Prices Could Rock Canada’s Politics: Expert | The Tyee. What do the plummeting oil prices tell us not only about our near term economic future in Canada, but the political fragility of the world’s petro states? If Canada fully joins the petro state club, as our prime minister and his party desire, is […]
The Fracturing Energy Bubble Is the New Housing Crash | David Stockman’s Contra Corner
The Fracturing Energy Bubble Is the New Housing Crash | David Stockman’s Contra Corner. Let’s see. Between July 2007 and January 2009, the median US residential housing price plunged from $230k to $165k or by 30%. That must have been some kind of super “tax cut”. In fact, that brutal housing price plunge amounted to a $400 billion per year […]
Site C dam approved by B.C. government – British Columbia – CBC News
Site C dam approved by B.C. government – British Columbia – CBC News. B.C. has approved the $9 billion Site C dam — a massive hydroelectric project that would flood a large area of the Peace River Valley in northeastern B.C. In making the announcement, Premier Christy Clark said the Site C Clean Energy Project will provide B.C. […]
This Is Why the Oil-Price Crash Will Maul the US Economy | Wolf Street
This Is Why the Oil-Price Crash Will Maul the US Economy | Wolf Street. The plunge in the price of oil that began in July acts like a tax cut, it is said, and will boost spending by consumers and businesses, and thus goose the US economy. Among the voices propagating this view is the UBS […]
The Global Energy Security War
The Global Energy Security War. Concerns about energy security have shot to the top of the political agenda in Europe. But the US has no intention of letting the EU down. “The United States will be working with the EU to develop a plan for the mid- to long-term evolution of a more energy-secure future”, […]
Wind Offers a Healthy Way to Generate Power | David Suzuki
Wind Offers a Healthy Way to Generate Power | David Suzuki. There’s no free ride when it comes to generating energy. Even the cleanest sources have environmental consequences. Materials for all power-generating facilities have to be obtained and transported, and infrastructure must be built, maintained and eventually decommissioned. Wind turbines take up space and can harm wildlife. Hydro […]
