The Sixth Extinction
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune–without Continue Reading
Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune–without Continue Reading
Oil prices climbed from $65 to $68 a barrel last week largely on strength in Continue Reading
Peak Oil Task Force Report: If San Francisco is to thrive in the 21st century Continue Reading
1. Production and prices Oil prices climbed from $65 to $68 a barrel last week Continue Reading
When you take these three problems, in an odd sort of way I find some encouragement there because in order for the US to take the steps to wean itself off imported oil you really need to take some pretty drastic action. To do that, you need a broad coalition of support. Any one of these three issues by themselves would not garner enough support. But if you package the three issues together, perhaps you will have enough support to do the sorts of things that are necessary.
Using a coupled climate and carbon cycle model is appropriate if you want to want to estimate future anthropogenic emissions from presumably vast fossil fuel resources, but such a model does not capture what might actually happen “on the ground” in the real world. A prompt transition from oil to coal-based liquids is clearly impossible, as I’m sure—I’m hopeful— Caldeira would admit.
Starting in the vicinity of $60 a barrel on Monday, oil prices closed at $63.56 Continue Reading
Largely unreported in the western press are the devastating effects that electric power shortages are Continue Reading
Many who are counting on a rapid economic rebound in China to lead the world Continue Reading
OPEC countries will trim shipments by 0.8 percent to 22.55 million barrels a day in Continue Reading