Monthly Archives: October 2006
World Oil Reserves and Supply Statistics
Global oil resources are at times difficult to measure. World oil statistics are available from a variety of sources, but no one can make an accurate prediction of when and where new oil deposits will be found, or how much oil exists in these unknown locations. In order to be able to predict the date [...]
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Developing world renewables – key questions for Nairobi
World leaders will gather in Nairobi, Kenya, next month for the COP 12 summit on climate change – the 12th “Conference of the Parties” since the Rio Earth summit in 1992 concluded with a pledge to tackle climate change with the creation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
A key focus of the [...]
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2006 Boston ASPO World Oil Conference
The 2006 Boston World Oil Conference will be held October 27th and 28th at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts . Time for Action: A Midnight Ride for Peak Oil is co-hosted by ASPO-USA and Boston University. ASPO USA announces the second “Dialogue with the Experts,†a high-level conference to discuss impacts of and responses to [...]
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Low Gas Prices = Demand Increase
Americans are celebrating plunging gasoline prices by hitting the roads. After barely rising during the summer months, gasoline demand rose swiftly in September, the American Petroleum Institute said Wednesday. Deliveries of gasoline to U.S. service stations, a proxy for demand, rose more than 4% in September from the same month a year ago. That number [...]
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Green power and personal carbon trading: Is voluntary action enough?
A post to the blog site this week suggested a discussion on green power. The topic is certainly in the news. In recent weeks the headlines have been full of reports on voluntary green-power and carbon-trading programs. US financial service company Wells Fargo, for instance, on October 3 made the largest-ever corporate purchase of renewable [...]
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Global Oil Addiction Alternatives
The economic growth of many nations is exclusively linked to the international oil production economy. This fact results in increased resouce competition between the great powers, and as we have seen in recent U.S. foreign policy, war and conflict are born from these factors. The growing energy needs of Asian nations such as China and [...]
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5 Free Ways To Save On Heating Bills
5 Free Ways To Save On Heating Bills
by GorillaSushi
Nobody likes having to come just short of giving body parts to the gas company every winter. Keeping a home warm can be costly and frustrating. Sure, you could spend a ton of money weatherproofing your home but you then have to wonder “just how much did [...]
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Has Oil Production ‘Peaked’ Too Soon?
Recent oil reserve discoveries are leading some to wonder if the peak oil theory is off target in it’s predictions for world oil depletion. Predicting the end of oil is not an easy or even particularly scientific process. Predicting the impact of the oil decline is even more difficult. This article debates whether or not [...]
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Has Oil Production ‘Peaked’ Too Soon?
Recent oil reserve discoveries are leading some to wonder if the peak oil theory is off target in it’s predictions for world oil depletion. Predicting the end of oil is not an easy or even particularly scientific process. Predicting the impact of the oil decline is even more difficult. This article debates whether or not [...]
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Antarctic Ice Shelf Collapse Due to Human Activity
The first direct evidence linking human activity to the collapse of Antarctic ice shelves is published this week in the Journal of Climate. Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the Centre for Polar Observation and Modelling, University College London, and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, (Belgium) reveal that stronger westerly winds in the northern Antarctic [...]
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What is Peak Oil?
What is Peak Oil? The term “peak oil” is used to describe the point at which the earth’s supply of oil will no longer be able to meet our energy needs. Oil is not a renewable energy source, and therefore can and will be exhausted at some point in the future. There is still a [...]
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Military Oil Usage Statistics
The United States Military is the the world’s largest fuel-burning entity. More than half of the defense department’s fuel budget is spent on fueling the U.S. Air Force. The Navy consumes about one third of defense oil resources and the Army uses around 12%. 25% of military energy is used to power and heat buildings [...]
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Fossil Fuel Energy Solutions
It is going to take a monumental change in thinking and habits in order to reduce our dependance on oil as an energy source. At the point of peak production we will find ourselves scrambling to compete for what fuel supplies remain. How will we deal with this crisis? The Energy Information Agency predicts we [...]
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The End of Industrial Expansion
World oil production has reached peak capacity. We are now facing the downside of the peak oil curve and the consequences on world energy markets will be more than uncomfortable. The decrease in production capacity means we no longer have the ability to compensate for minor fluctuations in oil markets. The major crude oil suppliers [...]
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Global Ecosystem Collapse – WWF Report