The Free Market Is Abandoning Clean Energy
What happened to all of those investments in renewable energy technologies?
Browsing Tag
Peak Oil
10 posts
More Evidence We’ve Reached the Era of Peak Cars
The recession knocked down the urge to buy cars in the United States, but that actually masked a longer-term trend that points to a less motorized future.
The Deluge
Rapidly advancing technologies are opening up astonishing sources of oil and gas all over the world. We are entering a new era of fossil fuels that is reshaping global economics and politics—and the planet.
A New Source of Oil (for the 1920s)
The Bowie-Gavin process of extracting oil (June 1927 issue of Science and Invention magazine) As a non-renewable resource,…
WikiLeaks: Saudis Overstating Oil Reserves
That the world has a finite amount of oil is undeniable. The latest WikiLeaks tidbit suggests the amount is a bit smaller than expected.
Peak Oil and Apocalypse Then
Based on the past experience of Japan, North Korea and Cuba, an Oxford researcher identifies three possible responses to peak oil: Predatory militarism, totalitarian retrenchment and socioeconomic adaptation.
Peak Oil and the Return of the Jet Set
The difficulty and increasing cost of providing aviation fuel as we near peak oil production may ground many flights while winging us away from aerial democracy.
Perhaps We’ll See Peak Bunker Oil, Too
Even low-grade oil used to fuel cargo ships is likely to become precious in the age of peak oil.
The Story of P(ee)
In which phosphorus, a substance present in every living cell, is being used up and flushed away.
The Approaching World Oil Supply Crisis
Analysis: Two prominent energy thinkers suggest a direction for what to do as the spigots start trailing off — which they feel is much closer than do most in the industry.