Westconnex is claimed to become the “biggest infrastructure project in Australia” which must make sense at least until 2053, 30 years after its planned completion. Governments and financial institutions assume that for…
Author: matt
Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng)
Sydney
US will always remain crude oil importer
US shale oil has so far replaced 2 mb/d of its crude oil imports which peaked at around 10 mb/d in 2005. If this effort can be doubled the US would still…
Sydney motorists pay 22 % more tolls for motorway widening
For a modest traffic increase of 3% motorists in Sydney’s North West pay 22% more tolls after the M2 was widened from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and additional ramps were built….
Peak oil and fuel subsidies in Indonesia
At the recent Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Bali the main theme was “Towards Resilience and Growth”. Two years earlier, at the Honolulu APEC summit in 2011 it was agreed to…
Peak oil and unaffordable fuel subsidies in Sudan
As many oil producing countries, Sudan subsidizes petrol and diesel prices (compared to world market prices). But this has become unaffordable. What complicates matters is that South Sudan, where most of the…
Two thirds of Asian flights to/from Sydney have not grown since 2008 (part 3)
In this post we look at growing international passenger numbers at Sydney airport and how these hide stagnation in large parts of the Asian market. 12 months moving average of air passenger…
Half of Sydney’s direct international flights dropped by 5 % since July 2008 (part 2)
Bizarre election stunt by an Australian politician to lobby for a 2nd Sydney airport, far from his own electorate in Queensland. http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/bob-katter-backs-badgery8217s-creek-airport-in-western-sydney/story-fni0cx12-1226698573961 Bob Katter arriving by helicopter in Badgerys Creek, on 16/8/2013,…
Tony Abbott’s first direct action to reduce CO2 and oil dependency: get on your bikes!
In a surprise move and only days into his new job, the Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott started to implement his direct action plan to reduce CO2 emissions by using his bike…
US shale oil hides crude oil peak in rest of world
Recent US shale oil growth sits on top of a bumpy production plateau of the rest-of-the-world (ROW) Other Middle East (Syria, Yemen, Oman) was in long term decline until 2007. Just when…
New Australian Prime Minister is sceptical that peak oil has value for policy making
The Australian electorate has voted for a Prime Minister who 3 years ago said he was sceptical that the concept of peak oil has any value as tool for policy makers. That…