5 years peak oil. What we have seen so far is the response of the economy and the financial system to oil production on a bumpy production plateau The above graph shows…
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Matt Mushalik (MEAust, CPEng)
Sydney
Brisbane motorists bypass the Bypass Tunnel
In a new twist of Brisbane’s road tunnel saga motorists avoid the newly opened North South Bypass Tunnel (renamed into Clem7) The original strategy of 5 TransApex road tunnels in Brisbane is…
GOM oil after the US peak
This post is updated from time to time The following graph from Energyfiles shown by Matthew Simmons in a 2007 slide presentation explains the desperate fight for oil after the US…
Sydney’s Metropolitan Transport Plan
My submission to the Metropolitan Transport Plan proposal http://www.nsw.gov.au/metropolitantransportplan is here: 26/5/2010 Comments on Metropolitan Transport Plan http://www.crudeoilpeak.com/downloads/MetropolitanTransportPlan.pdf Contents of this PDF file: Summary 1 Time table of events 2010 – 2020…
Negative net present value for Brisbane’s Northern Link Tunnel in next oil crunch
Northern Link gets the go-ahead Brisbane City Council’s $1.7 billion Northern Link tunnel has received state government approval, paving the way for work to begin later this year….The Federal Government has chipped…
Community Cabinet Meeting in Epping with PM Kevin Rudd
Date: 15/4/2010 Venue: Epping Boys High School, Sydney Locals were interested in a variety of issues, not high oil prices “Some of the 400 locals who crammed into the Epping Boys’ High…
Australian Population Scenarios in the context of oil decline and global warming
Summary The size of Australia’s future population growth including immigration will be largely determined by these events: Fuel shortages after peak oil which started in 2005 Food shortages due to failure of…
Australia needs Strategic Oil Reserve
The Australian Financial Review (6/4/2010) published my following letter: Middle East war games and our oil vulnerability In the last days the New York Times had 2 articles on war games in…
Report Card 2009 (Part 2) Aviation and Airport Master Plans – Pies in the skies
In 2009, the Federal government released both an aviation green and white paper. At the same time airports around Australia published their master plans, all assuming a doubling of air traffic within…
Which bank would now finance more road tunnels?
No lessons learned from the financial collapse of the Lane Cove Tunnel? Summary: Only days after the financial collapse of the Lane Cove Tunnel the NSW government continues to plan road tunnels….