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A glimpse into the era of fuel shortages
Posted on July 26, 2011 | No CommentsLast week’s fuel shortages in Malawi give us a glimpse into the future of what will happen when these shortages arrive at our own filling stations. While there are many […] -
Don Quijote and the (n)ever growing air traffic
Posted on June 30, 2011 | No CommentsStill looking for a 2nd Sydney airport? Want to spend millions on consultants? You can have it easier than that. Find out about the latest peak oil ignorant airport project […] -
Save, baby, save – in a hurry
Posted on June 26, 2011 | No Comments7 years after crude oil production started to peak in 2005, desperate attempts are being made to continue business as usual as the US and the International Energy Agency decided […] -
UK government report in 2009 picked late peak oil scenario – and got it wrong
Posted on June 20, 2011 | No CommentsSummary According to a 2009 report by the Department of Energy & Climate Change the UK Labour government thought their policies on climate change were sufficient to mitigate the impact […] -
A disunited OPEC can’t control upward trend of oil prices
Posted on June 9, 2011 | No CommentsA meeting of oil ministers in Vienna broke up unexpectedly without an agreement to raise production. OPEC’s president said some members wanted three months to consider the issue. Iran, Venezuela […] -
ASPO: 2020 crude oil production down by around 8 mb/d
Posted on May 17, 2011 | No CommentsIf everything goes well, that is. Armed conflicts in oil producing countries, socio economic unrest and other unforeseen events impacting on oil supplies are not included in this estimate. The […] -
IEA oil crunch warning: governments should have worked on it 10 years ago
Posted on April 28, 2011 | No Commentshttp://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/oilcrunch/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaNz3qS5WAo This is a short summary of the essential statements. The International Energy Agency’s chief economist Fatih Birol “When we look at the oil markets the news […] -
OPEC report: Saudi oil exports to decline
Posted on April 27, 2011 | No CommentsSaudi Arabia’s crude oil production will not increase beyond an average level of 8.7 mb/d (average last 20 years: 8.3 mb/d) until 2015. This is what OPEC Governor Majed al […] -
IMF warns of oil scarcity and a 60% oil price increase within a year
Posted on April 20, 2011 | No CommentsIn a benchmark scenario of its latest World Economic Outlook (April 2011) the International Monetary Fund (IMF) analyses what it calls oil scarcity (after “energy security” another code word for […] -
2010 vs. 2005: Pay 40% more for the same amount of crude oil
Posted on March 19, 2011 | No CommentsThe EIA crude oil data for December 2010 have come out, giving us the total for 2010 which was practically on the same level as 2005, but the world paid […]