According to Transurban’s ASX press release dated 17thFebruary 2003 on the financial close of the Western Sydney Orbital, now M7 (Project debt of A$1.25 bn and A$ 980 million equity) average daily…
Tollopoly on Sydney’s orbital
Round and round we go How that helps the money flow Or: why we always need new toll-ways Nov 11th, 11:11 hrs. The silly season has started. Time for a silly story,…
M2 widening increases Sydney’s oil vulnerability
In its final report on the M2 widening the RTA claims again that: “With reference to the M2 Upgrade project, traffic modelling across the Sydney network indicated that the proposed Upgrade would…
Quick Risk Analysis for M2 Widening (part 2)
The NSW government still has not understood the risks involved when approving the M2 widening while global oil production is set to decline. Wider M2 will drive deeper into motorists’ wallets MOTORISTS…
Sydney’s RTA about to pull down public transport infrastructure (part 1)
Sindney goes backwards in public transport. Part of the M2 widening, the RTA is about to pull down a bus ramp connecting the M2 bus lanes with Epping station. This ramp will…
Megaprojects Increments: next oil crunch 2012
In this 2nd article on the ASPO 2010 conference we have a look at Chris Skrebowski’s graphs http://www.optioninvestor.com/page/oin/2009eoy/10-8-2010_aspousa_PeakOilPicture_Skrebowski_C.pdf and his video http://tv.peak-oil.org/chris-skrebowski-the-peak-oil-picture/ in which he uses a list of oil megaprojects (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_megaprojects…
NSW government acknowledges peak oil but continues business as usual regardless
In its recent submission to Infrastructure Australia, the NSW government acknowledges peak oil but proposes a list of projects which does not reflect its own analysis. We read: “2.8 Planning for an…
Too late for metro tunnels 2009
Sydney Metro Station Concept Plan First Annual Report for Sydney Metro for the period 27 January to 30 June 2009 https://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/tp/files/13680/Sydney_Metro_Annual_Report_2009.pdf This was my submission: Watch that space – it costs state…
Russia’s oil peak and the German reunification
On the 20th anniversary of German reunification the Spiegel sums up the events in 1990 in this series of articles: An Inside Look at the Reunification Negotiations http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/germany-s-unlikely-diplomatic-triumph-an-inside-look-at-the-reunification-negotiations-a-719848.html Of interest to us…
Where will the natural gas come from for a transition to CNG/LNG as transport fuel?
The September 2010 issue of the magazine “Petroleum in Western Australia” has a graph on WA’s domestic natural gas demand and supplies up to 2030 (“The Outlook for Domestic Gas in Western…