DrumBeat: March 27, 2008

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Now for some wise words from the readers of The Oil Drum…
Russian Oil Output to Fall for First Time in a Decade
“Two years ago, we said the growth rate was falling, and we said this was bad for Russia, remember?’’ Trutnev said in televised remarks after a government meeting in Moscow today. “Now we’re saying […]


so much for emission free nukes

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BHP Billiton mine ‘will use half the state’s electricity Article from JEREMY ROBERTS, THE AUSTRALIAN March 27, 2008 09:20am BHP Billiton will reportedly need


Peak Oil vs. Global Warming

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http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080325/ Peak Oil vs. Global Warming Jamais Cascio Open the Future Posted: Mar 25, 2008 Could we avoid the worst


Pipeline blast cuts Iraq’s southern oil exports

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7415433 Pipeline blast cuts Iraq’s southern oil exports Reuters Thursday March 27 2008 By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD, March


MuseLetter #190: The Great Coal Rush (and Why It Will Fail)

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http://www.richardheinberg.com/museletter/190 MuseLetter #190 / February 2008 by Richard Heinberg The Great Coal Rush (and Why It Will Fail) This MuseLetter,


Ecotopias Sprouting Up Worldwide

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Note that climate change is serving as the main impetus for this. http://www.wired.com/science/planetearth/magazine/16-02/st_infoporn Ecotopias Aren’t Just for


Jamais Cascio: Peak Oil vs. Global Warming

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Jamais Cascio talks about the P. Kharecha and J. Hansen “resources v. climate change” paper this evening, which was talked about here at TOD a few months ago (link). I thought I would bring the discussion over there to your attention.
http://www.openthefuture.com/2008/03/peak_oil_vs_global_warming.html
It will be interesting to me to see how both peak oil watchers and […]


The rising fortunes of coal - perhaps

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A week or so ago I wrote about the power supply debate going on in New England, with the controversy over the wind farm to be sited in the waters off Cape Cod. In that post I commented on the fact that, in response to an energy shortage that had appeared in 2004, the area […]


A Brief Natural Gas Update (It’s Thursday)

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Sometimes lost in headline discussions of oil production and prices is the sister story for natural gas. As might be expected, natural gas prices have mirrored the price change in oil, (though in the UK, they are currently approaching $15per mcf-a much higher increase than in North America). We have just been through […]


Jamais Cascio: Peak Oil vs. Global Warming

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Jamais Cascio talks about the P. Kharecha and J. Hansen “resources v. climate change” paper this evening, which was talked about here at TOD a few months ago (link). I thought I would bring the discussion over there to your attention.
http://www.openthefuture.com/2008/03/peak_oil_vs_global_warming.html
It will be interesting to me to see how both peak oil watchers and […]


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