IEA Archive

  • Russel Norman

    Government opts for big cars while cutting health spending



    Why does the National Government continue to put the squeeze on essential Government spending in health and education while refusing to save money by ensuring that govt vehicles are fuel efficient? Yesterday, National and Act voted down my Government Vehicle Procurement Bill in Parliament — a Bill which sought to introduce minimum fuel efficiency standards for [...] read more
    November 19, 2009 11:12 am - 22 Comments
  • frog

    Thoughts on the IEA’s World Energy Outlook 2009



    The latest from the IEA is hot of the press. I’m curious to see what they have to say this time around, because their stance on oil supplies has shifted quite a lot recently. They used to believe oil supplies would last for a long long time, but are now saying 2020 will be the [...] read more
    November 11, 2009 4:21 pm - 10 Comments
  • frog

    Test drive the new Tesla Model S



    I confess, I haven’t owned a car in almost eight years. I was weaned from my V8 days decades ago, but my head has been turned by a simple four door sedan. It’s the Tesla Model S. It’s electric. It’s cool. The Model S can make the sprint from zero to 60 mph in 5.6 seconds, [...] read more
    August 25, 2009 7:59 pm - 70 Comments
  • frog

    At last, peak oil has an official date



    A frogblog fan reminded me about this lovely article from Monbiot just before the Christmas break. The Guardian’s video of the interview is here. It seems the IEA spent all of 2008 doing what it should have been doing all along – analysing all the world’s conventional oil supply to see when we are going [...] read more
    January 26, 2009 3:27 pm - 44 Comments
  • frog

    IEA´s unnaproved draft oil report



    For those who follow the oil game, the IEA´s announcement last May that their complete review of the world oil supply situation wouldn´t come out until the week after the US Presidential election came as no surprise. The last thing that any American administration would want to do is spook the markets just prior to [...] read more
    October 30, 2008 10:31 am - 17 Comments
  • frog

    Oil breaks another record on IEA statement and Iran



    Rumours of a dress rehearsal for an Israeli strike against Iran and European cash rate rises have been blamed for yesterday’s new record oil price. (US$145.85)  However, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) statements earlier on Tuesday are the real peak oil news of the week and underpin the growing consensus that oil prices are not [...] read more
    July 4, 2008 9:39 am - 41 Comments
  • frog

    Oil touches US$122 per barrel



    Not only did it break the $122 barrier, it threatened the $123 barrier as well. While my long term projections, updated to last night’s closing still show $100/bbl oil arriving permanently in July, that date has stopped swinging between July and August with price fluctuations. We are still well above the long term trend and surely [...] read more
    May 7, 2008 10:24 am - 36 Comments
  • frog

    The Record Falls – Jan ‘08 is the new world record for crude oil (plus condensate) production



    Nate Hagens over at The Oil Drum says: The EIA’s newest International Petroleum Monthly shows World C+C production for January was 74,466,000 barrels per day, eclipsing the heretofore peak of May 2005 by 168,000 barrels per day. (thanks to Ron Patterson for the heads up and to Khebab for the quick graphics). Fig 1.- World production (EIA [...] read more
    April 14, 2008 10:04 am - 10 Comments