peak oil Archive

  • frog

    Shell declares an end to cheap oil



    Shell has been an increasingly vocal supporter of the need to plan for peak oil. Shell’s future energy scenarios paint a stark future – one where we plan for the demise of cheap oil and one where we scramble incoherently and nature decides for us. This week, in the Wall Street Journal, Shell’s CEO Peter [...] read more
    March 7, 2010 7:41 am - 29 Comments
  • frog

    Submit to save the Stratford to Okahukura Rail Line



    Kiwirail is considering closing the Stratford to Okahukura Rail Line because of damage to the tracks after a derailment last year. Kiwirail has told the media they are asking for submissions from the public before making a decision. Although, in practice, I can’t see any mention of the submission process on their website… Anyway, if you want [...] read more
    February 10, 2010 5:36 pm - 14 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

    Green shoots or growing rot?



    Everyone agrees that we’re in a crisis. Officials and politicians point everywhere and say – Hey look! Green shoots! The worst is over. Others urge us to ignore the green shoots, the worst is yet to come. read more
    August 31, 2009 9:55 am - 22 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
  • Russel Norman

    Compulsory minimum parking requirements



    Interesting video about the absurdity of minimum parking requirements for commercial and residential developments. These requirements subsidize driving and encourage urban sprawl. read more
    August 16, 2009 10:00 pm - 33 Comments
  • frog

    Oil touches US $70/bbl



    It seems like a very strange deja vu.  It wasn’t that long ago that we were witnessing a steep and steady increase in the price of oil. I don’t think that today’s price – US$71.89/bbl has any longevity. Whether up or down, it will keep moving, as I predicted last October: If I get out my [...] read more
    June 11, 2009 3:22 pm - 41 Comments
  • frog

    Lester Brown on Failing States: Early sign of decline



    The following YouTube clip is Part 3 from a recent lecture Lester Brown gave on Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization and will take you into the heart of the Plan B message. The presentation was to the Chemical Society of Washington on May 8, 2008. Lester, who is President of the Earth Policy [...] read more
    March 7, 2009 8:00 am - 9 Comments
  • frog

    The End of KiwiRail?



    I recently attended an ISCR seminar on the future of rail. According to the speaker, Dave Heatley, there’s basically no future for rail. Rail is unfixable in its present form, he argued, without making some “heroic assumptions” about how we measure externalities and the opportunity cost of keeping rail. Heatley’s damning report (available soon on the ISCR [...] read more
    February 19, 2009 4:49 pm - 106 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