one.point.zero - Colin O'Brien's weblog
May 07 2008
Death of the SUV. No surprise there.
January 25 2008
email sent by Shell CEO to employees“Shell estimates that after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand”
December 24 2007
Big oil quietly drops out of the greener side of energy.
December 18 2007
Oil producers need more oil.“Experts say the sharp growth, if it continues, means several of the world's most important suppliers may need to start importing oil within a decade to power all the new cars, houses and businesses they are buying and creating with their oil wealth.”
November 25 2007
Peak Oil in the Wall Street Journal, probably not a good sign, coming from that camp.
October 22 2007
The reports keep coming in on upcoming energy shortages and water scarcity but the world seems to happily truck on in complete denial.
October 01 2007
The Kingdom looks like it could be an interesting film, the opening credits are worth a watch anyway.
June 26 2007
Interesting article on the city of Vaxjo in Sweden where fossil fuels are on their way out.
June 14 2007
Jeremy Leggert on peak oil“It reminds me of the way no one would listen for years to scientists warning about global warming”
May 30 2007
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil has a Belgian branch (a French-speaking one anyway).
April 15 2007
Thought-provoking article on a post-peak oil future and the cyclical patterns of descent that will follow.
April 02 2007
A collection of audio and video covering Peak Oil, some of it on mainstream media such as CNBC, that you should go and check out right now.
February 22 2007
Abu Dhabi is going to build a large-scale 500 megawatt solar power plant. If even people in the world’s biggest oil exporting territory are acting now, you know the signs are here.
February 10 2007
Start thinking beyond the car“Get this: the cars are not part of the solution (whether they run on fossil fuels, vodka, used frymax oil, or cow shit). They are at the heart of the problem. And trying to salvage the entire Happy Motoring system by shifting it from gasoline to other fuels will only make things much worse.”
A sobering if not downright alarming view from Dmitry Orlov of the possible future that awaits us in a world of resource depletion and global warming
February 02 2007
Scientists and economists have been offered $10,000 each by an Exxon-funded lobby group to undermine a major climate change report due to be published today.
January 09 2007
A small decrease in oil prices doesn’t mean oil is suddenly plentiful again.
January 07 2007
More mainstream media on peak oil“Last year, half of the world's 44 main oil-producing nations produced less oil than they did the year before. The chain of peaks is beginning to take on Himalayan proportions”
January 05 2007
Peak Oil gets mainstream and hits the pages of Nature magazine.
December 22 2006
From the latest OPEC news bulletin“However, all in all, most would appear to agree that peak oil output is not very far away for all of us.”
December 07 2006
How low can Exxon go“Texas-based Exxon is trying to influence opinion-makers in Brussels because Europe - rather than the US - is the driving force for action on climate change.”
December 02 2006
Another depressing hint at the future for Saudi oil production
November 01 2006
hydrogenated ingredients are everywhere“Would you melt tupperware and put it on your toast?”
October 31 2006
Are today’s suburbs destined to become the slums of the future? Watch the end of suburbia, a very interesting documentary on peak oil which is now viewable for free online.
September 17 2006
An interesting post on peak oil and how everyone sees a mirror of sorts in it, with their post-peak vision basically being a form of wishful thinking based on their personal worldview.
September 07 2006
The BBC is running a great radio series concerning oil politics called Driven By Oil. The first episode talks about peak oil. Well worth a listen.
September 01 2006
This guy tells it exactly how it is: Honey, We Killed the Planet
August 13 2006
A retired senior energy expert from the National Iranian Oil Co. says no more business as usual, peak oil is here now but politicians ignore bad news and the media ignore it for reasons of income.
August 09 2006
Is BP’s Prudhoe Bay pipeline shutdown more serious than it seems or is it just smart timing?
August 04 2006
Looks like the oil production plateau is upon us. And with the Cantarell field presenting signs of decline, the first symptoms may be showing…
July 30 2006
Following oil from the pump back to its origins and the crisis it involves.
waiting for the lights to go out“By some estimates, 5 billion of the world's 6½ billion population would never have been able to live without the blessed effects of fossil fuels, and oil in particular”
July 29 2006
Is the war on Lebanon another oil war?
July 27 2006
Israeli Bombing Results in Massive Lebanon Oil Spill.
July 26 2006
Richard Manning on the oil we eat“Every single calorie we eat is backed by at least a calorie of oil, more like ten”
July 16 2006
An Open Letter to Greg Palast on Peak Oil
July 11 2006
A former National Iranian Oil Company executive says the global oil production peak has been reached.
July 09 2006
Have we already reached peak oil? Some experts believe the oil crisis is only 3 years away.
July 02 2006
Neat piece of culture jamming on a Stella billboard in Toronto.
June 18 2006
French oil company Total Fina is warning we’ll hit peak oil in 2020. With the big guys now talking about oil production limits, hopefully more people will take their head out of the sand.
June 13 2006
Monbiot shows up the pseudo-green posturing of BP and Shell for what it really is.
June 03 2006
An absolute must-see performance: comedian Robert Newman on the history of oil. A fantastic blend of history, politics and stand-up comedy that will open your eyes.