Articles from May 2008

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Date Title Author Comments
05/31/2008 Weekend Energy Listening: The H2 Economy vs the Electron Economy benk 52
05/31/2008 Peak Oil Media - 31 MAY 2008 Prof. Goose 39
05/30/2008 Oil and the future - the commuter shift to public transport Big Gav 51
05/30/2008 So - do we have answers? Heading Out 200
05/30/2008 Why oil costs over $120 per barrel Euan Mearns 265
05/30/2008 Richard Heinberg: Coal in the United States Prof. Goose 190
05/29/2008 Refining 201: The Assay Essay Robert Rapier 48
05/27/2008 One big sigh... (Sarkozy on lowering gas taxes) Jerome a Paris 106
05/27/2008 Oil Reserves: Where Ghawar goes, the rest of OPEC follows Phil Hart 80
05/27/2008 How Will Local Governments Respond to Large Increases in Energy Bills? Prof. Goose 122
05/27/2008 Report on First General Assembly of ASPO Switzerland, May 24th 2008, University of Basel Francois Cellier 48
05/26/2008 What If Gas Cost $100 a Gallon? Robert Rapier 309
05/26/2008 Future Scenarios: Mapping the Cultural Implications of Peak Oil and Climate Change Phil Hart 42
05/25/2008 Biomimicry and Ocean Generated Energy: Are Humans Smarter Than Sea Sponges? Big Gav 70
05/25/2008 TOD Local Open Thread: What's your town doing about high gas prices? Glenn 110
05/25/2008 Weekend Energy Listening: Ethanol's Energy Balance with Tad Patzek benk 162
05/25/2008 DrumBeat: May 25, 2008 Gail the Actuary 317
05/25/2008 Peak Oil Overview - March 2008 (Pdf and Powerpoint available) Gail the Actuary 42
05/24/2008 A Twelve-Step Plan to End Oil Addiction Big Gav 86
05/23/2008 Ken Deffeyes On Radio 4BC Big Gav 36
05/23/2008 Why new ideas take time to have impact Heading Out 131
05/23/2008 Portugal getting a hand on Venezuela's energy riches Luis de Sousa 45
05/23/2008 Let's Discuss: H.R. 6107, the American Energy Independence and Price Reduction Act Prof. Goose 47
05/22/2008 Discussion Thread for CNBC's America's Oil Crisis Prof. Goose 103
05/22/2008 Canada as an energy superpower benk 77
05/22/2008 Jamais Cascio: Finding a Little Comfort Fifteen Minutes into the Future Prof. Goose 64
05/22/2008 Oilwatch Monthly - May 2008 Rembrandt 106
05/21/2008 Peak Oil - Whom to Believe? Part 1 - There's Plenty of Oil, CERAiously nate hagens 43
05/20/2008 UPDATED: The Oil Market's Historic Swing to Continuous Contango--Has Peak Oil "Tipped"? jeffvail 131
05/20/2008 Solar Islands: A new concept for low-cost solar energy at very large scale Francois Cellier 144
05/20/2008 Hirsch on CNBC: Peak oil problem "as massive as one can possibly imagine" Super G 103
05/19/2008 US Natural Gas: The Role of Unconventional Gas Gail the Actuary 107
05/19/2008 Andris Piebalgs: Nuclear and the EU's Energy Policy Luis de Sousa 106
05/19/2008 Has Peak Oil--As a Meme--"Tipped"? (Out of Futures Backwardation and into Contango) jeffvail 143
05/18/2008 A quote from Obama in Oregon..."We can't eat as much as we want...and then expect other countries...to say OK" Prof. Goose 98
05/18/2008 POLL: Oil Breaks $127, Now What? Prof. Goose 105
05/18/2008 DrumBeat: May 18, 2008 Leanan 172
05/17/2008 Technology moves us forward and should be recognized Heading Out 133
05/17/2008 POLL: CLM08 closed around $127 today..so, in the next 60 days, the front month price of CL will... Prof. Goose
05/17/2008 DrumBeat: May 17, 2008 Leanan 165
05/16/2008 Biofuels and the Rise of Nationalistic Environmentalism Prof. Goose 112
05/16/2008 DrumBeat: May 16, 2008 Leanan 302
05/15/2008 Australia: What to do, what to do about our energy situation? aeldric 161
05/15/2008 Abqaiq and Eat It Too (or, More Geological Analysis of Potential Saudi Depletion) JoulesBurn 30
05/15/2008 Crude Oil: how high can it go? (19th century whaling as a model for oil depletion and price volatility) Ugo Bardi 127
05/15/2008 DrumBeat: May 15, 2008 Leanan 290
05/14/2008 Peak Oil Media: Our President on Energy, Kunstler on Glenn Beck last night, and GWB Does Dr. Evil Prof. Goose 78
05/14/2008 Wave/Geothermal - Energy Return on Investment (EROI) (Part 6 of 6) nate hagens 98
05/14/2008 DrumBeat: May 14, 2008 Leanan 237
05/13/2008 Richard Heinberg (via the ABC): "Nothing governments can do about rising oil prices" Big Gav 109
05/13/2008 Just a Note...Jim Kunstler--author of World Made by Hand--to be on Glenn Beck on CNN-HN tonight, 7 & 9 EDT Prof. Goose 47
05/13/2008 European Gas Security: The Future of Natural Gas Euan Mearns 63
05/13/2008 DrumBeat: May 13, 2008 Leanan 297
05/12/2008 The Impact Of Rising Oil Prices On Sydney Suburbs Big Gav 68
05/12/2008 Shell's Shale Plans...? (or Why I Am an Oil Shale Skeptic) Robert Rapier 59
05/12/2008 DrumBeat: May 12, 2008 Leanan 295
05/11/2008 What would $120 oil mean for the global economy? Chris Vernon 47
05/11/2008 The U. S. Electric Grid: Will It Be Our Undoing? Gail the Actuary 474
05/11/2008 DrumBeat: May 11, 2008 Leanan 189
05/10/2008 Rising Energy Costs and the Future of Hospital Work Gail the Actuary 208
05/10/2008 DrumBeat: May 10, 2008 Leanan 260
05/09/2008 Peak Oil Media: Food v. (Bio)fuel, Fast Money saying "It's Supply, Stupid" and Cramer on Ending the Ethanol Mandate Prof. Goose 175
05/09/2008 The ASPO-Italy conference in Torino Ugo Bardi 17
05/09/2008 DrumBeat: May 9, 2008 Leanan 238
05/08/2008 A protein possibility for the "oil we eat:" the in-vitro meat beast! Big Gav 65
05/08/2008 Saudi Arabia's Ghawar Isn't Sinking (but has apparently moved) JoulesBurn 45
05/08/2008 DrumBeat: May 8, 2008 Leanan 287
05/08/2008 Countdown to $200 oil (3) - no gas tax needed...erm, right... Jerome a Paris 183
05/07/2008 Update on S. 2821 and Bartlett's Similar House Legislation (no H.R. number yet as I can tell) Prof. Goose 1
05/07/2008 DrumBeat: May 7, 2008 Leanan 327
05/06/2008 $100 a barrel: Going, Going.... aeldric 168
05/06/2008 A Visit to the New Choren BTL Plant Robert Rapier 147
05/06/2008 DrumBeat: May 6, 2008 Leanan 395
05/06/2008 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett's Peak Oil Special Order Speech May 1, 2008 Prof. Goose 21
05/05/2008 Herman Daly: Towards A Steady-State Economy nate hagens 227
05/05/2008 DrumBeat: May 5, 2008 Leanan 233
05/04/2008 Energy Strategy for ETH Zurich: A Critical Review Francois Cellier 109
05/04/2008 Nielsen: The Oil Drum is the #4 Sustainability Site on the Web Prof. Goose 52
05/04/2008 DrumBeat: May 4, 2008 Leanan 155
05/03/2008 James Howard Kunstler: Colbert Appearance and a Response to Critics Prof. Goose 115
05/03/2008 DrumBeat: May 3, 2008 Leanan 175
05/02/2008 Solving Our Water Problems - Desalination Using Solar Thermal Power Big Gav 46
05/02/2008 The Four Day Work Week: Sixteen Reasons Why This Might Be an Idea Whose Time Has Come Prof. Goose 70
05/02/2008 DrumBeat: May 2, 2008 Leanan 182
05/01/2008 Book Review: World Made by Hand Robert Rapier 218
05/01/2008 The Coal Crunch is Materializing Luis de Sousa 53
05/01/2008 DrumBeat: May 1, 2008 Leanan 220