An executive summary of weekly news from a US peak oil perspective, featuring:
- Oil and the crash
- OPEC
- Bidding for Iraqi oil
- Investment in oil production
- Briefs

James Taylor Prepares For Peak Oil, Fears Collapse Of Society
Oil has fallen to the lowest price in a year meaning respite for consumers as food prices are coming down
Finding Energy to Beat a Recession

A digest of news and commentary from a UK peak oil perspective

Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report
Climate change could force millions from homes
Climate change forcing animals to move up

It had seemed abundantly clear over the year beginning mid 2007 that rampant economic development in less developed countries, along with the maintenance of economic development in more developed countries, spooked the oil markets. After all both China and India were growing economically at around 10% level.
However, that may be changing.

Say Goodbye to Peak Oil
Meeting the Energy Challenge-Heinberg & Darley (video and audio)
Oil Prices in 2009 - two views
US oil production at lowest level since 1946-gov't

The futureproofers
Rural communities best equipped to cope with climate change: UN report
World Resources 2008: Roots of Resilience - Growing the Wealth of the Poor
Natural healing

Like the other petrostates of the world, Alaska has no Plan B to fall back on when its endowment of fossil fuels is no longer sufficient to support a state government in the style to which it is accustomed.

Well, first of all, it's funny. Really. I don't mean it's filled with jokes, but Dmitry Orlov has a very humorous and biting style. This humorous approach serves two important purposes: 1) It makes the book enjoyable to read. 2) It helps the reader develop a certain healthy detachment from the subject matter.

World Bank's 'Green" Energy Funding Up 87 Percent
Study Eases Fear About Wind Farm Threat to Birds
Wind power and feed-in tairffs in Ukraine (audio)
Dutch city kept warm by hot-water mines