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

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

End use of fossil fuels in 20 years, UK warned
First council since Second World War set up to look at food security
EU climate change cuts: Poland leads revolt over Russia fears
Dirty coal power hit by Euro vote

Electric Utilities Unlikely to Spend
Coal Seam Gas Producers - The New Masters Of The Universe?
Energy's Future in Latin America

Mid-week update including:
- Waiting for Congress
- Shortages

The program for the upcoming VII Annual International ASPO Conference is now available.

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

New system could help avert collapse of fisheries
Peak climate (audio) Part 1 is Dr. Peter Ward on past extinctions & violent climate change, Part 2 is Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute, on how to live past the energy crisis
Isle of plenty

Americans may have a vulnerable Achilles heel made up of two gulfs: the Gulf of Mexico and the Persian Gulf .

This paper will look at how hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico, and a selection of other world events in the Persian Gulf, could turn off the oil spigot and bring the USA to a critical standstill, highlighting the urgency for the development of a different civilization, free of addiction to massive doses of oil.