peak oil

Peak Cycling?: Modern Bicycles Are Oil Hungry Beasts

Andrew McKay — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:27:35 +0000

http://www.southernlimitsnz.com/2012/04/peak-cycling-modern-bicycles-are-oil.html

Predicting the Future: The Link Between Crude Oil Prices and Recessions

Andrew McKay — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 07:08:10 +0000

http://www.southernlimitsnz.com/2012/04/prediction-is-messy-business-and-has.html

New Zealand’s Potential for Oil Independence in an Uncertain World

Andrew McKay — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:17:16 +0000

Ever since United States oil production peaked in the 1970s there has been debate about the ability of North America to become self reliant by producing all its own oil. Fast forward forty years and this conversation is still taking place and the U.S. is still no closer to oil independence. So what about New Zealand? Could we possibly provide for our own oil needs in the coming years?

Fracking Benefits Overblown?

Andrew McKay — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:32:14 +0000

Why is it that oil and gas companies such as TAG Oil and Apache are so aggressively pursuing exploration of gas fields in New Zealand when US gas prices are at a 10 year record low of US$2.176 per mBtu? In January both Chesapeake Energy and ConocoPhillips announced plans to reduce gas natural gas output and shift towards more oil drilling.

ALERT: a dangerous state of affairs in the Middle East

seemorerocks — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 04:55:19 +0000

THIS IS THE COPY OF AN EMAIL I HAVE SENT OUT TO ANOTHER GROUP AROUND EVENTS IN THE MIDDLE EAST - TO TAKE HEED OR IGNORE AT YOUR PERIL

Peak Oil's Economic Pain Is Trumps

Denis Tegg — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:51:02 +0000

Oil’s tipping point has passed, and the economic pain of a flattening supply will trump the environment as a reason to curb the use of fossil fuels, say James Murray and David King, in an article just published in the prestigious journal Nature.

Australian government tries to hide its own peak oil report

Denis Tegg — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 21:51:58 +0000

The Daily Telegraph has revealed how the Australian government has attempted to suppress its own report on peak oil. The response from the New Zealand government had been equally secretive and obfuscating.

This does not compute

Denis Tegg — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:30:08 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

The International Energy Agency has again warned that the high oil price could strangle hopes for a global economic recovery. It also says that 90% of future growth in oil production has to come from the Mid-East, mostly from Saudi Arabia. Without a $100 billion annual investment in that region, oil prices will exceed $150 a barrel. But Saudi Arabia has just announced it is halting its $100 billion oil expansion program? This does not compute.

The Trifecta of Nutbags

Deck — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 11:31:42 +0000

I was having dinner with a friend of mine from the New Zealand Cryonics Society and we were talking about the difficulties of breaking into mainstream media and I mentioned that Peak Oil was also having a hard time breaking through (although I get a sense that things are picking up).

"Yeah, must be pretty tough" was his reply "I've only got one weird-o strike against me"

I decided not to inform him that 9-11 was, in fact, an inside job.

Documents released under the Official Information Act reveal National Government systematically denying appropriate response to

mangawhaitransitiontown — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 00:57:20 +0000

Kia ora !

This looks set to be quite a wild ride

Deck — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:38:47 +0000

It's easy to "go dark" on Peak Oil, to focus on the dark side, worry about your children, your family, the world. Learning about the reality of Peak Oil was a bit like getting hit in the face with a wet fish, but slowly the silver linings appeared.

Sitting on the motorway, 4:00 pm, Friday, and we are all going exactly nowhere and I think to myself "yeah, peak oil will sort this one out mate!"

New Foundation to highlight peak oil and end of growth

Denis Tegg — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 03:39:25 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

When I started writing this blog over a year ago, I stated my motivation was “to probe, raise awareness, encourage informed debate, and look at community responses.” But it’s often felt like I was a lonely voice in the wilderness. How come almost no one else in New Zealand – even in the blogosphere - was commenting on peak oil and its huge economic implications for our nation? How come there was not even a nascent entity or group taking up the challenge of informing the public, and generating debate that would hopefully seep into the mainstream media?

Peak oil, recessions and the end of growth

Denis Tegg — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 02:21:44 +0000

On Tuesday I gave a presentation to Auckland University students on "Peak oil, recessions and the end of growth"

MIchael Ruppert in Portland, Oregon

seemorerocks — Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:09:59 +0000

Recently Mike Ruppert gave a major speech in Portland Oregon, on the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

In it he talks about the spiritual underpinnings of his Gaian viewpoint and advocates forgiveness of debt as a first step in the healing of the planet.

The speech is available here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbiyCldxG8s

Questions and answers are here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjqUkLJ0JPQ&feature=related

Officials Muzzled on Peak Oil?

Denis Tegg — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:39:37 +0000

re-posted from my blog - oilshockhorrorprobe

The government has finally released its Energy Strategy. There are cosmetic changes from the Draft version but it's no surprise that the final Strategy continues to completely ignore the threat of peak oil. There were many submissions, including my own, which detailed the raft of recent reports from oil and energy experts, think tanks and government institutions which are all pointing to an imminent supply and oil price crunch. And in 2009 government officials themselves gave strong warnings to Ministers. So since 2009, have the officials been muzzled?