tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post901458238844169693..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Where peak oil meets climate changebyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-49423623752280244462012-07-03T22:10:00.592+01:002012-07-03T22:10:00.592+01:00Monbiot: We were wrong on peak oil. There's en...Monbiot: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jul/02/peak-oil-we-we-wrong" rel="nofollow">We were wrong on peak oil. There's enough to fry us all</a>. I think that Monbiot is (a) reporting some important developments in the oil industry but (b) has bought too much of the industry's own hype and failed to take account of more complex understandings of peak oil. Indeed, thebyron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81275738286845350482010-10-05T16:05:17.815+01:002010-10-05T16:05:17.815+01:00Guardian: This article has some more useful stats....Guardian: <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/oct/01/north-america-oil-sands-shales" rel="nofollow">This article has some more useful stats</a>.byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-85452408802849652702010-09-29T22:52:10.671+01:002010-09-29T22:52:10.671+01:00I fear I see the horrible shape of things to come ...I fear I see the horrible shape of things to come in the actions of Russia taking advantage of receding arctic sea ice to claim drilling rights in the arctice circle--which will speed up the melting of the ice in a vicious cycle.Michael Westmoreland-Whitehttp://pilgrimpathways.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-7680770524080960742010-09-29T22:21:08.137+01:002010-09-29T22:21:08.137+01:00I agree. I'm working on a post about the vario...I agree. I'm working on a post about the various ways of conceiving the relation between energy security/peak oil and climate change (at a broad scale). My fear is that the former will increasingly dominate discussion and decision-making over the next decade, leading to the full exploitation of unconventionals (and coal, of course!), which is just to jump out of the frying pan and into the byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-54039151146150488182010-09-29T21:29:53.102+01:002010-09-29T21:29:53.102+01:00The relative timing of fossil fuel depletion and c...The relative timing of fossil fuel depletion and climate change is a major uncertainty - as is the question of how people will respond if oil becomes very expensive before we start taking serious action on climate change.<br /><br />The worst possible responses are greater reliance on the oil sands, and coal-to-liquid technology.Milanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15677497972102221231noreply@blogger.com