From Alexander’s Gas & Oil (Renee Schoof):
With global warming melting the Arctic’s eons-old ice at an alarming rate, shipping and oil companies are looking ahead at how to exploit the new open waters. For the past 30 years, the summer Arctic icepack has been shrinking. In 2007, the melt reached record levels. This past summer, [...]
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Oil Demand Fall Largest in Last 25 Years
Posted in Global warming, Oil, tagged Crude Oil Prices, Oil on December 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Guardian/The Observer, by Tim Webb:
Global demand for oil in 2009 will fall by the largest amount for 25 years, according to the chief energy economist of Deutsche Bank.
Adam Sieminski said oil prices could hit a low of $30 a barrel next year, a fall of a quarter from today’s price, because of the sickly [...]
Energy Efficiency – The Cure For Imported Oil
Posted in Energy, Global warming, Oil, Uncategorized, tagged Energy, Energy Efficiency, Oil on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In 2007, Americans paid about $700,000/minute to the foreign countries that supplied their oil. The American Physical Society convened a blue-ribbon panel to investigate energy security and global warming. Their answer – energy efficiency. From the press release accompanying the report:
Eliminating wasted energy from automobiles, homes and businesses is equivalent to tapping a hidden energy [...]
The Fat Bush Theory – NY Times Op-Ed
Posted in Bush, Global warming, Uncategorized, tagged George W. Bush on April 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Gail Collins has succinctly described a conundrum that I have been wondering since the President declared it in 2002 – How is reducing the rate of increase in greenhouse gases somehow reducing the quantity of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere? The whole piece is here, but here’s the part I liked:
Suppose that two years [...]
Ice Roads (1)
Posted in Alaska, Arctic, Global warming, Ice Roads, tagged Alaska, Arctic, Ice road truckers, Ice Roads, Oil exploration on March 24, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There seems to be some interest in ice roads, no doubt due to the cable TV show “Ice Road Truckers”. That show takes place in Canada. Here in Alaska there are a few differences. Here’s a short primer on Alaskan ice roads.
Ice roads in Alaska are predominantly built and maintained for industrial [...]
