Peak Peak Oil?
"Whatever happened to Peak Oil?" is a question being asked by many commentators as we sit on a global oil glut. We first have to...
The end of the oil age?
Jan 27, 2016
The current economic hysteria sweeping the globe has been triggered by the sudden slump in oil prices in the last 18 months. But hold on a...
Musings on a Green Economy pt1: After the Crash
Aug 21, 2012
I'm officially on holiday for the next two weeks, but due to the size of the bump on my pregnant partner, we're holidaying at home...
Why Rio+20 and the G20 should be one meeting
Jun 20, 2012
Two big global jamborees at the same time: Rio+20 trying save the planet and the G20 in Mexico trying to save the global economy. Really...
Are we stuck in an oil price doom loop?
Mar 30, 2012
I'm reading The Third Industrial Revolution by Jeremy Rifkin - I'll post a review here in the next few weeks - but in the first...
Is our obsession with the cuts blinding us to the oil shock?
Nov 30, 2011
The BBC's Evan Davis made a very interesting point when interviewing Labour's Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls this morning on Radio 4. Trying to wrongfoot Balls,...
The Oil Conundrum? The Answer Is Easy.
Apr 11, 2011
While I've been on holiday, oil prices have continued to rise - now over $125 a barrel and heading fast for its previous pre-global crash...
The Politics of Oil
Mar 7, 2011
This weekend the global oil situation finally made its way onto the front pages of the UK press with, for example, The Guardian's report on...
Are you prepared for an oil shock?
Feb 23, 2011
Yesterday I was writing a piece on major problems in the oil industry for The Sustainability Forum (it should go up today or tomorrow it's...
The risk of oil price rises
Oct 23, 2009
Very interesting speech this week by John B Hess of oil exploration company Hess Corporation at the somewhat unsubtly titled "Oil and Money" conference in...
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