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Apologies if this has been posted. A couple of news items that point toward the need for massive decarbonisation. The PWC report is free but you have to register with their website. 1. PWC : Low Carbon Economy Index 2012 http://www.pwc.co.uk/sustainability-climate-change/publications/low-carbon-econ...

Also - from the original report ...

"I owe a special thanks to BP for its funding of the Geopolitics of Energy Project that made my study possible."

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/fil ... lution.pdf

From The Oil Drum ... http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9292#comment-903510 "You should know that this is not a purely academic "Harvard's" study, but the author "Belfer Center researcher Leonardo Maugeri" is (or was?) head of Strategy and Development at Italian oil and natural...

"But wind isn't going to solve the problem" No, it isn't. But it sure as hell might help alleviate the energy problems that you know we are going to be facing. The energy hungry majority are going to be held to ransom by the 1% . Why concentrate a load of effort on destroying a key renewab...

Long term thinking apparently not required anymore ..... Rolling Eyes http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/19/national-body-opposing-wind-parliament?INTCMP=SRCH http://www.nowind.org.uk/ The government kill the solar industry by cutting the FiT and now it looks like they are supporting thi...

Long term thinking apparently not required anymore ..... :roll: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/apr/19/national-body-opposing-wind-parliament?INTCMP=SRCH http://www.nowind.org.uk/ The government kill the solar industry by cutting the FiT and now it looks like they are supporting this lot ...

Great lecture by Richard Alley in the Smithsonian links provided above. Really good communication and useful ammunition for shutting up the climate change deniers.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNxCqU9jbOM

http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/blog/201 ... CMP=twt_gu

Guardian interactive map of empty petrol stations.

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http://t.co/upP4CwkL

A new report from DEFRA / BIS "This document has been developed in response to private sector concerns about the availability of some raw materials. It details how the Government recognises these issues, provides a framework for business action to address resource risks, and sets out high level...

While the strike is expected to affect oil workers too, industry sources do not expect the industrial action to significantly affect crude exports, Reuters news agency reports. Despite being a major Opec oil producer, Nigeria has not invested in the infrastructure to produce refined fuel, so has to ...

18 billion barrels at 85 million barrels per day = just over 200 days of world crude supply?

Well, I just finished Alex Scarrow's "Afterlight" and as usual, after reading this sort of stuff, I started googling for relevant information and came up with this. Apologies if it has been posted before. It is from around 2003 so I'm sure some of you may have seen it? The table at the end...

I have just written to GPM to see if they might host / redistribute the programme if the BBC allows it.

http://globalpublicmedia.com/

(If anyone here posts at "The Oil Drum", can you pass this article on?) The military invasion of the Gaza Strip by Israeli Forces bears a direct relation to the control and ownership of strategic offshore gas reserves. This is a war of conquest. Discovered in 2000, there are extensive gas ...