Predating the first post at this present blog by about 13 months in 2006 the documentary A Crude Awakening warned of the implications of oil soon running out. From Wikipedia’s section “Findings”, my emphasis: overall conclusions were that a global peak was imminent (if not already occurring), more wars would be fought to control access…
Moscow Arctic Forum promises peaceful exploitation, silent on risks
This week the “Arctic nations” – Canada, Russia, Norway, the United States and Denmark – met in Moscow to agree on territorial claims. (Strangely, I didn’t notice any coverage at all in Danish media – while even Al-Jazeera warmed up for it.) “Serious political and economic interests are indeed crossing over in the Arctic. But…
Fresh Peak Oil warnings from German military and British government agency
Spiegel Online / ‘Peak Oil’ and the German Government – Military Study Warns of a Potentially Drastic Oil Crisis: A study by a German military think tank has analyzed how “peak oil” might change the global economy. The internal draft document — leaked on the Internet — shows for the first time how carefully the…
Food & War: Highlights from ‘An Edible History of Humanity’
Have been reading An Edible History of Humanity by Tom Standage. Good reading I can recommend! You will find it interesting too if you, like me, is into Jared Diamond’s books, agriculture or the more practical aspects of history. It is written in an accessible form and not quite as academic in nature as Diamond’s…
Japanese oil tanker hit by suicide bomber in Strait of Hormuz
The United Arab Emirates said Friday that a Japanese oil tanker was hit by an explosives-laden dinghy in the Persian Gulf in what would be the first attack in the strategic waterway where millions of barrels of oil are transported each day. The report — which came days after an al-Qaida-linked group claimed responsibility for…
Russia: Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists
As seen on Global Voices: Russia: Unknown People in Masks and Police Attack Environmentalists From 20 to 40 young people in white masks attacked the camp of the defenders of the Khimki forest park [RUS], Igor Podgorny [RUS] and Novaya Gazeta [RUS] reported. The police intervention didn’t help – instead several environmentalists and journalists were…
Fox News too busy to support the troops
According to Politico Fox News rejected an ad linking oil consumption with troop deaths. I’d like to try and make up for (a millionth of) that so here it is:Fox News, however, are excused as they have been busy reporting other “breaking news”: Must be a tough job breaking a celebrity drug scandal while the…
“Climate Change and National Security” parts I & II from Climate Denial Crock of the Week YouTube channel
“If you wait for 100% certainty on the battlefield something bad is going to happen.”– retired Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn The boys in Tehran may not like it. The boys at FOX News may not like it. And the boys from BP may not like it. Climate Change will have profound implications for the security…
The wisdom of zombie movies
Just read a nice observation at The Christian Science Monitor: If war, as one wit famously observed, is “God’s way of teaching Americans geography,” then environmental disasters such as the BP oil spill seem to be the primary way that Americans learn about ecology. In the absence of environmental disasters we watch zombie movies. Consider…
The Last Oil Shock
The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man by David Strahan had been on my wishlist at Amazon for about two years when I found it at a library sale for 2 euros. It has an official website, as well as a two minutes video trailer: Rather than a…
Obama won’t charge Blackwater with violation of Sudan sanctions
So, Yahoo! News focus on the fact that the Obama administration is “negotiating a multimillion-dollar fine”. It’s suspicious, true, but into the article you’ll learn how Blackwater aka Xe Services is headed by a evangelical Christian and tried to get paid in Sudan’s natural resources, not cash. Not exactly war for resources – but selective…
The Growing Problem Of Oil Theft In China
China may be leaking more oil and gas from its pipeline network than any country in the world, much of it because of criminal activity. the biggest and least-known problem is oil pilferage by thieves who drill into oil pipelines. This is the cause of at least 40 percent of China’s oil pipeline leaks. This…