Month September 2007

Peak Oil goes mainstream

The Oil Drum reports on the Association for the Study of Peak Oil conference. As Dr. James Schlesinger, the first Secretary of Energy [under Carter], said in his Opening Address, the battle is over, Peak Oil is now accepted as…

Well that’s just great….

I’m half-way though [Fred] Pearce’s “With Speed and Violence“, and he just talked about the effect of aerosols on climate. There’s a growing concern among climatologists that the role of aerosols in mitigating temperature rise has been underestimated.What that means…

Fed cut. Socialism for the wealthy

Random Roger echoes Jim Rogers. “Every time the Fed turns around to save its friends on Wall Street, it makes the situation worse,” said Jim Rogers [co-founder of the Quantum Hedge Fund with George Soros in the 70’s]