<p>This post is a follow-up to last week's post about our dialogue about big cities and descent.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-11-13/cities-too-big-to-fail">read more</a></p>

<p>You are not alone if you think it's odd that Canada--the world's ninth largest exporter of crude oil and petroleum products and the main supplier of oil imports to the United States--is itself a longtime oil <em>importer</em>, importing more than 40 percent of its oil needs this year. That may be set to change.</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ODAC.thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="45" /></span>News of Turkish military retaliation to a mortar round fired from inside Syria spooked oil markets this week.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/reinventing-fire-cover-med.thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="78" height="100" /></span>This book continues the presentation of the Lovins perspective, essentially the claim that there is great scope for conservation measures and alternative technologies to solve our

<p>An update is warranted to address comments from friends and followers - comments such as "Gee, I guess Peak Oil has been postponed?", or "I guess we don't have to worry about Peak Oil anymore!" Often they have a smile on their face ...</p>

<p>What a privilege it is to be alive in these times, in such a significant period in human history. It’s not always easy to see moments of great historical importance when you’re in the middle of them. Sometimes they’re dramatic, like the fall of the Berlin Wall or the landing on the moon. But more often the really big ones appear, from within them, to be unfolding in slow motion.

<p>The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) stunned the nuclear industry last week by putting power plant licensing decisions on hold while it reconsiders rules on nuclear waste storage struck down by a federal appeals court in June. </p>

<p>- Peak Oil Reloaded (1/2)<br />
- « Nier l’imminence du pic pétrolier est une erreur tragique », dit l’ancien expert pétrolier de l’AIE<br />
- Nicole Foss: The Guardian Is Ignoring The Critical Paradox Of Peak Oil<br />
- How Many Years Of Oil Do We Have Left To Run Our Industrial Civilization, Keeping In Mind That Oil Is A Resource And Has An Economical End?<br />
- Europa am Peak

<p>Every week another article comes out arguing that peak oil is dead and that we are in a new era of liquid fuel abundance. In the first of a series Andrew McKay takes on the authors of these overly optimistic puff pieces and explains paragraph by paragraph exactly why these people are so wrong.</p>

<p>-Energy expert Byron King on peak oil, natural gas and rare earth [video]<br />
-Chart of the week: a picture of world oil<br />
-Europe shale push shaken by Exxon's Poland pullout<br />
-‘Carbon capture’ too risky, earthquake prone: US study</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-06-19/oil-gas-and-ccs-june-19">read more</a></p>

<p><img src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aWIn4jcGW4E/T93mkyy9cFI/AAAAAAAAAUM/Mi5eJaCgolE/s320/Difference_engine.JPG" align="left" hspace="5" vspace="5" width="100">The first lesson of this story is that having a mug of tea too close to your computer when your cat is chasing an imaginary mouse is a bad idea.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/megan_hauser-drilling-590x388.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="66" /></span>In the late 1800s northwestern Ohio was at the center of an oil boom as the state became the nation's largest crude producer.

<p>- IMF working paper - "The Future of Oil: Geology versus Technology"<br />
- World Oil: Aleklett's new analysis of peak oil is refreshingly comprehensive<br />
- Now Playing at a Computer Near You: The ASPO-USA Webinar Series<br />
- T. Boone Pickens: Biggest Deterrent To U.S. Energy Plan Is Koch Industries</p>

<p>In this post, I consider the limited impacts of climate policy on fossil-fuel production and discuss estimates of fossil-fuel production in the long run.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-05-07/energy-supplies-and-climate-policy">read more</a></p>

<p>Some people seem to have a knack for hopping aboard a trend just before it ends. Cheniere Energy Inc., owner of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) import facility in the United States, appears to be a case in point. In the world of finance, Cheniere would be what is called a contrary indicator, one that suggests that a trend is about to reverse.</p>