A European resource / website
Via separate, non-SWC research I've located a European academic / policy research think tank, the European Centre for Energy and Resource Security, co-located in London and Berlin that may have items of interest: http://www.eucers.eu/
Index of U.S. Energy Security
Thanks for your detailed analysis, Steve.
No quarrel with any of it.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recently published its energy security index, which is a rather interesting concept. I have seen nothing about it in the media.
A review of their Index was posted this morning at Energy Bulletin:
http://www.energybulletin.net/storie...-commerce-2011
An e-mail has been sent to the Chamber which alerts them to the review and invites them to respond.
This may also be of interest:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...rticle2130910/
Energy Security (discussion with U.S. Chamber of Commerce)
The Chamber of Commerce responded to the review of their Index of U.S. Energy Security. Their response and my reply to it were posted in a single article at Energy Bulletin this morning:
http://www.energybulletin.net/storie...ity-risk-and-a
The Chamber was respectfully encouraged to look beyond info from the EIA and to incorporate the observations & concerns of military analysts with respect to peak oil and export decline.
Stratfor: Geopolitical history of USA
(This has nothing particularly to do with energy, but I didn't know where else to put it.)
An American military logistics expert recently recommended that I read this analysis of how the USA acquired its strength, written by George Friedman at Stratfor.
At 15 pages, it's not exactly short, but (given the scale of the topic) it is both concise and very insightful.
Friedman focuses on five strategic imperatives that America had to achieve (and did).
The logistician was correct; this is certainly one of the most interesting non-energy items that I've read in a long time:
http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/201...vitable-empire