Problems in Bakken (video)
Thanks, Ken
We'll just have to wait until he returns and see if he can shed some light on what's going on in ND.
Meanwhile, there is some compelling video evidence from ND which supports many of the animal & human health concerns which have recently been raised in PA.
If readers can tolerate the first 40 seconds of noisy music, the rest of the video is worth watching. Sick cattle, congested cats, human rashes, weird white stuff on walls & floors... surely something is not right:
http://www.youtube.com/user/BakkenWa.../9/850VKyFnxIk
I find it hard to believe that so many rural citizens in various states have simply made all this stuff up.
Should Homeland Security control the electrical grid?
I shove everything into carry-on because I don’t trust that outfit with my luggage, but the author of this piece says, “Maybe.”
Rech: Oil production to decline by 2015-2020
French oil analyst Olivier Rech worked at the IEA between 2007-09. He was involved in their landmark 2008 World Energy Outlook which examined oil-field depletion rates (and then stated the need to find and bring on-stream flows equal to six times that of Saudi Arabia between 2007 and 2030).
This concise interview was published last week in French, and the English translation was posted yesterday:
http://petrole.blog.lemonde.fr/2011/...energy-agency/
Best wishes for 2012 to you all.
- rick
UK Planning Institute examines Peak Oil
Britain's leading organization of planners recently published a report on Peak Oil (Nov. 2011, 59 pgs).
The central message of their report is that the peaking of global oil production is a pervasive issue whose effects could be profound, yet it remains almost entirely overlooked by civic officials in the UK, including by planners themselves.
The review provides further details:
http://www.energybulletin.net/storie...olicy-nov-2011
Study warns of Saudi export decline
On Wednesday Chatham House released a study on the Saudi's "hidden energy crisis" which indicates that surging domestic demand may start to constrict the Kingdom's export capabilities in about ten years' time, after which exports could plummet:
http://www.chathamhouse.org/publicat...rs/view/180825
Please note Fig. 1 on page 2 which shows increasing domestic demand eating into Saudi export capacity around 2021, followed by plummeting export capacity. This scenario is consistent with warnings issued by Jeffrey Brown, Jadwa Investment's report last year (from within Saudi Arabia), and an earlier study by Chatham House in 2008.
Wednesday's warning ought to have been front-page news around the world, but of course it wasn't.
Analysis of Citigroup report
This analysis was recently posted at The Oil Drum:
http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9079#more
Lt. Col. Eggen's thesis on Peak Oil
This review (with link to the Dec. 2011 thesis) was posted this morning:
http://www.energybulletin.net/storie...obal-balance-p