Energy Source has been taken out by illness today, but here are some highlights from the past couple of weeks:
Deepwater fever: BP’s ‘giant’ find, 11km deep
Deepwater fever II: Brazilian Santos well is also rather big – but how much oil is there?
Solar energy from space, anyone?
Comment: Searching in vain for the oil shock effect
Moral arguments become more heated ahead of Copenhagen
Oil demand is recovering, probably
Opec’s interest in the environment
The world’s most successful, but worst paid oil minister?
Japan’s new government pledges to reduce emissions
It’s not just developing countries that will suffer from climate change
Matt Simmons hits back on peak oil
The sobering news about geoengineering
Further reading:
Total CEO expects oil supply squeeze in 2014 (Bloomberg)
Environmental groups lose bid to halt Alberta Clipper oil pipeline (Law 360)
The politics of nuclear power in Germany (Economist)
Nicholas Stern says China should be helped to move to a low-carbon economy (Reuters)
Global warming make staple grain cassava toxic (Economic Times)
Shell could be first to liquify gas offshore (Houston Chronicle)
Study shows Australia has exceeded US for per-capita carbon emissions (AFP)
