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I've been peak oil aware since the end of 2004, so I have 2.5 years of reading, thinking and researching under my belt. Here's my $0.02 (Canadian $ of course)

Barring a massive, sudden and long la ...

Ah, the old methane hydrate. Yes, there is a fantastic store of energy there, but how do you safely extract it without causing an environmental disaster? Comparitively, oil is easy to extract - just s ...

Financial institutions, I believe, loan money out on new O&G projects based on the P90, corrrect?
If so, that's the number that everyone should use on a consistent basis.

That would be the pr ...

There is some amount of uncertainty in all types of predictions and yes in exploration most certainly. Most people when they describe the potential for reserves/resources in an unexplored area rep ...

Canadian oil and gas firm makes huge profit.

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/02/15/encana.html

Although most of the gains came from ..."A big chunk of EnCana's record profit — about $2.38 bi ...

It does have quite a few drawbacks. Nuclear waste is one. But there are others. The cost, historically, has always been under-estimated. It takes a lot of cash to keep those babies running. It's not l ...

As always, there is an immediate and horrified reaction to this idea. I know that was my first reaction to the notion. But, I’ve been doing some reading on the subject and it’s not as far-fetched as ...

It was, IMO, a scare tactic. The official alert rating in Alberta is still "low" (non-existent,low,moderate,imminent) which shows how little credence the authorities here give it. (not that authorit ...

When gradual solutions do not work you are left with shock measures. It is a mess. And it all starts with sloppy sentimental thinking that somehow low prices are always good for consumers.

This r ...

I'm curious about something MrBill. Let's assume the following:
For one reason or another, the US economy goes into a prolonged recession. The stock market continues to drop, investments such as ...

Wow! Check out those poll results, that’s impressive considering the number of doomers here.
Improving battery capacity to allow us to capture significant renewable energy is without question the h ...

That's a very good point and I see this paper getting out of hand (scope creep) by wandering off into the financials. The paper is pretty much up to me and my initial thought was the tar sands aren't ...

Oh, and while EROEI is an important concept that SHOULD have an impact on what decisions are made, the reality is, cost is the only thing that matters. How many oil CEO's have you seen talk about ERO ...

So the issue in Canada doesn't appear to be with reserves but rather with production.
BINGO! That is THE thing to remember. Oil sands is not conventional oil production, so the cost point will be c ...

Oh god, they are actually thinking about doing this.

Yes, god, thankfully they are talking about doing this... it's been a long time coming, I actually am surprised how quickly the idea is being se ...