PEAK OIL Update:

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article3248...

Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years
Carl Mortished, World Business Editor
January 25, 2008

World demand for oil and gas will outstrip supply within seven years, according to Royal Dutch Shell.

The oil multinational is predicting that conventional supplies will not keep pace with soaring population growth and the rapid pace of economic development.

Jeroen van der Veer, Shell's chief executive, said in an e-mail to the company's staff this week that output of conventional oil and gas was close to peaking. He wrote: "Shell estimates that after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand."

The boss of the world's second-largest oil company forecast that, regardless of government policy initiatives and investment in renewables, the world would need more nuclear power and unconventional fossil fuels, such as oil sands.

"Using more energy inevitably means emitting more CO2 at a time when climate change has become a critical global issue," he wrote.

Mr van der Veer is expected to discuss Shell's energy outlook today at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

In his e-mail, which was reported on RoyalDutchShellplc.com, an independent website that monitors the company, Shell's chief set out two scenarios for the world's energy future.
The first scenario, "Scramble", envisages a mad dash by nations to secure resources. With policymakers viewing energy as "a zero-sum game," use of domestic coal and biofuels accelerates.

It is a world, said the Shell chief, where "policymakers pay little attention to energy consumption - until supplies run short."

The alternative scenario, "Blue-prints", envisages a world of political cooperation between governments on efficiency standards and taxes, a convergence of policies on emissions trading and local initiatives to improve environmental performance of buildings.
Shell has not committed to either scenario. The oil company regularly uses scenario-planning to test the likely impact of widely divergent economic and political scenarios on its long-term strategy.

Unsurprisingly, Mr van der Veer indicated that Shell preferred the Blueprints scenario but he expressed caution over the likelihood of it coming to pass without a global approach to emissions trading.

The Blueprints scenario assumes that 90 per cent of CO2 is captured by coal and gas power plants in developed countries by 2050, and at least half of the CO2 emitted by power stations in the developing world. No such plants are in operation today, noted the Shell chief. "It will be hard work and there is little time," he said.
Mr van der Veer's comments emerged in the same week that the European Commission launched reforms to its carbon trading system, with plans to force power stations to buy permits to emit CO2.

In an acknowledgement of the challenge of securing global acceptance of the need to curb carbon emissions, the Commission President, José Manuel Barroso, said that the Commission would consider the possibility of taxing imports into the EU by countries that failed to take equivalent measures to curb carbon emissions.

Mr van der Veer's prediction that the oil industry would soon struggle to deliver sufficient conventional oil and gas to meet demand echoes growing concern from other oil bosses.

http://royaldutchshellplc.com/2008/01/24/the-times-shell-chief-fears-oil...

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/BreakingNews.html

NATO Commanders Say They're Ready to Fight a Nuclear War to Defend the West's "Energy Security"

The five commanders argue that the west's values and way of life
are under threat, but the west is struggling to summon the will to
defend them. The key threats are climate change and energy
security, entailing a contest for resources . . . on a mass scale.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/nato/story/0,,2244782,00.html

These were just as cool yesterday.

All kinds of time warps going on here. I kind of like it. It's like riding the tilt-a-world ride without getting cotton candy in your hair. :)

I wasn't complaining.

Just wondering if I needed to up my meds...

pissed off patricia @ 6:

All kinds of time warps going on here. I kind of like it. It's like riding the tilt-a-world ride without getting cotton candy in your hair. :)

I've never had the cotton candy in the hair happen to me but then again my hair is pretty short. I do tend to lose my lunch on some carnival rides though. Funny, I've rappelled and fast roped out of hovering helicopters and was on a warship during a hurricane at sea (32 foot or so swells) when I was in the Marines and never once got sick.  I get on a simple carnival ride and up goes my lunch.  Luckily, that hasn't happened with this C&L "time warp" round up.  :lol:

Kucinich finally revealed the latest corporate media bomb that he said was coming:

The Cleveland Plain Dealer, his own home state newspaper, is demanding Kucinich be removed from office.

These flashbacks are a trip. Visiting C&L is like going back to the Flower-Power days. I can save a lot of money, cut way back on my standing order with my CIA buddy for that Afghan sh*t, who needs it when you can just punch up a blog and FFFLLLLYYYYYYYYY?

CoIntelPro @ 11:

right wing hater @ 2:

It's great mental preparation for when the oil companies intend to strangle the world's economies and bring them all to heel. As I see the recent price of oil freeze or even drop slightly, it's obvious that they are leery of collapsing the world economy. Maybe the Saudis were onto something when they booby-trapped their own oil fields. Iraq and Iran are obvious signs of what we'll do for oil.

Smedley Butler was right. WAR IS A RACKET!

Have a copy of it....very informative

By the way here's a link to the editorial a previous poster mentioned:
http://www.cleveland.com/editorials/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/opinion/...

Weaseldog @ 15:

Medford Tim @ 3:

Am I having a Deja Vu experience or was this round up posted yesterday?

It is Groundhog Day.

Groundhog Day is when you watch a little, inane creature wriggling around, making weird noises, and trying to decipher what that means for the future. Just like SOTU day.

Top 36 Political Slogans of 2007
1) (On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush
2) 1/20/09: End of an Error
3) That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
4) Let's Fix Democracy in THIS Country First
5) If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran
6) Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.
7) You Can't Be Pro-War And Pro-Life At The Same Time
8) If You Can Read This, You're Not Our President
9) Of Course It Hurts: You're Getting Screwed by an Elephant
10) Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?
11) George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight
12) Impeachment: It's Not Just for Blowjobs Anymore
14) America: One Nation, Under Surveillance
15) They Call Him 'W' So He Can Spell It
16) Which God Do You Kill For?
17) Cheney/Satan '08
18) Jail to the Chief
19) Who Would Jesus Torture?
20) No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade
21) Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design is Full Of Crap
23) Bad president! No Banana.
24) We Need a President Who's Fluent In At Least One Language
25) We're Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill Them
27) Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Blood
28) Is It Vietnam Yet?
29) Bush Doesn't Care About White People, Either
30) Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This Hand Basket?
31) You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.
32) Frodo Failed. Bush Has the Ring.
33) Impeach Cheney First
34) Dubya, Your Dad Shoulda Pulled Out, Too
35) When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46
36) The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century

pissed off patricia @ 13:

Joe O. @ 10:

pissed off patricia @ 6:

All kinds of time warps going on here. I kind of like it. It's like riding the tilt-a-world ride without getting cotton candy in your hair. :)

I've never had the cotton candy in the hair happen to me but then again my hair is pretty short. I do tend to lose my lunch on some carnival rides though. Funny, I've rappelled and fast roped out of hovering helicopters and was on a warship during a hurricane at sea (32 foot or so swells) when I was in the Marines and never once got sick.  I get on a simple carnival ride and up goes my lunch.  Luckily, that hasn't happened with this C&L "time warp" round up.  :lol:

I got seasick just reading your comment. Thirty two foot swells? Oh man, I don't want to even think about such a thing. I came back from the Bahamas once on a twenty foot boat and we ran into 10 foot seas. I swore if I made it home alive I would never do such a thing ever again. I haven't either. The inner hull of the boat tore loose about half way between West End Bahamas and West Palm Bch. The whole trip was a nightmare. Being at West End was a hell of a lot of fun, but the ride home, not so much.

I swore the same thing when we got back to port. Your trip sounds like more of a nightmare than the one we had eventhough we had caught the end of hurricane Andrew in the middle of the Atlantic. Just about everyone was sea sick on board. I tried to look at the bright side since I was one of the few that wasn't sick. At least the chow lines were short was what I said. There were only six guys in line when usually there was a huge line. It was hard getting there though. We almost had to walk on the bulkheads. :lol:

CoIntelPro @ 22:

Top 36 Political Slogans of 2007
1) (On an infant's shirt): Already smarter than Bush
2) 1/20/09: End of an Error
3) That's OK, I Wasn't Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
4) Let's Fix Democracy in THIS Country First
5) If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran
6) Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.
7) You Can't Be Pro-War And Pro-Life At The Same Time
8) If You Can Read This, You're Not Our President
9) Of Course It Hurts: You're Getting Screwed by an Elephant
10) Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?
11) George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight
12) Impeachment: It's Not Just for Blowjobs Anymore
14) America: One Nation, Under Surveillance
15) They Call Him 'W' So He Can Spell It
16) Which God Do You Kill For?
17) Cheney/Satan '08
18) Jail to the Chief
19) Who Would Jesus Torture?
20) No, Seriously, Why Did We Invade
21) Bush: God's Way of Proving Intelligent Design is Full Of Crap
23) Bad president! No Banana.
24) We Need a President Who's Fluent In At Least One Language
25) We're Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill Them
27) Rich Man's War, Poor Man's Blood
28) Is It Vietnam Yet?
29) Bush Doesn't Care About White People, Either
30) Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This Hand Basket?
31) You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.
32) Frodo Failed. Bush Has the Ring.
33) Impeach Cheney First
34) Dubya, Your Dad Shoulda Pulled Out, Too
35) When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46
36) The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century

Thanks for this list, I've heard a few before, but this is great. ♥♂

Preacher Boob @ 25:

The fact that there are Republicans simply means that a vast minority of Americans know nothing about Politics or Human Nature.

Or it simply means that a vast number of Americans hate other Americans enough to vote foe Republicans.

You could fit in McCardle's common sense in a thimble. Lord, she just does not get it, and when she's called on it, she inevitably says she meant something other than what she wrote and was misunderstood. Basic concepts, such as torture not working, the real reason war opponents were always right, or how those who aren't privileged live very different lives, require great explanation to her - although she remains impervious. She's essentially a libertarian troll given a high profile blog (although "troll" ain't quite fair, 'cause she's jsut obtuse and her "not getting it" act ain't an act.)

What The Dems Should Have Said To Americans Last Night: "Stimulate Me, Baby"