This is a guest post by GliderGuider. It was originally posted in May 2007. This post presents one model of what the future may look like. There are other, less dire, views as well. At the root of all the converging crises of the World Problematique...

Update: Link to new BP report on results of internal investigation into the causes of the accident. With Labor Day weekend, and the recovery of the blowout preventer from the Deepwater Horizon well in the Gulf of Mexico, the remaining parts of the op...

EIA ups forecast for 2010 world oil demand growth WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Wednesday raised its forecast for growth in world oil demand this year for the third month in a row, mainly due to thirst for fuel in China, the M...

In 1913, Lord Northcliffe, who owned the Daily Mail, offered £10,000 to the first men to fly the Atlantic from North America to Ireland or England in less than 72 hours. The prize was won by John Alcock and Arthur Brown, who flew non stop from Newfo...

This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6932. There is not much new to report, except that Tropical Storm Hermine has hit northern Mexico, so I will re-run yesterday's post. The BOP has been brought to the surfac...

Kjell Aleklett - Coal and Oil: The Dark Monarchs of Global Energy The formation of modern society has been dominated by coal and oil, and together these two fossil fuels account for nearly two thirds of all primary energy used by mankind. This makes...

ASPO-USA's 6th Annual Peak Oil Conference October 7 -9, 2010 Capitol Hill Hyatt, Washington DC Join The Oil Drum analysts at the 2010 ASPO-USA Peak Oil Conference in Washington, DC Oct 7-9, 2010. Oil Drum contributors speaking at the conference inc...

We talk about "Energy and our Future". But what, specifically would you, the reader, like to hear about? Some ideas: More introductory overview posts? More about natural gas? More about population and overshoot issues? More about political issues--in...

This thread is being closed. Please comment on http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6931. The BOP has been brought to the surface and is being examined as forensic evidence at a NASA facility in Louisiana. The next step two steps are Controlling the we...

Charlie Hall and I will be speaking at an energy conference in Spain on October 19-21. Some European readers may choose to come, but we expect it will be not be feasible for most US readers. Instead, the organizers are asking that readers of The Oil...