Peak Oil Presentation to City Council

Well.. after almost two years since the last time I considered doing this… on June 9, 2008, I’m planning on presenting to Port Alberni City Council on Peak Oil. This comes on the heels of last nights Council meeting where the Cities’ Climate Change Committee, of which I am a member, presented their report. It …

Calculating Commuting Costs on Vancouver Island

This will be the first post in a series as I work through this data. First, full disclosure, I work at Malaspina (Vancouver Island University) in Nanaimo and live 80KM away in Port Alberni. It’s a 1 hour drive morning and night, so yes, I have a vested interest in this topic. I am also …

Former Talisman Energy CEO discusses Peak Oil

From the EnergyBulletin After last weeks admission by the CEO of Shell that cheap oil will peak around 2012. Now we have the former CEO of Canadian energy jewel, Talisman Energy. Dr. Jim Buckee thinks we’ll see $150-$200 oil by Q3 or Q4 2008.. And that will be the point where price rationing begins, as …