From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog

With the arrival of Peak Oil, the curtain has closed on Act 1 of the drama Petroleum Man. What will happen in Act 2? Chekhov said, "If there's a gun on the wall at the beginning of the play, by the end it must go off." In the world's nuclear arsenal are many guns on the wall. If life copies art, will there be an Act 3 in which the players, having learned their lesson the hard way, live sustainably? To explore these and other questions... FTW's Act 2 Blog. Read, comment, take heart! Orkin

Sunday, September 04, 2022

From Jenna Orkin

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant operations extended through 2030 by California Lawmakers

Punishing heat wave in West sets records, fuels fires

U.S. to sell $1.1 billion in anti-ship, air-to-air weapons to Taiwan

Thousands of Xcel customers locked out of thermostats during 'energy emergency'

Saudi Arabians are using a widely available Google and Apple store app to report activists who speak out against the government. Some have received harsh sentences while others are self-censoring.

Russia's Gazprom will keep the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline shut down after finding a leak, heightening Europe's energy crisis

Russia's ruble has rallied nearly 40% since the war in Ukraine began. That could be bad news for Putin.

The US and other countries that sanctioned Moscow are likely importing Russian oil via India, report says

Copper prices are set to drop another 11%. That would be a good sign for inflation but a bad omen for the economy.

'Every historical parallel suggests that the worst is yet to come': Investing legend Jeremy Grantham warns that stocks are in a bubble 'eerily similar' to the biggest in history — all of which resulted in crashes of 50% or more

 

Jenna Orkin at 6:08 AM
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