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| UK government warned of, and dismissed, peak oil warning in 2007 The UK government was warned by its own civil servants two years ago that there could be significant negative economic consequences to the UK posed by near-term peak oil energy shortages.Ministers were told it was impossible to know exactly when production might fail to meet supply but when it did there could be global consequences, including civil unrest .Yet ministers consistently played down the threat with the contemporaneous Wicks review into energy security (PDF) effectively dismissing peak oil as alarmist and irrelevant.Read more... |
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| UK DECC acknowledges risk of peak oil Department of Energy and Climate Change consultation acknowledges real risk of significant long-term rises in oil pricesRead more (http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2077627/decc-accepts-warning-rising-peak-oil-risks)or read the DECC report in pptx format (http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/portal/index.php?option=com_content task=edit id=2980 Itemid=1 Returnid=1)... |
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| Government to develop Oil Shock Response Plan Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne yesterday agreed to develop an 'Oil Shock Response Plan', following a meeting with the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security (http://peakoiltaskforce.net/) (ITPOES).Click here for more (http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2072738/exclusive-government-develop-oil-shock-response-plan?WT.rss_f= WT.rss_a=Exclusive%3A+Government+to+develop+Oil+Shock+Response+Plan)... |
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| Sign up for the PowerSwitch Daily PowerSwitch now has a daily e-paper, updating you every day with peak oil and energy news. To sign up, please go to the PowerSwitch Daily (http://paper.li/PowerSwitch_UK/1289840046/) page... |
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| IEA - "Peak oil is an inevitability" The International Energy Agency states in World Energy Outlook 2010 in no uncertain time that Peak Oil is inevitable, but the timing of the peak will be determined by a combination of government policy and the strength of demand in addition to the more commonly discussed issue of resource constraints. It sees crude oil output hitting an “undulating plateau of around 68-69mbpd by 2020″, while total oil production including unconventional oil and natural gas liquids is expected to peak at around 96mbpd after 2035, under the “new policies scenario.Read more (http://www.iea.org/about/index.asp)... |
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| Peak oil alarm revealed by secret official talks Speculation that government ministers are far more concerned about a future supply crunch than they have admitted has been fuelled by the revelation that they are canvassing views from industry and the scientific community about peak oil .The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is also refusing to hand over policy documents about peak oil – the point at which oil production reaches its maximum and then declines – under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act, despite releasing others in which it admits secrecy around the topic is probably not good .Read the original article (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/aug/22/peak-oil-department-energy-climate-change)... |
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| UK energy minister to hold Peak Oil summit Lord Hunt, the energy (http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/energy) minister, is to meet industrialists in London tomorrow in a bid to calm mounting fears about the disruption that could follow a sudden shortage of oil (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/oil) supplies.In a significant policy shift, the government has agreed to undertake more work on whether the UK needs to take action to avoid the massive dislocation that could be caused by the early onset of peak oil – the point that marks the start of terminal decline in global oil production.Read more (http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/mar/21/peak-oil-summit)... |
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| How long before the lights go out? Bad news for energy consumers continues to come thick and fast. Bills have more than doubled in the past six years, and could rise a further 25 per cent in the next decade according to a wide-ranging report published yesterday by OfgemRead more (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/7153724/How-long-before-the-lights-go-out.html)... |
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| Branson warns that oil crunch is coming within five years Sir Richard Branson and fellow leading businessmen will warn ministers this week that the world is running out of oil and faces an oil crunch within five years.The founder of the Virgin group, whose rail, airline and travel companies are sensitive to energy prices, will say that the coming crisis could be even more serious than the credit crunch.Read more (http://www.powerswitch.org.uk/portal/mambots/editors/tinymce/Branson warns that oil crunch is coming within five years) ... |
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| Dark world of declining oil supplies expected A recently conducted survey of members of the global ‘Peak Oil Community’ has revealed wide-ranging negative expectations for the world in the twenty first century but also optimism on an individual basis. ‘The Global Peak Oil Survey 2009’, carried out by the UK focused peak oil group Powerswitch, consisted of 150 questions on the most controversial areas of discussion around peak oil.... |
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