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Peak oil around 2030 says IEA

August 27, 2009March 19, 2018 By David Strahan1 Comment

An article in the Independent caused a stir recently by claiming that the International Energy Agency's chief economist Fatih Birol had predicted peak oil in 'about ten years' - a radical departure from the IEA's position to date. (more…)...

The Economist strikes again

August 21, 2009March 19, 2018 By David StrahanNo Comments

In the Times this week Bill Emmott argued that the world’s oil supply problems are simply down to OPEC greed, dismissed peak oil as the work of “planetary gloomsters” and assured readers that the world is not running out. (more…)...

The great biogas bungle

August 4, 2009 By David StrahanNo Comments

First published in The Ecologist on 4 August 2009, and Sustainable Business, October 2009. When David and Ruth of The Archers decided to set up an anaerobic digester to make biogas from farm waste, they quickly ran into trouble. Intended to produce electricity for the national grid and heat for their poly-tunnels, the project was defeated by boardroom bust-ups and NIMBY protests led by local battle-axe Linda Snell. (more…)...

Iraqi oil gameshow loses the plot

July 5, 2009 By David Strahan1 Comment

A shorter version of this article was published in the The Independent on Sunday, 5 July 2009 The auction of Iraqi oil production licences last week was truly historic – not least because it was the first such exercise ever to be broadcast live on television. (more…)...

Global warming: send in the tanks

June 18, 2009 By David Strahan1 Comment

First published in the Guardian, 18 June 2009. Forget expensive high tech silver bullets like nuclear fusion and carbon capture and storage, the solution to climate change lies in the humble electric immersion heater that sits in your hot water tank under the stairs. (more…)...

We’re in OPEC’s hands, but are they tied?

June 14, 2009 By David Strahan1 Comment

This article was first published in the The Independent on Sunday, 14 June 2009 BP famously ‘doesn’t do’ oil price forecasts. After 18 months in which crude has ricocheted from just under $100 per barrel to an all time high of $147, then down to less than $40, and now up to $73 again, you can see their point. (more…)...

Renewable supergrid by 2030

June 14, 2009 By David StrahanNo Comments

A short version of this article was published in the The Independent on Sunday, 14 June 2009 Europe could build an electricity supply based entirely on renewable energy by 2030, according to scientists making a presentation at the House of Commons this week. (more…)...