A new study by the U.S. Geological Survey downgraded how much oil remains to be found in the Middle East and Russia, compared to their last assessment, more than a decade ago
Rising Oil, Gasoline Prices Push Politicians and Reporters to Utter “Nonsense”
Politicians spar over the reasons for high oil prices, natural gas vehicles spread in the U.S., and industry battled the EPA in court over greenhouse gas controls
Hope for U.S. Oil: Where It Could Come From
Conventional oil production on land is declining across the nation—but there are great hopes for tight oil, enhanced recovery, and deepwater
Obama falsely claimed U.S. oil production at an all-time high
Giving false hope, Obama claimed several times last year that U.S. oil extraction was at an all-time high, when actually it’s in a long-term decline
Surprise Deal Emerges at United Nations Climate Talks
A worldwide coalition gradually formed that forged, essentially, to sign an agreement to make another agreement—but it is progress
Cutting Oil Use Should Be Focus of U.S. Energy Research, New Roadmap Says
The Department of Energy’s new Quadrennial Technology Review lays out new targets for energy research and development
‘The Quest’ Questioned
World-famous energy historian and analyst Daniel Yergin attempts to shoot down the idea of peak oil—but his arguments are full of errors, fallacies, and biases
“The Quest” Questioned #5: Peak Oil = Running Out of Oil?
The idea of peak oil is not that the world will soon run out of oil, but that it will, at some point, reach a maximum and then gradually decline
“The Quest” Questioned #4: Only the Pessimists Have Been Wrong?
Energy expert Daniel Yergin gloats about all the forecasts that failed for being overly pessimistic—but he fails to mention the overly optimistic forecasts that we wrong as well
Oil Man: Chroniques du début de la fin du pétrole
For non-francophones, it’s the chronicles of the beginning of the end of oil, a blog on Le Monde’s website
