Australian Planner - Peak Oil edition

The journal of the Australian Planning Institute devotes an entire issue to planning for Peak Oil.

View/download Abstracts for the edition.

IEA: World Energy Outlook 2010 - Exec Summary

The International Energy Agencies' 2010 World Energy Outlook report.

• Recently announced policies can make a difference, but fall well short of what is needed for a secure & sustainable energy future
• Lack of ambition in Copenhagen has increased the cost of achieving the 2°C goal & made it less likely to happen (and) unless commitments are fully implemented by 2020, it will be all but impossible to achieve the goal
• The age of cheap oil is over, though policy action could bring lower international prices than would otherwise be the case
• Renewables are entering the mainstream, but long-term support is needed to boost their competitiveness
• Getting the prices right, by phasing-out fossil-fuel subsidies, is the single most effective measure to cut energy demand

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NZ: The Next Oil Shock?

New Zealand's Parliamentary Library Service research paper, 2010.

"Oil is 'the lifeblood of modern civilisation'. This paper provides an overview of the global oil market. In particular, it examines the outlook for oil supply and demand over the next five years, and the economic consequences."

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NB: the footnotes in this document include references to many of the reports included on this Blog site.

UK: Sustainable Energy Security - strategic risks and opportunities for business

Commissioned by insurance company Lloyd's of London, 2010.

"This report, jointly produced by Lloyd’s 360 Risk Insight programme and Chatham House, should cause all risk managers to pause. What it outlines, in stark detail, is that we have entered a period of deep uncertainty in how we will source energy for power, heat and mobility, and how much we will have to pay for it."

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UK: The Oil Crunch - A wake-up call for the UK economy

Second report of the UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil & Energy Security, February 2010.

"The credit crunch of 2008 foreshadowed major economic, political and social upheaval. It stress-tested the responses of governments, policy-makers and businesses to the extreme. If only there had been greater time to prepare for its impact and a greater level of understanding about the issues.

"The next five years will see us face another crunch - the oil crunch.This time, we do have the chance to prepare. The challenge is to use that time well."

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