The recent ASPO/SEAI event, which was headlined by a presentation from the IMF on Chapter 3 of their April 2011 WEO, has prompted some further thinking on the issue of Ireland’s strategy for risk management and resilience building. Probably the most important statement by Dr. Kumhof was If there is a non-negligible risk of future [...]
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Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: some initial thoughts
Posted in ASPO, Comment, Energy Demand, Future Scenarios, Oil, Transport on October 16, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Mind the gap!
Posted in Advocacy, ASPO, Comment, Electricity, Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Fossil Fuels, Future Scenarios, Ireland, News, Renewables on May 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Watching Barack Obama walk off Airforce One this morning in Dublin airport into a very blustery day, it inspired me to take a look at the Eirgrid website to see what kind of power our wind turbine fleet is generating.
IMF WEO 2011: Oil Scarcity, Growth, and Global Imbalances
Posted in ASPO, Comment, Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Future Scenarios, Oil, Reports on May 15, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) World Economic Outlook (WEO) published last month (April 2011) makes for very interesting reading, Chapter 3 specifically: “Oil Scarcity, Growth, and Global Imbalances”. Considering the findings of the report, it’s remarkable the relatively little press the report has received, and I can find none in the Irish media. All [...]
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Reducing Ireland’s Oil Dependence: additional thoughts
Posted in Advocacy, ASPO, Comment, Energy Demand, Energy Supply, Oil on October 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Following hard on the heels of our event last Monday, today I read two recently published articles which prompted further thinking on how to/impact of reducing our oil demand: A brief economic explanation of Peak Oil by Chris Skrebowski Graph 3 Shows the development of oil prices and illustrates the $10/year trend (red line) The [...]
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