Sylvicultura Oeconomica

http://www.jg-tc.com/multimedia/20080630_Gas/

CIBC, which has hit thier research on oil just about more right-on than any other research house, put out a very interesting research report towards the end of April, projecting oil at $200/BBL by 2012.

 http://research.cibcwm.com/economic_public/download/sapr08.pdf 

There are some excellent charts and graphs in there all pointing to ongoing distrurbing supply, demand, and consuption trends. All of which support ongoing and stabile higher prices.

Credit Suisse has recent joined the list of banks that are applying The Carbon Principles to thier consideration of coal-related project finance. 

http://www.credit-suisse.com/news/en/media_release.jsp?ns=40826

 http://www.carbonprinciples.com/

These are a set of guidelines for lenders to electric generation facilities. It would be prudent for the synfuels industry to begin considering a similar set of standards. Even though we make fuels, not power, we still face the same risks on the permitting and financial front, and have the same moral obligation to be responsible in our project design to ensure mitigation (or even eventual elmination) of lifecycle carbon footprints.  

(hat tip to The Matter Network for the original link to the story http://www.matternetwork.com/headlines/-lww.cfm)

http://www.matternetwork.com/2008/6/could-watery-summer-santa.cfm

http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=774744570

One of the best discussions of peak oil i have seen to date on CNBC, and the potential reactions to it. Finally a serious talk about it as a real issue with serious geological underpinnings, as opposed to a “hey, look at these crackpots” sort of piece.

Flight Global just did a great piece on alternative aviation fuels:

 http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/06/16/224672/alternative-aviation-fuels-green-and-lean.html

They also published a directory of power players in the industry. We appear on the first page:

 http://www.flightglobal.com/assets/getasset.aspx?ItemID=23432

Looks like our neighbors to the north are stepping out front and leading the way in more sustainable city design.

We would do well to watch and learn.

http://www.matternetwork.com/2008/6/vancouver-best-urban-planners-ever.cfm 

Could it be, a stirring of intelligence from the mainstream media on oil?

 http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/16/news/economy/oil_supply/index.htm?postversion=2008061613

It looks like they are maybe, possibly, finally starting to figure out that maybe there is more than just “speculators” or a “terror premium” at work here.

Once again, The Independent produces some of the best-informed and most well-thought-out reporting on energy seen in recent memory.

http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/leading-articles/leading-article-the-oil-era-reaches-its-desperate-endgame-847898.html

The type of clean plant they describe towards the end of the video is fairly similar to what we are building.

Glad to see Arch and COP making moves for CCS.