Oil in Pictures - Net Oil Exports

Oil in Picture - Petrol Consumption per day

Oil in Pictures - Oil Intensity

Natural Gas in pictures

Bio Ethanol in Pictures - Net Energy Ratio

Energy in Images - World energy supply since 1850

Diagnosis of an addict

Sometimes the Economist cartoon says it so much better than their sad editorials.

Oil in Pictures - Cubic Mile of Oil

IEEE Spectrum had an interesting short article about our oil energy use per year and what it compares to. Here's an image:

So, cubic mile of oil has equal amount of energy than 50 years of energy produced by the above energy sources combined.

How much is a cubic mile? A lot:

Warren Buffet on Peak Oil

Wave power and Oil Peak Recession

A mixed bag of borrowed posts today:

Electricity is no 1:1 replacement for liquid fuels, but electricity is what we need in addition to liquid fuels. And with the climate change related carbon emissions cuts rolling towards us in an unrelenting way, alternatives are needed.

Big Gav at Peak Energy has a good summary post about recent developments in wave power. Go check it out.

On David Strahan's site, there's an interesting and very short interview with Robin West (PFC Energy) on current oil crunch, peak, future oil prices and the chance of big recession ahead, due to lack of oil. Very good stuff and 5 minutes well spent.