Bristol Green Capital Peak Oil Taskforce (2009): Building a Positive Future for Bristol after Peak Oil

Bristol Green Capital Peak Oil Taskforce (2009): Building a Positive Future for Bristol after Peak Oil

Bristol Green Capital Peak Oil Taskforce, for Bristol City Council and the Bristol Partnership.

Página acerca del informe en el web del ayuntamiento de Bristol: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/environment/peak-oil-and-transition-bristol

Disponible en: http://www.bristol.gov.uk/sites/default/files/documents/environment/greener_living/green_capital/Peak-Oil-Report_01_0.pdf

The Green Momentum Group and Bristol City
Council wish to thank:
• The peak oil taskforce for compiling the report: Simone Osborn (author), Dan Green,
Peter Lipman, Kate Hoare, Susan Warren, James Durie
• Inez Aponte for the future scenarios
• All the individuals and organisations who provided information or feedback for the
report

Part 1 –
Peak oil and its significance for Bristol
Part 2 –
1. Peak oil in Bristol
2. Cross sector implications
3. Transport and mobility
4. Food
5. Healthcare
6. Public services
7. Key economic sectors
8. Power and utilities
9. Summary
Part 3 –
Options for action
Key terms
Appendices –
1. An introduction to peak oil
2. Alternative fuels
3. UK natural gas, coal and electricity
4. Who else is considering the issue of peak oil
5. Portland, Oregon peak oil resolution


Genero: Informes y estudios
Subjects: 2009, alimentación, ayuntamientos, bristol, Bristol City Council, Bristol Green Capital, consecuencias del peak oil, consecuencias económicas, consecuencias sociales, Dan Green, economía, energía, energías alternativas, english, gobiernos locales, Green Capital Momentum Group, Inez Aponte, James Durie, Kate Hoare, movilidad, peak oil, Peak Oil Taskforce, Peter Lipman, políticas públicas, preparación ante el peak oil, propuestas, reino unido, servicios públicos, Simone Osborn, Susan Warren, the Bristol Partnership, trasporte
RSPB; ActionAid; Friends of the Earth; Greenpeace (2010): Driving to Destruction

RSPB; ActionAid; Friends of the Earth; Greenpeace (2010): Driving to Destruction

November 2010.

Disponible en: https://web.archive.org/web/20111214052758/http://www.foeeurope.org/agrofuels/ILUC_briefing_November2010.pdf

National plans for energy and transport show Europe is set to increase significantly biofuel use. By 2020, biofuels will provide 9.5% of total energy in transport; 92% of these fuels will come from food crops (such as oil seeds, palm oil, sugar cane, sugar beet, wheat).

This will require an expansion of cultivated agricultural land globally, converting forests, grasslands and peat lands into crop fields. Up to 69 000 km2 will be affected – an area over twice the size of Belgium.

Total net GHG emissions from biofuels could be as much as 56 million tonnes of extra CO2 per year, the equivalent of an extra 12 to 26 million cars on Europe’s roads by 2020. This means that instead of being 35 to 50% less polluting than fossil fuels (as required by the Renewable Energy Directive (RED)), once land use impacts are included, the extra biofuels that will come to the EU market will be on average 81% to 167% worse for the climate than fossil fuels.


Genero: Informes y estudios
Subjects: agricultura, agrocombustibles, cambio climático, co2, combustibles, ecología, emisiones de GEI, energías alternativas, english, impactos medioambientales, política energética, políticas públicas, previsiones, transporte, ue, uso de la tierra
MAST, TOM (2005): Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage

MAST, TOM (2005): Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage

Over a Barrel: A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage is meant as a concise summary of the urgent oil shortage issue, written to be read by everyone of high school age or older. It provides a balanced and factual picture of the medium-to-long range role of oil in supplying the world’s energy needs, as well as an understanding of the many technical and social implications of the alternatives to oil.

A foundation in understanding energy is provided by the early chapters on energy concepts, history, uses, and sources. Emphasis is given to the special energy requirements of the transportation industries that are 97% dependent on oil-based fuels.

Then, the focus shifts to understanding oil. World supply and demand for oil is carefully explained, showing that we have used about half the oil that nature took over 100 million years to create and that oil production will begin to decline soon. These chapters show that the rising world demand will create a permanent and increasing shortage of oil and that the Middle East has over 60% of the oil reserves.

Oil alternatives are reviewed with the alarming conclusion that we don’t know which of them can overcome their many technical and social issues to fill some of the gap that will be created by declining oil production. The case for more and better organized research and development of alternatives to oil is made.

The book explores life in a world with declining oil and no alternatives – an unpleasant life. Suggestions are then given for actions to be taken by the reader to support R&D efforts and for fuel conservation to extend the time we have to accomplish the identification and building of industries for alternatives to oil.


Genero: Libros
Subjects: 2005, dependencia del petróleo, diagnóstico, energías alternativas, english, peak oil, petróleo, propuestas
BLACK, EDWIN (2007): Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

BLACK, EDWIN (2007): Internal Combustion: How Corporations and Governments Addicted the World to Oil and Derailed the Alternatives

Internal Combustion is the compelling tale of corruption and manipulation that subjected the United States and the world to an oil addiction that could have been avoided, that was never necessary, and that could be ended not in ten years, not in five years, but today.


Genero: Libros
Subjects: 2007, adicción al petróleo, carteles, coche eléctrico, dependencia energética, diagnóstico, economía, eeuu, energías alternativas, english, lobbies, movilidad, política, propuestas