Portland Transport

Category: Peak Oil

  • Out of Context Problems

    Last Thursday I dropped in to the PSU/PDOT Traffic and Transportation Class to hear Gordon Price. I’ve heard Gordon a couple of times, but it’s been at least five years since the last time. It was well worth it, and fodder for at least a couple of posts. Gordon spent the first part of his…

  • The Optimistic Side of Peak Oil

    I just finished reading an article in this month’s Wired magazine that provides the techno-optimistic perspective on peak oil. The article suggests that a number of alternative energy sources will become available as oil hits higher price points.

  • Peak Oil Conference in Denver

    The first national conference of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA was held this weekend in Denver. I went for two reasons: first, this conference was sponsored by Denver Mayor Hickenlooper and included as attendees bankers, oil and gas company executives, as well as other elected officials; and, second, it included specific discussion…

  • Freight Plan Grinds into Gear

    Yesterday the Portland Planning Commission formally recommended the Freight Master Plan to City Council. But the recommendation did not come without qualification. Some of the issues the Planning Commission discussed: – What’s the impact of peak oil on this plan? (no answer other than that the issue is not covered by the City Transportation System…

  • Peak Oil? Thinking Globally, Acting Locally

    Hurricanes Katrina and Rita highlighted the vulnerability of the world’s oil supply to disruptions and the resulting price shocks. Link to book at Amazon.com Link to book at Powell’s Link to book at Multnomah County Library List Price: Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy,…