Energy expert Robert Hirsch says the world would need 20 years to prepare for peak oil. But declining global oil production could just be a few years away. Read how we can prepare and ultimately “beat” this problem.
With record-high energy and commodity prices, energy security is the talk of town. The problem is: everyone is talking about something else. Find out what energy security means for your region.
Together with Chinese demand, growing Indian oil consumption is one of the reasons behind recent increases in oil prices. With massive investments in hydropower and coal, India tries to avoid the oil trap.
The world’s economic superpower is dreaming of a new kind of independence. But with domestic oil and gas production declining, America will have to look elsewhere for energy.
Despite new oil discoveries offshore, a booming biofuel industry and massive hydropower production, Brazil is still struggling to meet the energy demands of its surging economy.
Europe is an industrial giant, but a dwarf when it comes to energy resources. Energy dependence on neighboring Russia seems inevitable.
Chinese oil companies are searching the world over for new crude oil reserves to stay ahead of the country’s ever-growing thirst for energy.
Didier Houssin, Director, Oil Markets and Emergency Preparedness at the International Energy Agency, explains why energy resources are not the problem to worry about.
Modern societies need energy to function. When supply is disrupted, life can come to a grinding halt. What are the threats and how are countries responding?
Europe and the U.S. have experienced paralyzing blackouts recently. Rudolf Kreutzer, author of an Allianz study on power cuts, explains why this situation will get worse.
