Shale Gas Review Board. Investigation and Public Hearing Report Quebec Report by the BAPE (Office of Public Hearings on the Environment) of 144 pages on the exploration and exploitation of shale gas and the potential environmental, health and social problems of its exploitation . Introduction Shale gas exploration and development projects [...]
Category: Geopolitics and fossil fuels
Geopolitics has a considerable influence in today's world. Geopolitics is politics based on the exploitation of natural resources. Before geopolitics was based essentially on access to water and arable and fertile land, that is to say what allowed the life and the development of societies. Today it has obviously essentially switched to the exploitation of fossil fuels, this since the first industrial revolution.
The links between the economy, the development of societies, fossil fuels are very close. These links can often lead to tensions, conflicts and wars. It is the geopolitics of the 20th century!
Water will again become an important geopolitical factor in the coming decades, but also the consequences of global warming which will have an increasingly significant impact on human societies! This is the geopolitics of the 21st century!
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Gasland, video report on shale gas
Gasland report (full video) on shale gas in the USA and its devastating effects on the environment Documentary in 7 parts on Youtube or Dailymotion. Europe will not be spared, it also has an interesting gas potential. José Bové seems to have become in a few weeks one of the leaders of the sensitization to the problems related [...]
Driving without oil video interview with Pierre Langlois
Rolling without petroleum, synthetic video interview by Pierre Langlois P. Langlois is Ph.D, author of the book "Rolling without petroleum" in which Econologie is quoted. Find out more: extracts from Pierre Langlois' book and result of research on Pierre Langlois.
The medical and social costs of urban pollution
What is the social and economic cost of urban pollution? This article is extracted from the study: urban transport which you can download in full here. The medico-social cost of urban pollution A recent survey revealed that the premature deaths of urban pollution in London were 385 for the year 1999 […]
Future Energies, the energy mix solution
An energy mix to replace the Oil King? On the end of oil, much more than its depletion, we currently have at least one certainty: the oil king has and probably will not have a prince, that is to say a successor who is as omnipresent in our life. Indeed; there is no natural resource […]
Urban pollution and air pollutants
Air and pollutants Air is the first element necessary for life. Every day, we breathe about 14 kg of air, or 11 liters. Man introduces substances into the atmosphere that have harmful consequences for health and the environment. These substances are emitted by stationary and mobile sources: boilers, industrial activities, […]
2013 the end of oil (Docu-fiction)
A very well done documentary fiction to better understand the enormous influence of oil on our lives ... Released in November 2006. Learn more: - oil and fossil fuels Forum - Discuss this documentary
Taxation, taxation and cost of petroleum fuels: TIPP and VAT
Everyone knows that petroleum fuels are heavily taxed. But what exactly are the weight and nature of these taxes and how are the different costs of a liter of fuel distributed? This article attempts to answer this question briefly. Based on a liter of petroleum fuel sold € 1,02, here is what […]
The global geoengineering
This article is the continuation of the article: Cooling the Earth to fight against global warming To learn more and debate: cooling the Earth against global warming and climate change with global geoengineering: fiction or reality? Global geoengineering or global climate manipulation “Current climate policy seems […]
Cool Earth to fight against global warming?
Our planet Earth soon air conditioned? by Joëlle Pénochet Find out more and debate: cooling the earth against global warming and climate change with global geoengineering: fiction or reality? All major studies published recently predict that climate change - announced over thirty years ago by several official reports, personalities […]
Economic growth without environmental pollution?
Can developing countries be allowed to pollute as much as we, rich countries, have polluted? Before being partially engulfed by the flood of rain that flooded 75% of the Indonesian capital in early February, Jakarta had already had its share of bad news. One of them, which concerns air pollution, would make the flood almost enviable: according to [...]
Accumulated oil revenues
How much did the oil yield? Here is the accumulation of crude oil revenues between 1920 and 2006? It is the curve of cumulative oil gains before tax in constant 2004 dollars. Some analyzes: The incomes of oil tankers are in constant progression: it is linked to the increase in demand Oil brought in close to […]
World energy consumption
What is the global consumption of primary energy, its evolution since the beginning of the industrial era and the different sources of energy used by humanity? The answers to these 3 questions are in the graph below (click on the image to enlarge): Evolution of “commercial” energy consumption in millions of Tons of oil equivalent. Sources: Schilling & […]
The energy contained in a liter of diesel or gasoline
QUESTION: How much energy is contained in a liter of fuel? ANSWER: The amount of energy contained in a liter of fuel (petrol or diesel) is approximately 10 kWh. EXPLANATIONS: This corresponds to the thermal power restored by an electric heater of 1000W which would run at full power for… 10 […]
Ecology in a nutshell?
Econology in figures and in brief? What is that? This section consists of answering questions related to econology, that is to say environmental and energy questions, that you, the visitors of this site, could ask yourself. This in order to give concepts and orders of magnitude understandable by everyone […]
Download: Future developments in hydrocarbon prices has medium and long term
Information report made on behalf of the Senate delegation for planning on the medium and long term outlook for hydrocarbon prices. By MM. Joseph KERGUERIS and Claude SAUNIER, Senators. Introduction Meeting last June 22 under the chairmanship of Mr. Joel BOURDIN, President, the Parliamentary Delegation for the Planning of [...]
The oil flow to 1998 2004
Oil flows and exchanges from 1973 to 2004. Keywords: map, energy, petroleum, petroleum, exports, imports, ships, quantities, provenance, pipeline, oil pipeline, Middle East, Europe, USA, America Here are some maps showing the evolution of oil flows over the past 30 years. For each card we will make some brief analyzes. More precise analyzes can be made by […]
The oil flow to 1973 1984
Oil flows and exchanges from 1973 to 2004. Keywords: map, energy, petroleum, oil tankers, flows, ships, quantities, provenance, pipeline, oil pipeline, Middle East, Europe, USA, America Here are some maps showing the evolution of oil flows of the last 30 years. For each card we will do some brief analyzes. More precise analyzes can be made by simple […]
Sustainable Development Week
Sustainable Development Week A way to encourage citizens, communities and businesses to change their habits to save the planet and the climate. The concept, which emerged from the Earth Summit in Rio in 1992, seems to be better known to the general public: it is a question of combining economic growth, social progress and preservation of the environment. " In 2002, […]
Download: Eric Laurent on FR3, tankers are lords (of war)
Interview of Eric Laurent in the 3 Soir16 March 2006 about his book "The Hidden Face of Oil". Eric laurent: the tankers are the new lords Download the file (a subscription to the Newsletter may be required): Eric Laurent on FR3
The privatization of water
Keywords: water, blue gold, management, multinational, globalization, privatized, geostrategy, geopolitics. According to Riccardo Petrella "the current logic of relations between States and Multinationals reduces the first to a vast system of legal, bureaucratic and financial engineering put at the service of the commercial performance of the company. The State is no longer the political expression of interest […]
China: Chinese eco-cities
First eco-cities in China Confronted with the problems caused by the consequences of their strong growth, pollution and strong growth in energy demand, the Chinese authorities seem to have been seduced by their visit, in February 2005, to the Bedzed eco-village. The mixed company Shanghai Industrial Investment Corporation (SIIC) has signed a multi-billion […]
10 ideas about the environment
10 misconceptions about the environment To react, use our forums Organic better for health? The paper that decimates the forests. GMOs harmful to the environment? Not so simple… 1) Paper decimates the forest FALSE The paper industry only uses forest by-products for its production: (falls from […]
Jobs Sustainable Development
Is sustainable development a source of jobs in Europe? The strong development potential of renewable energies in Europe and more particularly in France should create many jobs. The only remaining doubt concerns the support that political decisions will bring to consolidate this development. Didier Mayer, president of the European Renewable Energy Council, said in an interview with […]
Press review: geopolitics of oil 1939-2005
Put online a press review provided by a regular site and gathering clippings over a period of more than 60 years. Download the press review on the history of oil in the XIIIth century
1939-2005 Oil Press Review
Keywords: press, article, archives, Mattéi affair, petroleum, oil tankers, gas,, oil war, collusion, inventions, alternatives Press review provided by a regular at econologie.com gathering press clippings over a longer period 60 years old. Subject dealt with in the document a) Fossil resources b) The "business" of oil tankers c) The […]
The depletion of oil resources: how to reorganize a global society?
To define this theme more precisely, the students of 3e cycle in Specialized Master in Marketing, Management & Consulting of OMNIS School (School of Business and Management of Strasbourg) organized a conference. This will be oriented around 3 round tables and 2 communications that will deal, according to points of view [...]
Peace Through Water
The fight against desertification, hunger, thirst and exploitation of poor countries but rich in mineral and agricultural resources, begins with the creation of four inland seas from four land depressions. 1-channel and Kattara Sea southwest of El Alamein, ground depression of minus 432 below the level [...]
CITEPA: inventory of air pollutant emissions in France. sectoral sets and extensive analysis
Inventory of air pollutant emissions in France, sector series and extended analyzes. As part of the inventories carried out under the CORALIE program, this report presents an update of air emissions for metropolitan France according to the "SECTEN" format defined by CITEPA and aimed at restoring emissions according to [...]
CITEPA: inventory of emissions by large combustion plants in France
Inventory of large combustion plants in France according to the 88 / 609 / CEE and 2001 / 80 / CE directives - Presentation and summary of the results. This report provides a reminder of the definitions used in the Inventory of Large Combustion Plants, as well as detailed results by region, industry and fuel category. Download the file (a [...]
CITEPA: atmospheric pollution by department in France
Departmentalized inventory of air pollutant emissions in France by CITEPA. This report presents the departmental inventory of atmospheric emissions for metropolitan France. The programs are presented by department and region. They are also reported to the population and the area, in the form of tables and maps. This document therefore includes [...]
alternative fuels
Unconventional or alternative fuels. Keywords: alternative fuels, fuels, alternative, petroleum, pollution, depollution, environment CNG (Natural gas-fuel) The use of CNG in the gaseous state and compressed under 200 bars is a technological solution already proven since more than 500 vehicles are affected worldwide. On dedicated and optimized engines, […]
China
Global ecological nightmare if China adopts the American dream The earth will experience a real ecological nightmare by 2031 if all Chinese come to adopt the current American lifestyle of high consumption, warned Wednesday the American research institute Earth Policy Institute. The American dream, Chinese version, will inevitably lead to a planetary catastrophe […]
The end of oil?
The end of oil: Excerpt imagined from a June 2010 press cut Source: Colin J. Campbell / Pétroconsultants The oil crisis is confirmed with the symbolic passage of the bar of 100 dollars per barrel. We are now reaching record prices for crude oil which warn that oil, a treasure accumulated over a billion years […]
The French charter
The 2004 Environmental Charter is worded as follows: "The French people," Considering, "That natural resources and balances have conditioned the emergence of humanity; “That the future and the very existence of humanity are inseparable from its natural environment; “That the environment is the common heritage of human beings […]
Ranking of countries
A composite index defined by experts from the American universities of Yales and Columbia and published in the journal "Nature", establishes a world ranking of 146 nations according to their ability to sustainably preserve the environment. France only takes 36th place in this hit parade, far behind Finland. The Environmental Sustainability Index or ESI, […]
The megalopolis cities in 2025
36 megalopolises in 2025 Keywords: cities, population, future, urbanization, megalopolis, environment Today half of the Earth people live in megalopolises and, by 2050, they will be two thirds of the world population. Such is the alarming assessment drawn up by specialists in urbanization on the expansion of giant cities, during the forum urban world […]
Asian Tsunami
Exceptional page following the Asian disaster! Reminder of the news written on 28/12/04 (the death toll was then at 50): "As you must all know, a few days ago in Southeast Asia, a violent earthquake triggered a Tsunami of a rare extent touching very […]
Mauritania and oil
Mauritania facing the oil mirage Desert, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean, populated by only 2,7 million inhabitants, Mauritania is part of the little-envied club of poor countries in great debt. For some years now, there has been hope in Mauritanians: oil fields have been discovered in territorial waters, about 90 kilometers from […]
Easter Island, a self-destroying people by the depletion of its resources
The lessons of Easter Island - from Clive Ponting's book Easter Island is one of the most lost and uninhabited places on earth. One hundred and sixty square kilometers that extend into the Pacific Ocean, three thousand seven hundred kilometers from the Chilean coast and two thousand and three […]
Melting ice
Melting ice due to warming: What is it? Where is she going ? Acting as an insulator between ocean and atmosphere, modifying the salinity and therefore the density of the underlying waters, the pack ice is an important element of ocean circulation and consequently of the planet's climate. Formation of the pack ice The inclination […]
the coyote
Coyote was walking on the road, he only thought of eating. It had been several days since he had swallowed anything, and he was so distressed by his sad fate that he was sobbing, his head buried in his arms. His stomach made noises like boiling water, and he had a headache. And suddenly, […]
Energy and raw materials
The Ministry of Economy, Finance and Industry and in particular the General Directorate of Energy and Raw Materials (DGEMP) develops and implements government policy in the energy and raw materials sector mineral. Its missions can be grouped around five axes: - ensuring the security of […]
The return of Coal
Coal returns to the United States ... Source: Financial Times, Dan Roberts Faced with the disappointment of gas and rising oil prices, the US government is encouraging coal production. To the great despair of environmentalists. In Wyoming, 500 kilometers east of […]
Economy and economy: why is it blocking?
Environment and ecology: Why are we doing nothing? Despite the abundant evidence of climate degradation, public opinion continues to do nothing. How to explain this apathy?, The Ecologist Debate on our forums Far from being pushed into accepting reality, people must on the contrary be torn from it, ”says Stanley […]
Peak Oil
The “peak oil”, time bomb of the XXth century So, when is peak oil? This moment from which the world oil production will decrease, for lack of reserves, arrives but at a speed still unknown: "Impossible to answer with precision", recognizes Jean Laherrère, one of the members of the association Aspo (read [ ...]
Oil wars
We would like to point out to you the file of the History: The wars of the oil (seven.2003). A point of view of historian on these crises which shake our world since 150 years. It is in 1859, Titusville, Pennsylvania, that springs the first well for industrial purposes, intended for lighting. Success is immediate and speculation, the race to [...]
Nigeria and oil
With its 120 million inhabitants, Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa. Independent since 1960, this Federal Republic gathers 36 States of the Territory and close to 200 ethnic groups. The country's economy was once based on surplus agriculture that allowed the export of food and relative prosperity. But in the 80 years, the [...]
Psychology: the frog and the environment
A little lesson in nature ... applicable to many fields ... such as econology. “Imagine a pot filled with cold water, in which a frog swims quietly. The fire is lit under the pot. The water heats up slowly. She will soon be lukewarm. The frog finds it rather pleasant and continues to swim. The temperature begins to rise. The water […]
Pollution: consequences of the greenhouse effect
Climate change and consequences of the greenhouse effect: worrying coincidences. By rejecting the pollutants defined above into the atmosphere, man does not only destroy himself, he would upset the natural balance of regions, and then on an even larger scale, of the entire Earth. The main consequence is the greenhouse effect which […]
