10 preconceived ideas about the environment To react, use our forums Organic better for health? The paper that decimates forests. Are GMOs harmful to the environment? Not so simple… 1) Paper decimates the forest FALSE The paper industry uses only forest by-products for its production: ([…]
Category: Geopolitics and fossil fuels
Geopolitics has a huge 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 to arable and fertile land, that is to say what allowed the life and 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 and fossil fuels are very close. These links can often lead to tensions, conflicts and wars. This is the geopolitics of the 20th century!
Water will once again become an important geopolitical factor in the coming decades, but also the consequences of global warming which will have an increasingly important impact on human societies! This is the geopolitics of the 21st century!
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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 provide to consolidate this development. Didier Mayer, president of the European Renewable Energy Council, said during an interview with […]
Press review: geopolitics of oil 1939-2005
Online publication of a press review provided by a regular on the site and gathering press clippings over a period of more than 60 years. Download the press review on the history of oil in the 20th century
1939-2005 Oil Press Review
Keywords: press, article, archives, Mattéi affair, petroleum, oil tankers, gas,, petroleum war, collusions, 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 postgraduate students in the Specialized Masters in Marketing, Management & Consulting from the OMNIS School (Strasbourg Higher School of Business and Management) organized a conference. This will be oriented around 3 round tables and 3 communications which will deal, according to points of view […]
Peace through water
The fight against desertification, hunger, thirst and exploitation in countries that are poor but rich in mineral and agricultural resources begins with the creation of four inland seas from four land depressions. 1-channel and Kattara Sea south west of El Alamein, land depression of minus 432 below the level […]
CITEPA: inventory of air pollutant emissions in France. sectoral sets and extensive analysis
Inventory of atmospheric pollutant emissions in France, sectoral series and extended analyzes. As part of the inventories carried out within the framework of 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 Installations in France in application of directives 88/609 / EEC and 2001/80 / EC - Presentation and summary of results. This report presents a reminder of the definitions used in the inventory of Large Combustion Installations, as well as detailed results by region, by sector of activity and by fuel category. Download the file (one […]
CITEPA: atmospheric pollution by department in France
Departmental inventory of atmospheric 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 related to the population and the area, in the form of tables and maps. This document therefore comprises […]
alternative fuels
Unconventional or alternative fuels. Keywords: alternative fuels, fuels, alternative, petroleum, pollution, depollution, environment CNG (Natural gas-fuel) The use of CNG in 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 embraces the American dream The earth will experience a real ecological nightmare by 2031 if all Chinese adopt the current American lifestyle of heavy consumption, the American research institute warned on Wednesday. Earth Policy Institute. The American dream, Chinese version, will inevitably lead to a planetary catastrophe […]
The end of oil?
The end of oil: Extract from a June 2010 press clipping Source: Colin J. Campbell / Pétroconsultants The oil crisis is confirmed with the symbolic passage of the bar of 100 dollars a barrel. We are now reaching record prices for crude which warn that oil, treasure accumulated in a billion years […]
The French charter
The 2004 Environmental Charter reads 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 […]
Ecological classification of countries by Nature
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 Earthlings live in megalopolises and, by 2050, they will be two thirds of the world's population. This is the alarming assessment drawn up by urbanization specialists on the expansion of giant cities, during the forum global urban […]
Asian Tsunami
Exceptional page following the Asian disaster! Reminder of the news written on 28/12/04 (the death toll was then 50): “As you should all know, a few days ago in South-East Asia, a violent earthquake triggered a Tsunami of a rare extent affecting 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 heavily indebted poor countries. In recent years, a hope has animated the Mauritanians: oil fields have been discovered in territorial waters, about 90 kilometers from […]
Easter Island, a people self-destroyed by the exhaustion of its resources
Lessons from 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 stretching out into the Pacific Ocean, three thousand seven hundred kilometers from the Chilean coast and two thousand and three […]
Melting ice
Melting sea ice due to global warming: what is it? Where is she going ? Acting as an insulator between the ocean and the atmosphere, modifying the salinity and therefore the density of the underlying waters, sea ice is an important element of ocean circulation and consequently of the planet's climate. Formation of the pack ice The slope […]
the coyote
Coyote was walking on the road, he thought only of eating. It had been several days since he had swallowed anything, and he was so distressed by his sad plight that he was sobbing, his head buried in his arms. His stomach was making noises like boiling water, and his head ached. And suddenly, […]
Energy and raw materials
The Ministry of the 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 safety of […]
The return of Coal
Coal is making a comeback in the United States… Source: Financial Times, Dan Roberts Faced with the disappointment caused by gas and the rise in oil prices, the American government is encouraging the production of coal. Much to the despair of environmentalists. In Wyoming, 500 kilometers east of the […] National Park
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 In discussing our forums Far from being pushed to accept reality, people must on the contrary be torn from it ”, says Stanley […]
Peak Oil
Peak oil, a time bomb from the XNUMXth century So when is peak oil coming? This moment from which world oil production will drop, 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 Aspo association (read [ …]
Oil wars
We would like to point out to you the dossier of The History: The Oil Wars (September 2003). A historian's point of view on these crises which have shaken our world for 150 years. It was in 1859, in Titusville, Pennsylvania, that the first industrial well, intended for lighting, sprang up. Success is immediate and speculation, the race for […]