Oil and Energy

On this page you there are some web addresses (we are not responsible for their content) and articles, current news topics and to keep it interesting some light hearted anecdotes and cartoons!. If you have a story or interesting topic relating to oil and/or oil recycling we would like to hear from you, write to mrsclipboard@fa-st.co.uk

Have a look at:
www.peakoil.com , www.oilnews.org , www.fueloilnews.com , www.oilmarketer.co.uk , www.worldoil.com , www.touchoilandgas.com , www.peopleandplanet.net

Chinese proverb:
‘If we don't change our course, we'll end up where we're headed.’

Watch this film - A crude awakening
New 'disaster' movie warns world of oil apocalypse.
The latest gloves-off documentary to hit the screens
predicts a global meltdown as vital fuel runs out

Oil Change
45 year-old Amy Brasher was arrested in San Antonio, Texas, after a mechanic reported to police that 18 packages of marijuana were packed in the engine compartment of the car which she had brought to the mechanic for an oil change. According to police, Brasher later said that she didn't realize that the mechanic would have to raise the hood to change the oil.

FA-ST Food Takeaway.

New market for bio-diesel.

Stroke of Bad Luck
A customer came in with a seized engine on his lawn mower. It had run for years without problems and he said he ‘always added 2 stroke oil to the fuel without exception’. This was a pity as it was a 4 stroke engine! If only he had read the instruction book.

Cartoons

Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years.

World demand for oil and gas will outstrip supply within seven years, according to Royal Dutch Shell. The oil multinational is predicting that conventional supplies will not keep pace with soaring population growth and the rapid pace of economic development. Jeroen van der Veer, Shell’s chief executive, said in an e-mail to the company’s staff this week that output of conventional oil and gas was close to peaking. He wrote: “Shell estimates that after 2015 supplies of easy-to-access oil and gas will no longer keep up with demand.”

The boss of the world’s second-largest oil company forecast that, regardless of government policy initiatives and investment in renewables, the world would need more nuclear power and unconventional fossil fuels, such as oil sands.

Most people can't understand how we came to have an oil shortage here in the UK...well, there's a very simple answer.
Nobody bothered to check the oil. 
We just didn't know we were getting low.
The reason for that is purely geographical.
Our oil is located in the North Sea .
Our dipsticks are located in Westminster .