Something is up at the BBC it seems. From what I’ve understand, there have been various energy related reports on different BBC media channels (whether its Radio, TV or the Web).
Somehow, I get the impression, there are some people now at the BBC who understand the significance of Peak Oil… but there are those who are interested in Energy prices, without explaining why these things are happening.

Chris Vernon has a great report on the continuing upward march of Gas prices in the UK. He’s right that the BBC don’t seem to be reporting directly in those articles about why this occuring.

Mind you, media coverage is getting better. The BBC’s “Fuelling the Future” section is up and running, with new articles appearing each day it seems. A lot of these are linked from the main BBC page. I also notice that the site has been translated into other languages.

I’ve been reading a number of stories. It looks like the Norwegians are ahead of us, when it comes to exploiting the North Sea Oil and Gas Reserves.

Meanwhile, in Africa, I wonder if the US will intervene if it’s ‘interests’ are in trouble.

This article the BBC put up is great… it’s great when they talk to people who worked in the Oil Industry, as opposed to the marketing men from the oil companies.
To quote from the site
“The easy oil has already been found,” explains Mike Watts on a sandy hilltop overlooking the Mangala discovery well which made his company’s fortune. Oil companies are having to look much harder for major new oil finds.

And while some new finds are being made, like Cairn’s in Rajasthan, few people in the oil industry believe that new discoveries will match the vast oil fields found in the 20th century.

And demand for oil is likely to go on rising.

Things back in Wales are not looking so good, due to increasing energy costs.

Finally, back here in Japan, there seems to be a bit of an awakening to the higher, and higher oil costs. This week there have been a couple of programmes on TV, talking about alternative energy. Mind you, one of them was just a big advert for Asahi who are using their alcohol experience in an effort to replicate the Brazilians in making alcohol for cars.
Two news stories caught by attention (thanks to Gareth for the link for the Guardian one).
BBC – Japan races to hit Kyoto targets
Guardian – Turn off the heat – how Japan made energy saving an art form
Of course, it’s all very well making the AC units more efficient for example… but it would be so much better as well if someone in Japan made all the housing and construction companies make more efficient homes. (Fix the damn insulation, have some double glazing etc etc).