Politics & economics – Apr 20

Cuba’s future in the hands of teenage pump attendants /
Chad’s president wants more from oil /
China’s big need for oil is high on U.S. agenda /
Beijing’s ‘new thinking’ on energy security /
Matthew Simmons: China’s insatiable energy needs /
Got oil? Rice meets with brutal African dictator, calls him ‘good friend’ of U.S.

Oil news – Apr 20

Countdown to $100 oil – Time to bet again /
Gwynne Dyer: Oil – the party is over /
Stephen Roach : Oil and bonds /
The oil rush (transforming the petroleum market)

Other energy – Apr 20

More uranium: when and from where? /
Going nuclear: a green makes the case /
Anything into oil (turkey guts, junked car parts, even raw sewage…true!) /
Growing demand for non-food crops /
UK coal producer pushes for price increases of 40% /
Russia to control Armenia’s gas /
Transmaterial, transtudio and seeing the big picture – links

Politics after the Peak

Before the oil age comes to a complete close, let’s hope someone rehabilitates Jimmy Carter as one of the most prescient Presidents ever to hold the office. Congress might even rename an airport for him — just before it is shut down forever.

Politics & economics – Apr 18

Sudan, Chad, oil and genocide /
The flight forward – links /
For leading Exxon to its riches, $144,573 a day

Other energy – Apr 18

The week in sustainable mobility /
Kevin Phillips interview: America under the influence of oil /
One billion cars

Peak oil – Apr 18

Lundberg on the Washington Petrocollapse conference May 6 /
Personal finance adviser Jane Bryant Quinn on peak oil /
Plateau continues, aided by outages…

Rob Newman’s “History of Oil”

The comedian and author gets to grips with the wars and politics of the last hundred years – but rather than adhering to the history we were fed at school, he places oil centre stage as the cause of all the commotion. (VIDEO)