Doomsday nearer than you think
Nadine didn’t flinch when she acknowledged the inevitability of an oil shortage, which was remarkable because it would probably result in the end of civilization as we know it.
NZ: Road report ignores reality of ‘peak oil’, say Greens
Green Party co-leader Jeanette Fitzsimons is questioning the wisdom of building billions of dollars worth of new roads around the country, saying the rising price of oil will eventually leave them empty.
Motley crude
Oil prices are at record highs, production may well have peaked, yet demand continues to soar. So why aren`t the oil companies panicking?
The San Francisco Chronicle, in 1971, carried a small item: “The Texas Railroad Commission announced a 100% allowable for next month.” It was a very cryptic report and, knowing newspapers, it was probably simply used as a filler.
First signs of a global decline in oil?
New statistics are claiming that oil production in 18 producer countries has passed its peak and is declining faster than previously thought: At about 1.14 million barrels a day.
Audio: Experts: Oil Production Peak Inevitable
The summer’s record high oil prices and tight supplies raise questions about how much oil is left.
9-11 and peak oil: connecting the dots
History professor and 9-11 skeptic Carolyn Baker discusses the connection between the events of 9-11 and peak oil.
Asia Farmers Sucking Continent Dry
Asian farmers drilling millions of pump-operated wells in an ever-deeper search for water are threatening to suck the continent’s underground reserves dry, a science magazine warned on Wednesday.
The End of False Progress: Origins of materialism, and implications for our future in the post-petroleum reality
What will be the alternative to today’s consumerism and fear of material insecurity? This essay looks toward the next mainstream culture: Life after petroleum-culture collapse. To help explain today’s lack of preparation for fundamental change, we examine historical practices particularly in Europe. This installment focuses on the history of food production vis-à-vis political power and worldview.
The era of cheap oil is history, geologist warns
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, a Princeton University geologist, has a suggestion for Thanksgiving 2005: “Give thanks for a century of cheap and plentiful oil.”
Stocks set for crash like 1987, Roach says
Global stock markets may have something far more ominous to worry about than the recent spike in oil prices, with one economist seeing a ‘Black Monday’ scenario in the making.
Banks Raise Profile on Energy Markets
Several European and U.S. banks have recently moved into the increasingly lucrative energy trading business or have taken steps to expand their involvement in oil, gas and power derivatives.
Oil’s slippery slope
s the neo-conservative dream of a “liberated” Iraq came true in April 2003, who would have predicted that 16 months later oil would become the ultimate time bomb for the Bush administration?
