Chasing the SUV Vote

Out of the earshot of the environmental think tanks in Washington and California, Kerry said: “I want Americans to drive. You want to drive a great big SUV? Terrific. That’s America.”

Saudi production slips

Despite pledges to increase its output, Saudi Arabia, OPEC’s largest producer and exporter, produced about 9.13 million barrels a day of oil in July, down from 9.52 million barrels a day in June, according to Petrologistics.

NZ: ACT clings desperately to flat-earth policy

By way of clarification, the issue isn’t that the world is running out of oil, it will of course, but not for some time. The real issue is that the global production of oil is about to peak, after which we will move into a period of decline, this production decline will be permanent.

Historia Bush (excerpt)

Panicked by looming peak oil, the Bush administration jettisoned the Constitution and international law in a grab for the Middle East bonanza. They thought to control the region, but that is quite impossible.