Oil Gone
If peak oil theorists are correct, our dependence on oil is not only foolish, it’s lethal. Does modern civilization have just two choices–change or perish?
NZ Greens: Imminent Decline Of Oil And Gas
A report of a presentation on Peak Oil and Gas by co-leader of the New Zealand Greens, Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Got Oil? Now, Try to Find Tankers to Carry It
Now that OPEC has agreed to raise its crude oil production quotas in hopes of taming high and jittery oil prices, industry experts are growing more concerned about both the capacity and the security of oil tankers, the next link in the supply chain.
Full text of Dick Cheney’s speech at the Institute of Petroleum Autumn lunch, 1999
Full text of a lost speech. “By 2010 we will need on the order of an additional fifty million barrels a day. So where is the oil going to come from?… Oil is unique in that it is so strategic in nature. We are not talking about soapflakes or leisurewear here. Energy is truly fundamental to the world’s economy.”
After the oil runs out
People complain now about gasoline at $3 per gallon. After Hubbert’s Peak, $7 per gallon will seem cheap.
Nigeria paralysed by mass strike
Much of Nigeria has come to a near-standstill after millions of workers walked out over rising fuel prices.
COUP D’ETAT: The Real Reason Tenet and Pavitt Resigned from the CIA (excerpt)
The CIA are staging a subtle coup against Bush and Cheney over the Plame Case writes Michael C. Ruppert.
Australia: Warning on oil hunt slip
Surging oil prices should be seen as a warning and not a cure for declining oil and gas exploration which threatened to leave Australia dangerously reliant on overseas supplies, the head of the nation’s peak oil and gas body warned yesterday.
The ”King” is Naked
Political reengineering in the muslim world– Clash of civilization by many names– The greater middle east initiative and the partnership for future success
El Paso Woes Show Capital Intensity Of US E&P Business
El Paso Corp., the largest U.S. natural gas pipeline operator and still one of the largest producers, recently disclosed a sharp decline in its quarterly natural gas production.
ASPO June newsletter online
ASPO’s 42nd newsletter is a must-read.
The End of Oil
Oil, besides being a whole lot of political trouble, is approaching its production peak. What to do?
