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Indonesia is straining to subsidize oil costs; delays price increases / Powergen hikes prices to 6 mil. UK customers / US to tap SPR / ‘Keep oil reserve in reserve’ / 70s Conservation Measures May Make a Comeback / Bush says US must prevent oil fields from falling into terrorists hands / President says pump prices may rise / The SWISH Report [satire] / Westfield blames oil / China And India: A Rage For Oil

Markets can’t create oil: U.S. needs a real national energy policy / It takes imagination to lead America / TOD: Insider report on Katrina damage to rigs etc. / The Era of Contingencies / Winning the Great Wager / American Scientist Online reviews The Long Emergency

Efficiency Works Forever / Railways, Hindustan Petroleum order jatropha fuel / Green China Overview / Interview with Alex Steffen of WorldChanging / How to make the NW a smart grid leader / Couple offer lessons in life after doomsday

News and analysis on Katrina, oil supply from The Oil Drum / Oil prices hit new high / IEA – Europe may send oil stockpiles to US / Another Storm Casualty: Oil Prices / Iran’s oil gambit – and potential affront to the US / Ecuador’s oil workers threaten to resume strike / After oil protests, Ecuador instability may deepen / CAFE Society –
Fuel-efficiency standards wont cut gasoline consumption / Deliver Us from Oil / Drivers using plastic to delay the oil price pain

If Your Home Utility Bill Is Zero, Is It Still a Bill? / Grist interviews Local food ambassador /
New blog on sustainable farming / Spain Aims to Double Energy from Renewable Sources / HopeDance Magazine – Issue #51 July-August / Lemmings on the Ledge / The Lifestraw water purifer / New stove Clears Air, Cuts Chores in Eritrea

Venezuela to Provide Discounted Heating Oil and Free Eye Operations to U.S. Poor / Phillipenes mulls ‘coercive powers’ for energy crisis / Time to worry about oil / Gold Rises in Asia as Surge in Oil Spurs Inflation Gain Concern / Blackout a call for energy plan

Oil’s Peak: The End May Be Nearer, It Seems / Peak Oil Debunked? / Big Gav’s Peak Energy News Roundup / WHRW Interviews Julian Darley / Jan Lundberg talks about peak oil & gas prices / James Howard Kunstler interview with Robert Birnbaum / Matt Simmons with Lou Dobbs on CNN / Green Car Congress monitors energy issues / A Peak Oil Primer / Gulf Oil Supply/Katrina Weather Map Update /

Fleet operators fret over fuel prices / Global: Globalization’s First Oil Shock / Nigeria: Petrol price jumps 50% / China takes the brakes off motoring / Prices transform oil into a weapon / A New Era for Energy / ‘I Can’t Afford My Gasoline..’ / Africa’s Oil Comes With Big Downside / Energy Prices Hit Americans on All Fronts / Gas prices too high? Try Europe / Demand for Oil Insight Is Spiking, Too

Damaged wells cut Ecuador oil pumping by half / Ecuador Government, Provincial Leaders Await Oil Companies Response / Chávez taunts US with oil-for-poor offer / Two fingers to America / Chávez seeks influence with oil diplomacy / Oil Fat Cats vs. Hugo Chavez / Nigerian plan brings threat of petrol price rise / Killing the dollar in Iran / Iran in the Crosshairs / GM, Ford Motor Debt Ratings Cut to Junk by Moody’s / Stagger on, weary Titan / Bankruptcies in U.S. surge to record high

Eco-Driving / Italy Eyes Concept of Selling Sun’s Energy / Heal the Planet, Heal Ourselves / The Hundred-Mile Diet Goes North / Oregon pursues wave power / Bacteria possible key to ‘Green’ plastics, drugs