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Abdul Bari Atwan on Al Qaeda, oil and the Middle East
Kazakhstan orders Eni to halt work on biggest field
Why fears of a U.S. slowdown aren’t weakening oil prices
Subprime crisis gives Opec dilemma

Transport – Aug 29

December 15, 2020August 29, 2007 by Staff

Hooky Bump’in, and other parasitic relationships
The green VW
Save the environment, work from home

The peak oil crisis: the quiet time

December 15, 2020August 29, 2007 by Tom Whipple

Beneath the radar screens there were a number of developments that could foreshadow important changes in our way of life, much sooner than we would like to think.

Venezuela — AlÃ³ Presidente!

December 15, 2020August 29, 2007 by Dave Cohen

Venezuela’s production has declined since 2000, and the country is home to the world’s largest unconventional resource under development, the Orinoco extra-heavy crude. A lot is at stake in Venezuela, so it is prudent to assess the risk there now and down the road. Do Venezuela’s policies affect the peak of global oil production?

The twelfth hour

December 15, 2020August 29, 2007 by John Michael Greer

For decades our collective conversation about the future has focused on claims that the eleventh hour has arrived and radical change is the only alternative to imminent catastrophe. Inevitably the peak oil situation has been portrayed in these terms.

The end of civilization and the extinction of humanity

December 15, 2020August 29, 2007 by Guy McPherson

Peak oil spells the end of civilization. Runaway greenhouse spells the end of humanity. This is my latest attempt at standup tragedy, to steal a line from Derrick Jensen.

(Talk by a conservation biologist to an August 17 conference of students of public health.)