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R. James Woolsey There are at least seven major reasons why dependence on petroleum and its products for the lion’s share of the world’s transportation fuel creates special dangers in our time.
Venezuela to sell cheap oil to U.S. poor /
Qatar, US launch huge LNG project in strategic alliance /
Review of oil movie Syriana /
Opec set to lift secrecy about oil production /
Big Oil’s greed exacts an awful toll for profits /
Pacific islands scramble to cushion skyrocketing world fuel prices /
Saudi Arabia asks for “road map” of oil demand
Nation warms up to coal /
Australia pioneers energy From hot rocks /
EIA wind intermittancy – chipping away at the doubters /
Gas fields also deplete, but faster
US senators demand oil execs re-testify, under oath /
Toiling in a Dickensian hell – the miners who fuel China /
State of the American republic /
Supply fears amid NG price surge in UK /
Are we there yet? Prospect of $100 oil /
Syriana – movie on global oil /
Shell’s strategy to fuel the future /
Understanding the oil patch /
Syria and the oil shortage
Global warming, global health, global ethics /
India unlikely to agree to Kyoto emission caps /
Climate change threatens world fish stocks, WWF says /
Ted Glick on the Climate Crisis day of action, Dec 3 /
Comedian Larry David: making global warming funny /
Fly the eco-friendly skies /
Sequestration and oil production
Urban permaculture /
Dorm room showcases eco-friendly living /
Basel and the 2000 Watt Society /
Electric cars get another jolt of interest /
Gas prices push some to torch their SUVs /
Julian Darley and The Relocalization Movement
Synthesizing the Power Points on PO /
Full throttle decline rates? /
Alaska seminar on declining oil /
Robert Hirsch: “Peak oil bell curve has a sharp crest, and you can’t see it coming” /
World at tipping point /
“Real oil crisis” on Australian TV Nov 24
Don’t call it climate change – it’s chaos / Warmer = drier / Party Time in Montreal / Caterpillars multiply as pest parasitism declines / Accelerating glaciers may increase speed of sea level rises / WHO – Climate shift tied to 150,000 fatalities / Climate refugees / Should we trust a novelist on global warming? / WWF: Big dams still ignoring impacts / New Jersey (US) coast forecast to go / Global warming models ‘biased’
US Senate Group Un veiling Oil-Saving Plan / Plastics costs driving up groceries / ‘Blame for high energy prices not black and white’ / US Senate wants out of Iraq / Veterans unemployment rate skyrockets / Leak contradicts oil chiefs on meets with Cheney task force / A field now in high demand: disaster research
Petrodollars greater than ever before / Sinopec, CNPC Said to Buy Sudan Oil Block / China-Japan oil rivalry spills into Africa / Nigerian militia leader wants foriegn oil Co.’s out / Iran makes progresss with ‘Energy for peace’ / North Sea oil output fall hits non-Opec growth / Australian farmers told will suffer for avoiding Kyoto protocol / ‘Don’t worry’ line on petrol price isn’t sinking in
Exxon, and the Implications of 8% / ‘Black Gold’ strikes Big Oil ‘nerve’ / Connecticut energy conference – danger of ‘No more Oreo’s for anyone’ / Oil Storm’s aftermath / NZ Greens co-leader on the peak oil toolbox / US Rep. Bartlett in Congress on the Hirsch Report / Report on forum in Albany, NY / Eric Olson on peak oil
The series of articles on Peak Oil published by the Cleveland Plain Dealer is a model for the serious reporting that the US and the world needs.
