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Many pundits claim that the absence of severe consequences from oil price hikes were due to a growing independence of GDP creation from oil in our more efficient and more service-oriented economies. To what extent this is really true, and at what point will serious consequences set in?
Middle East risks fuel oil crunch period, says IEA
Cuba: Oil and pollution at a critical stage
Trindidad and Tobago: Audit shows natural gas will run out by 2019 (Don’t panic)
ODAC News
Secrecy and terrorist laws at Heathrow airport demonstration
Rising temperatures “will stunt rainforest growth”
Australian coal miners promote action on climate change
Canada uses military might in Arctic scramble
Chavez tour: oil & gas, gas & oil
Cold snap prompts Chile to seek gas deal with old foe Bolivia
Peak oil hits the Third World
Technology isn’t going to rescue us from oil
Professor Goose’s peak oil picks
Reborn SDS: Declaration of Independence from oil
Jeff Vail: Losing our balance?
ODAC news
Pay bucks to hear ‘Is “peak oil” real?’
EB editor on The Reality Report
Clinton on energy and the environment
California plan would pay utilities more if energy use falls
BC global warming policies soon to be unveiled
The message is gradually sinking in: the term “Peak Oil” appears in the press with increasing frequency. For policy makers initially encountering it, four questions seem paramount…
(Excerpts from the just-released MuseLetter)
Letter to editor about Peak Oil and response from Army Headquarters Future Land Warfare branch.
Sharply rising upstream finding and development capital costs jeopardize ongoing and future oil projects. It does not appear, as most economists believe, that higher oil prices and Adam Smith’s invisible hand will bring forth abundant new oil supplies to meet rising demand.
Energy transitions past and future
Oil forecasting off-target
Bill Richardson on energy and the environment
The next energy crisis: slowly sinking in Louisiana
