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Soaring oil prices and demands for energy security are boosting the attractiveness of low-quality sources of petroleum, such as tar sands and coal, at the risk of causing significant environmental damage and increasing emissions of greenhouse gases, according to a new study.
Oil habit hard to break, experts say
UAE on Tom Friedman: Our reality, their spin
The mustache is the message
Bush to make energy a 2007 priority
The “Iran Oil Bourse” project, beloved of Internet conspiracy theorists, has taken on something of a mythical character, not unlike the Loch Ness Monster, with persistent sightings but an absence of actual manifestation. Hopefully this article will both dispel the myths, and set the scene for what is potentially an extremely important development, particularly for the Islamic world.
Democrats plan oil royalties inquiry
House rejects push to renegotiate contracts
Congress urged to close oil royalty loophole
Oil field delays = higher 2010 crude price: EIA
A sea of oil – the Caspian
Geopolitics move back into focus for oil market
Iraq oil wealth distribution planned
It’s still about oil in Iraq
The Baker agenda: troops out, oil companies in?
Oil for sale: Iraq Study Group recommends privatization
Study: oil transition carries environmental risks
Risks of the oil transition
Nature Magazine special: Energy for a cool planet
Energy crisis is really, really bad: oil expert Charley Maxwell
The debate over Hubbert’s Peak: a review
Peak oil theory analyzed by CERA
It may be a lot harder, or a lot more expensive, for the US to get out of Iraq than anyone ever thought. The Saudis could bring pressure [on the U.S. to stay] without doing anything so provocative as a major production cut. Simply ratcheting down production in an unobtrusive manner should be enough to scare Washington.
With little media fanfare, a heavyweight think tank has released a major report on energy security which paints a more urgent picture than most research coming out of Washington.
Ask Umbra: good to the last drop
TOD debate on the timing of peak oil
PayPal’s Thiel bets big on peak oil
‘Mad Max’ co-author on peak oil
Portland group plans for peak oil
Pentagon & peak oil – then (1957) and now
Amory Lovins on energy alternatives
Closing the ‘Collapse Gap’: prospects for the U.S. based on the Soviet experience
