NZ Greens: Imminent Decline Of Oil And Gas
A report of a presentation on Peak Oil and Gas by co-leader of the New Zealand Greens, Jeanette Fitzsimons.
Fossil Fuels
Got Oil? Now, Try to Find Tankers to Carry It
Now that OPEC has agreed to raise its crude oil production quotas in hopes of taming high and jittery oil prices, industry experts are growing more concerned about both the capacity and the security of oil tankers, the next link in the supply chain.
Full text of Dick Cheney’s speech at the Institute of Petroleum Autumn lunch, 1999
Full text of a lost speech. “By 2010 we will need on the order of an additional fifty million barrels a day. So where is the oil going to come from?… Oil is unique in that it is so strategic in nature. We are not talking about soapflakes or leisurewear here. Energy is truly fundamental to the world’s economy.”
After the oil runs out
People complain now about gasoline at $3 per gallon. After Hubbert’s Peak, $7 per gallon will seem cheap.
The Gift of War
It is an unfortunate truth about human history that social systems, no matter how unjust, tend to reproduce themselves and that change emerges only from crises.
Oil-aholic aggression
China’s insatiable, growing appetite for oil will direct future events in the East Asia. It’s not just commodity and stock prices that will be affected either… we maybe looking at a major military conflict in the Far East…
Nigeria paralysed by mass strike
Much of Nigeria has come to a near-standstill after millions of workers walked out over rising fuel prices.
The ”King” is Naked
Political reengineering in the muslim world– Clash of civilization by many names– The greater middle east initiative and the partnership for future success
El Paso Woes Show Capital Intensity Of US E&P Business
El Paso Corp., the largest U.S. natural gas pipeline operator and still one of the largest producers, recently disclosed a sharp decline in its quarterly natural gas production.
Losing The Battle With Entropy
Without cheap oil, the only safe option is to start dismantling our complex economies
COUP D’ETAT: The Real Reason Tenet and Pavitt Resigned from the CIA (excerpt)
The CIA are staging a subtle coup against Bush and Cheney over the Plame Case writes Michael C. Ruppert.
ASPO June newsletter online
ASPO’s 42nd newsletter is a must-read.
