Is the US Overplaying Its Energy Hand?
The evidence suggests the United States is playing energy poker with a pair of jacks in its hand, but betting as if it had four aces.
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Peak Oil Review – Feb 23
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
Keystone XL, Cold War 2.0, and the GOP Vision for 2016
It’s a ritual long familiar to observers of American politics: presidential hopefuls with limited international experience travel to foreign lands and deliver speeches designed to showcase their grasp of foreign affairs.
Peak Oil Review – Feb 17
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
Peak Oil Review – Feb 2
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs, Commentary.
One of These Things Is Not Like The Others: IEA’s January Report
OK. Which curve on this chart is not like the others? It’s the U.S. and Canada’s oil production curve over the past several years.
Peak Oil Notes – Jan 8
London’s Brent fell from $56 to a low of $49.83 triggering a wave of headlines that the $50 a barrel barrier had been broken.
Peak Oil Review – Jan 5
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
Peak Oil Review – Dec 22
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
Peak Oil Notes – Dec 18
Most observers are saying the pause in the rapid decline in oil prices is mostly techincial and that lower prices still are expected.
Peak Oil Review – Dec 15
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
Star Spangled Collapse
Greer’s new novel Twilight’s Last Gleaming is set about a decade in the future in a world much like today’s, but with more expensive oil and a more advanced rival for global supremacy — China.
