Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Saudi oil facilities: Achilles heel of the Western economy / OPEC `doing enough’ to meet demand as states miss output quotas /
Chavez sees oil at $100 a barrel if U.S. hits Iran /
As oil prices go up, companies struggle to contain their costs / Mayors sound alarm on rising fuel costs, energy crisis / Oil colors U.S. push for democracy / When two poor countries reclaimed oilfields, why did just one spark uproar?
U.S. worried about China’s involvement in Americas? /
Japanese consumers feeling high cost of crude oil / Cheney has Turkey in his sights / Qatar pours oil profits into science /
Fuel shortage paralyses Gaza
The Chinese government has announced what appears to be a new plan to stockpile strategic commodities.
Those who write about the future from the perspective of peak oil fall along a spectrum ranging from life-as-we-know-it with hydrogen cars to most-have-died-off from oil wars, famine, and disease with the remainder living in scattered tribes on subsistence agriculture.
Peak oil resolution goes to Portland city council /
PO and the Environment conference report #3 /
Michael Klare on PO and national security (video) / Australian TV: Oil supplies set to decline / Peak oil at Linky Dinky / Plan B From Outer Space (links)
Friedman: the first law of petropolitics /
America’s geopolitical mightmare & Eurasian strategic energy arrangements / Oil a sticky issue for next Mexico president /
Bolivia’s populism steps on Brazil / Cuba seeks oil near Keys / Saudi Arabia, a kingdom divided / Kossacks push an energy platform for Democrats
How Morales took on the oil giants – and won his people back / Africa: the new frontier for imperial oil / As profits surge, oil giants find hurdles abroad / Cheap oil, cheap labor and costly habits / Let’s not play the oil game
Iran grants license for euro-based oil bourse / Iran sees oil bourse in two months / The two crucial mistakes that cost Straw his job – Iran connection? / Why Iran is driving oil up
The Nation: Energy Independence Day / Sympathy for oil companies as hard to find as oil /
Bodies for barrels: betrayal and energy dependence /
Natl Assn of Manufacturers: A message on our energy crisis / Do the Russians play Monopoly? /
Bolivia: Nationalization of gas!
The oil world’s new bullies /
Woolsey – The war on terror: the energy front /
Heritage Foundation: Reducing dependence on Middle Eastern oil /
Across USA, wave of anger building over gas prices
The rise of a new global energy elite means high oil and gas prices are here to stay. … “Welcome to the age of energy insecurity,” says J. Robinson West, a former Reagan administration official… “Worldwide production will peak. The result will be skyrocketing prices, with a huge, sustained economic shock.” (excerpts from this excellent article)
In a world where natural resources will continue to climb in price, it is an increasing truism that he who has the energy makes the rules.
