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While the NPC do have some ‘hard truths’ in their report, they are surrounded in a dense matrix of mumbo-jumbo and irrelevant reassurances about how large the resource endowment is.
NY Times on the NPC report
Dow Jones on the NPC report
Online peak oil book from “Gail the Actuary”
The IEA’s come-to-Jesus moment
Peak oil and entertainment tech
It seems like a good time to review the general peak oil situation prior to what many believe may be difficult times later this year.
The NPC Study [on oil supplies] is woefully inadequate, leaving the Secretary of Energy and the American public with inadequate warning of the huge economic and social risks that many experts believe are just around the corner.
NPC report suggests opening areas to drilling, increasing fuel efficiency standards
NPC report: Demand to outpace crude supplies
British MP interviews David Strahan (The Last Oil Shock author)
Reason: The end of cheap oil?
Canada energy news round-up
Study of world oil resources with a comparison to IPCC emissions scenarios (thesis)
An executive summary of weekly news from a peak oil perspective.
Iran asks Japan to pay for oil with yen, not dollars
Cheney pushes Bush to act on Iran
Energising Russia’s geopolitical goals
Guide to the struggle over Iraq’s oil
OPEC sees modest 2008 demand, more oil from rivals
U.S. oil may hit $95 if OPEC does not hike output: Goldman
Energy industry’s manpower peak?
Wall Street Journal on NPC’s report
Oil industry admits it cannot save us
ASPO-USA special on NPC report
Robert Rapier: Peak Lite revisited
Kunstler: Psychotic break
Energy price could bust the boom
As a part of our nation’s defense, we should consider what we need to be available in the event of an interruption in energy supplies, and to push technologies that reduce our energy demand.
I am a Major in the United States Army. …I set out to discover what some of the best minds in the world had to say about what the world might look like 20-plus years from now. Specifically, I intended to examine population growth, food production, water availability, and energy supplies. What I discovered shocked me. (Online report)
ODAC News
Oilwatch Monthly
Britain: When the wells dry up
Sky-high oil prices signal higher rates
