Oil

Peak oil headlines – Nov 6

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Bill McKibben seeks a friendlier option for the post-peak future /
Coming to grips with the end of cheap energy /
PO activism in Minneapolis /
Vermont independence convention /
Tom Whipple on importing energy after PO /
French environment minister publishes PO book /
La vie après le pétrole /
Dry Dipstick launches “Beyond Peak” website /
What Shell and BP say about energy supply /
The empty promise of technology /
PO group in Virginia /
Prof. Albert Bartlett on PO

Peak freaks: a report on three PO gatherings

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Chatting with Komanoff I quickly realized that these were the kinds of pragmatic but forward-thinking conversations and policy ideas that were missing from both conferences. Both conferences seemed intent on paralyzing their audiences into inaction by suggesting that all they could really do is wait. Wait for the Petrocollapse or wait for Amory Lovins’ 66 mpg SUV’s.

Politics and Economics Headlines – 3 November, 2005

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Chávez Restyles Venezuela With ’21st-Century Socialism’ / Even with gas at 4¢ per litre, Venezuelans still complain / Is China to blame for the rise in oil prices? / A Separate Peace- elites resigned? / Friends of the Earth slam World Bank over money for clean energy[2] / Stop oil company price gouging / Frist orders oil price probe / A world becoming more peaceful? / Former UK soldier wins landmark case over Gulf War Syndrome

CNBC hosts ‘Deep Oil vs. Peak Oil’ debate

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Craig R. Smith co-author of WND Books’ “Black Gold Stranglehold: The Myth of Scarcity and the Politics of Oil,” will go head-to-head with author Matthew R. Simmons in a debate entitled “Deep Oil vs. Peak Oil” on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” this morning at 9 a.m. Eastern. [updated – mp3 and transcript now available]

Doubts raised on Saudi vow for more oil

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…doubts about Saudi Arabia’s assurances of how much it can expand capacity – and for how long – have been raised in a secret intelligence report and in a separate analysis by a leading government oil adviser, according to a federal government official and the oil expert.