War for oil has been U.S. policy for years
No war for oil, says the Michael Moore branch of the antiwar movement, meaning that the United States shouldn’t fight to advance the interests of the petroleum industry.
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US: Energy independence may be a pipe dream
The presidential candidates are touting their plans to reduce the USA’s reliance on foreign energy sources. Are the campaign promises simply running on empty?
Energy fight? Not This Year
The guys on the campaign trail keep trying to ig nore the trillion-pound rhinoceros in the room. But soaring oil prices thunder the obvious: America had better prepare for a possible fall in world oil output if it doesn’t want to be left without affordable energy options.
Researchers seek ‘holy grail’ of oil sands production via underground refineries
The University of Calgary has recruited two international heavy oil experts to chase some oil sands dreams, notably ways to refine raw bitumen underground as “Canada cannot sustain for … more than probably 20 years the use of natural gas and diluent to produce bitumen.”
Crude Awakening (essay/book review)
….If not already aware of all this, readers of The Nation should be on notice that both the imminence and the timing of peak oil matters–big time….
If this scenario [of an early peak] is even somewhat credible, American and international leaders should drop whatever else they are doing and devote their full attention to preparing the world for post-peak petroleum.
Oil and gas industries set to struggle
The renewable energy expert Harald Rostvik has warned of an imminent collapse in the oil and gas industries as supplies run dry.
New Peak Oil Booklet
Mike Tooke of PowerSwitch.org.uk has produced an informative 20 page booklet introducing the topic of peak oil which can be downloaded for free.
No Longer Obeying Orders
In an excellent speech given in Johannesburg earlier this month, George Monbiot looks frankly and damningly at the state of corporate journalism, who’s institutional interests are at odds with any potential policy changes addressing climate change and resource depletion, such as the imminent global oil peak.
Crude Will Hit “$60 Before $40”
Energy tycoon Boone Pickens says “we’ve seen $40 oil for the last time” and expects “$10 natural gas” probably within “four months”
A Rebuttal of Thomas Gold’s Claims for Abiotic Oil (summary only)
Thomas Gold, before his death, proposed that the origins of oil may be abiotic (non-biological) – arguments now repeated by many to suggest that there is no danger of oil peaking. The following is a scientific dialogue critiquing Gold’s work, not easy reading for the layperson, but important nonetheless.
Iraq oil recovery effort costing lives
Scores of Iraqi oil workers have been killed or maimed since last year’s invasion after they defied death threats and remained in their posts, Oil Minister Thamir al-Ghadhban says.
Swimming in oil, Iraqis still made to wait hours at gas stations
Pressed for time, Ahmad Hussein refuses to spend hours queuing for petrol at one of Baghdad’s teeming gas stations so he takes his car to a street vendor where it costs six times as much to fill up.
