By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Supporters of America's new get-tough foreign policy are touting the country's emerging "oil weapon" wrought from increasing production in the shale oil fields of Texas and other states. The rise of oil imports from Russia is just one sign that those supporters have the situation completely wrong.
By Gunnar Rundgren, Garden Earth
I am not surprised that the government neglects these subsistence farmers, their contribution to the GDP and to the grand plans of the President is small. I am surprised, however, that they seem to be neglected also by the organic association. It seems to me to be a key group for the development of local, resilient and small scale organic farming.
By Tom Whipple, ASPO - USA
“The key question for the future of the oil market is for how long can a surge in US shale supplies make up for the slow pace of growth elsewhere in the oil sector.” --Fatih Birol, the IEA’s executive director
By Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including: -Oil and the Global Economy -Middle East and North Africa -China -Russia -Briefs
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Okay, I admit that the premise of Norwegian television's new political thriller series "Occupied" is far-fetched. But that premise is a window on just how addicted to fossil fuels we are.
By Immanuel Wallerstein, iwallerstein
One doesn't hear much discussion of these foreign policy issues in Russia. What one hears discussed instead is how best to handle the acute budgetary shortfall that the Russian state is facing.
By Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly review including: Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East and North Africa, China, Russia/Ukraine, Quote of the Week, The Briefs.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
The possibility of a new Cold War between Russia and the United States and its NATO allies brings with it the spectre of nuclear war.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
Russia and China have signed two large natural gas deals in the last six months as Russia turns its attention eastward in reaction to sanctions and souring relations with Europe, currently Russia's largest energy export market. But the move has implications beyond Europe.
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
There is a case regarding market efficiency for overturning America's oil export ban, but this is NOT the one the industry is using in its public relations campaign. That's because increased efficiency in the world oil market would actually make the country's oil supply more vulnerable to events abroad.