[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 4 Feb 2006

[Antony Barry]

Begin forwarded message:

> Date: 4 February 2006 5:03:23 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 4 results (news)
>
> Bloomberg.com: Top Worldwide
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> Jan. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Oil traders are paying record prices to get  
> crude almost five years from now, reflecting increasing doubts the  
> oil boom will go bust.
> Crude oil today rose for a third session, to the highest in more  
> than four months as a cold front sweeping across Europe pushed  
> temperatures in Moscow to the lowest in 50 years, boosting fuel  
> consumption. Oil for March delivery on the New York Mercantile  
> Exchange traded at $69.05 a barrel at 12:25 p.m. Singapore time,  
> $1.80 short of the record on Aug. 30. The contract for delivery in  
> December 2010 hasn...
>
> <http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news? 
> pid=10000087&sid=akim.xUWeN38&refer=top_world_news>
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>
> Peak America – Is Our Time Up? | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News  
> Clearinghouse
>
> New Solutions #6 summarized a part of the United States’ story  
> which is not in our history books. It’s the story of a nation that  
> joined Britain and other European powers as an imperial power. We  
> suggested that the U.S. Empire is no longer sustainable and that  
> trying to continue it runs the risk of a nuclear war fought over  
> control of the remaining oil and gas resources.
> How does this bode for our place in the world? Is the American  
> Century over? When the impact of Peak Oil really hits, how will we  
> deal with it? Will...
>
> <http://www.energybulletin.net/12271.html>
>
>
> OIL, CONFLICT AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL ENERGY : SF Bay Area Indymedia
>
> “ OIL, CONFLICT AND THE FUTURE OF GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLIES” (ARTICLE  
> POSTED ON THE BLOG AT http://WWW.GLOBALJUSTICEONLINE.COM )
> This article posits two main assumptions: (i) that global “peak  
> oil” is fast approaching its optimum level, and (ii) that the Bush  
> administration’s jingoism is directly correlated to US efforts at  
> dominance over strategic oil supplies.
> 1. An understanding of the geographical locations of the world’s  
> largest oil and gas deposits, that is, knowledge of “the geography  
> and politics of oil”.
> 2. An analysis of the concept of “peak oil” and how this concept  
> relates to the problem of...
>
> <http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/02/1799718.php>
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>
> egoli - Feature
>
> It had seemed like the worst was over. After peaking at around US 
> $75/bbl in September, crude oil prices had quietly drifted back  
> into the fifties, and suddenly it seemed as if it were all just a  
> bad dream.
> This was actually happening. Post Katrina, the demand for oil,  
> particularly in the US , began to subside. Basic economics was at  
> work. To assist in reducing the price of oil the US released crude  
> oil reserves while refineries went into overtime to make up for  
> lost production. Regular maintenance was postponed. It was also  
> very fortuitous that the US experienced a...
>
> <http://www.egoli.com.au/egoli/egoliFeaturePage.asp?PageID=% 
> 7B7EE90E6F-FAC1-4AEF-923B-351C3D27B06D%7D>
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