[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 19 Feb 2006

Sun Feb 19 13:57:58 EST 2006

I've deleted most of todays results are they seemed to hold nothing new.

Tony

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> Date: 19 February 2006 5:12:10 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 57 results (news)
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> Examiner
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> Professor Mark Jaccard is an expert in sustainable energy. He  
> concludes in his new book Sustainable Fossil Fuels that we have  
> plenty of oil, gas and coal to sustain us indefinitely.
> It’s a myth, he argued, that we are running out of oil and gas, he  
> told a London audience at the signing of his book last week.
> Then he went on to say we will run out of oil in 45 years and that  
> gas supplies will be gone in 60 years.
> These are the points Peak Oil experts have been making for some  
> time, and who have...
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> <http://www.irishexaminer.com/pport/web/business/Full_Story/did- 
> sgfZgr4hZhKpksg7IQHSmeYhNE.asp>

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> ... the combination of the news that there's no new Saudi Light  
> coming on stream for the next seven years plus the 27% projected  
> decline from existing fields means Hubbert's Peak has arrived in  
> Saudi Arabia. The Kingdom's decline rate will be among the world's  
> fastest as this decade wanes. Most importantly, Hubbert's Peak must  
> have arrived for Ghawar, the world's biggest oilfield ...
> On March 25th, the Op-Ed page of The New York Times published three  
> essays on this subject, and all took the view that oil shortages  
> are very real and very threatening...
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> <http://www.post1.net/page/lowem/20050402>
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> News from Agape Press
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> ...Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, a member of the House  
> Armed Services Committee, believes America's current energy crisis  
> is not going to get any better in the face of increased demands by  
> China and India for more of the world's oil supply. In light of  
> this, Bartlett feels the U.S. would be wise to hold on to what  
> reserves it has. In fact, the lawmaker feels President Bush's  
> Advanced Energy Initiative is far too modest and overly focused on  
> increasing domestic oil production to support increased  
> consumption. "It was inevitable that, even without the big increase  
> in...
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> <http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/2/172006h.asp>
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> Permatopia: a graceful end to cheap oil
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> use the remaining oil to build renewable energy systems, improve  
> food security, relocalize production, and strengthen bioregional  
> economies
> a companion site to www.oilempire.us a political map to understand  
> Peak Oil - what is Peak Oil - peak oil awareness efforts - scenarios
> Surviving and thriving after Peak Oil will require using the  
> resources currently invested in the military. How we use the  
> remaining half of the oil determines the future of human  
> civilization: Will we use the remaining oil to make solar panels  
> and relocalize food production, or will we use it to build more  
> military equipment to control the oil...
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> <http://www.permatopia.com>
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> Peak Oil News and Message Boards >> Public Policy; Political and  
> Legal News >> Letters to the Editor - Peak Oil
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> "It would be great if the Peak Oil crowd was as nuts as people say  
> (ed: Oh yeah? Smile when you say that, pal). But I've looked at it  
> as much as a non-oil specialist can look at it and still hold down  
> a job. I concluded that it is a scary scenario. What is  
> particularly problematic for me is that my training as a physical  
> scientist helps me see the proposed alternative energy technologies  
> for what they are -- a load of baloney in many cases.
> "I spent a particularly harrowing hour with a high-ranking official  
> from...
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> <http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12100>
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> t r u t h o u t || Peak Oil and the politics of global solutions
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> As people become aware of sustainability issues (and especially  
> with peak oil) they almost immediately begin to look at reducing  
> the fossil fuel dependence in their lives, learning to grow their  
> own food, creating forward-looking networks etc. Others also  
> partake in awareness raising, as greater awareness levels could  
> also prove to be a key factor in how the issues take effect.
> For all of the good work being done by folk, the fact cannot be  
> escaped that government action needs to be taken at the nation  
> state and, more importantly, global levels. It is indeed notable  
> that some of...
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> <http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2006/2/17/135959/986>
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> Permaculture and Peak Oil
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> use the remaining oil to build renewable energy systems, improve  
> food security, relocalize production, and strengthen bioregional  
> economies
> a companion site to www.oilempire.us a political map to understand  
> Peak Oil - what is Peak Oil - peak oil awareness efforts - scenarios
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> <http://www.permatopia.com/permaculture.html>
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> The Petrocollapse Conference
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> As oil prices rise and crude oil supplies and refined products  
> strain to keep up with demand, as Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on  
> the production infrastructure as well as on a devastated  
> population, the isse of Peak Oil is finally becoming acknowledged  
> in the mainstream news.
> However, the complete story is still suppressed, misunderstandings  
> abound even among students of peak oil and the public remains in  
> the dark about the vast array of consequences of this looming  
> crisis. Dishonest reporting by OPEC countries and major oil  
> companies have contributed to the illusion that there is sufficient  
> time before we "run...
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> <http://www.petrocollapse.org>

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> oildepletion index
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> This website reviews the problem of oil depletion and closely  
> related concerns regarding gas depletion
> The information provided is based on the work of Dr Roger Bentley  
> of the University of Reading; Dr Colin Campbell and Jean Laherrère  
> of ASPO (Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas) and many  
> other geologists and scientists
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> <http://www.oildepletion.org>
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