[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 20 Feb 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 20 February 2006 5:10:53 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 12 results (news)
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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/? 
> op=displaystory;sid=2006/2/17/135959/986>

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> Peak Oil News and Message Boards >> Geology; Reservers; Oil Fields  
> >> Peak Oil is a Myth
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> A poster to RunningOnEmpty2 writes that Peak Oil will cause a  
> recession and thus curb demand.
> I believe that this entire "peak oil cult" is caused by two things:  
> 1) an a priori misanthropy, and 2) a fundamental ignorance of the  
> realities of the market economy. To me, the first point is  
> immensely apparent. The founders and followers of "peak oil" simply  
> do not like being around their fellow human beings. This causes  
> them to naturally seek out theories in which the human race will be  
> horrifically destroyed. And as long as these theories hold up to  
> their level of...
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> <http://peakoil.com/article31.html>
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> ASPO USA - POR Archives
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> Commentary: Detoxing American Oiloholics -- The President's Plan or  
> the Peak Oil Caucus'?
> http://www.aspousa.org/assets/pdf/Peak_Oil_Review_30_Jan_06.pdf
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> <http://www.aspousa.org/PORArchives.cfm>
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> Daily Tar Heel
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> The Sky is Falling: Peak Oil and Predictions of the End of  
> Civilization
> implications of our oil dependency. A counterpart to Dr. Gerald  
> Cecil's lecture on peak
> the immense impact of our oil dependency and discussing plausible  
> doomsday scenarios.
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> <http://www.dailytarheel.com/calendar/index.cfm? 
> event=ViewCalendar&Calendar_ID=1321&timeSpan=
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> EV World: The World of Electric, Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell and  
> Alternative Fuel Vehicles
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> SYNOPSIS: Analyst Nariamn Behravesh argues that peak oil, like  
> other limits-to-growth theories, miss the role of technological  
> change.
> Out in the mainstream is the theory of ‘peak oil’ that Resource  
> Investor has covered before. Basically that oil will start to run  
> o...[ continued ]
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> <http://www.evworld.com/rssnews.cfm?section=communique&rssid=11071>
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