[Peakoil] News items on peak oil

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 5 January 2006 6:18:27 AM
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> EV World: The World of Electric, Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell and  
> Alternative Fuel Vehicles
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> 2005 ASPO oil conference presentation by Suncor executive vice  
> president Michael Ashar on the potential of Alberta’s ‘oil sands’.
> It can't be said that the organizers of the November 2005 ASPO USA  
> "peak oil" conference held in Denver weren't willing to consider  
> the role to be played by unconventional hydrocarbon reserves in  
> replacing declining conventional oil production worldwide,  
> including oil shale and tar sands, both of which are in abundant  
> supply in North America. They asked Michael Ashar, an executive  
> vice president with Suncor, one of the early Canadian tar sand  
> pioneers, to talk about these rich...
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> <http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=article&storyid=948>
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> Peak Oil and the End of Empire
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> Oil is the lifeblood not only of the U.S. economy—especially its  
> terrible military capability—it is in a very literal sense what  
> drives the global economy. Even small declines in oil extraction  
> (oil is not produced—it is extracted), have created major ripples  
> in the global economy. Remember the gas shortages and rationing  
> that occurred during the Carter Administration during the late 1970s?
> All of the oil that exists is the product of complex ecological  
> processes: the decomposition of prehistoric plants and animals over  
> eons of time. There will never be any more oil than there is now...
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> <http://www.opednews.com/articles/ 
> opedne_charles__060103_peak_oil_and_the_end.htm>
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> Another Peek at Peak Oil [Fool.com: Commentary] November 30, 2005
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> Brian Gorman recently took a look at BP's big investment in  
> alternative energy . He suggested that the driving factors behind  
> this investment are the desire for energy independence, consumer  
> consciousness, and government support for alternative energy. From  
> my perspective, when I see a major oil company investing $8 billion  
> outside the oil patch, I think of peak oil .
> Over the weekend, I read Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak  
> by Kenneth S. Deffeyes. The book is a sequel and an update to his  
> previous work, Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage. If  
> you can't...
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> <http://www.fool.com/news/commentary/2005/commentary05113006.htm? 
> source=ihghlpban100102>
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> Graphs & Country Profiles - ASPO Ireland (Peak Oil)
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> Profiles for oil producing countries, including oil production and  
> discovery graphs. Please search the newsletter archive using the  
> standard search box at the top right of the page (e.g. search for  
> 'united kingdom' or 'brasil').
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> <http://www.peakoil.ie/countries>
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