[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 17 Jan 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 17 January 2006 6:09:25 AM
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> CHALLENGES 2005-2006: Oil Market Analysts Issue Dire Warnings
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> CARACAS, Dec 29 (IPS) - While this year's record high oil prices  
> are unlikely to come down in the near future, analysts are warning  
> the world's traditional and emerging economic powers to curb  
> consumption, saying that at the current rate, proven reserves will  
> only meet demand up to 2030.
> "The current model (of consumption) is suicidal," Venezuelan Energy  
> Minister Rafael Ramírez recently told journalists. "The United  
> States, for example, will use up its oil reserves in 10 years, and  
> after that it will go after its rivers, lakes and forests."
> This month, Democratic Party lawmakers in the U.S...
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> <http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/011606_world_stories.shtml>
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