[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 4 March 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 4 March 2006 5:14:34 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 40 results (news)
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> Salon.com Technology | Ask the pilot
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> Peak oil threatens the airline industry, but Ryanair's CEO says  
> tickets should be free.
> Ask the pilot Peak oil threatens the airline industry, but  
> Ryanair's CEO says tickets should be free.
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> <http://www.salon.com/tech/col/smith/2006/03/03/askthepilot176/ 
> index_np.html>
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> FORTUNE: Letters: Energy independence - Mar. 3, 2006
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> NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - There's a belief in journalism that when you  
> make both sides mad, you must have done something right. So I guess  
> I can take some solace in being cursed as both a right-wing oil- 
> company shill and a tax-and-spend liberal.
> But not too much solace, because most of the legions of people who  
> e-mailed me about my article, Energy independence is a disaster in  
> the making , entirely missed what I thought was the point. I can  
> blame some of that on readers who got so angry at the first  
> paragraph that they...
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> <http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/02/news/economy/ 
> pluggedin_response_fortune/index.htm?section=money_latest>
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> AlterNet: Blogs: The Mix: Americans want a gas tax
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> Ok -- so there's a CBS/New York Times poll showing that 55% of  
> Americans are just fine with the idea of having a FEDERAL gas tax,  
> but only if it did "in fact reduce dependence on foreign oil."  
> Interestingly 59% were OK with such a tax if it reduced global  
> warming.
> In other energy news, if you have heard about the idea of Peak Oil  
> and want to read something that will give you a great big picture  
> view of it, may I recommend the text of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's  
> recent House floor speech . Very nicely done; not...
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> <http://www.alternet.org/blogs/themix/33031>
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> Facing the Facts on Oil: BLOG: SciAm Observations
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> Just under Glenn Zorpette's nice op-ed article in today's New York  
> Times (see entry below) was a large ad-ed placed by ExxonMobil.  
> Titled "Peak Oil? Contrary to the theory, oil production shows no  
> sign of a peak," the piece blows smoke at the growing consensus  
> among serious petroleum geologists that production of the cheap oil  
> on which all modern economies are based is fast approaching the day  
> when it stops growing to match demand, levels off for a while, and  
> then inexorably falls. While many of its peer companies, including  
> BP and Shell, have recognized the...
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> <http://blog.sciam.com/index.php? 
> title=facing_the_facts_on_oil&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1>
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> On Global Warming and Shared Responsibilities (March 2, 2006)
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> Perhaps one day carbon sequestration--capturing carbon dioxide at  
> the source--will become a reality. Until then I think it would be  
> irresponsible to pursue a path of replacing our current car fleet  
> with a more efficient fleet, such as the plug-in hybrids favored by  
> the environmental community. To be sure, 100 miles per gallon  
> vehicles will help ease our oil addiction, but the price of that  
> addiction will still be measured in the blood of innocents in the  
> oil-rich countries, in Iraq, Iran and elsewhere.
> In any case, the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (www...
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> <http://eatthestate.org/10-13/OnGlobalWarming.htm>
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> The Brinkmanship Of Energy Geopolitics By Mathew Maavak
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> PARIS, Feb 14 (AP) - The head of the International Energy Agency  
> said Tuesday that its member governments could coordinate a release  
> of strategic oil reserves that would offset a shutdown of Iranian  
> crude output for up to 18 months. Asked whether the agency's  
> efforts could wholly mitigate such a production shortfall, Claude  
> Mandil, executive director of the energy watchdog for the  
> Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, said: "The  
> answer is clearly 'yes'."
> Worries over the international response to Iran's nuclear program  
> pushed oil prices back near US$70 a barrel earlier this year,  
> though data showing adequate supplies...
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> <http://www.countercurrents.org/po-maavak030306.htm>
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> Cusp of Civilization
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> Peak Oil, Rapid Global Climate Change, Superbacteria... are we  
> reaching the end of civilization as we know it?
> I mean, when a company as rich and prosperous as Exxon won't even  
> finish cleaning up after their mistakes by paying the fines they've  
> been ordered to pay to the fishermen hurt by the 1989 Exxon Valdez  
> oil spill (see: Exxon's Valdez Fines Still Unpaid ), then what hope  
> is there for our civilization?
> So, when you hear the U.S. Department of Energy talking about how  
> “hydrogen-fueled cars [are] an important way to ensure national  
> security by reducing...
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> <http://cuspofcivilization.blogspot.com/ 
> 2004_03_01_cuspofcivilization_archive.html>
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> Technorati Blog Finder: Renewable Energy
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> Tagged Alternative Energy , Biofuels , Ecosystems , Energy  
> Efficiency , Environment , Environmentalism , Ethanol , Fairtrade ,  
> Fuel Efficiency , Green , Green Building , Organic , Peak Oil ,  
> Politics , Progressive , Renewable Energy , Solar Power ,  
> Sustainability , Technology , Wind Power , More »
> Tagged Aviation , Biomass , Brrreeeport , Climate , Climate  
> Change , Coal , Ecology , Energy , Environment , Global Warming ,  
> Kyoto , Montreal , Nigeria , Oil , Politics , Power , Renewable ,  
> Renewable Energy , Scotland , Warming , More »
> The Energy Blog researches and discusses the alternative and  
> renewable energy technologies that may be used to replace  
> petroleum. It also delves into peak oil and global warming as they  
> impact the discussion.
> Tagged Alternative Energy , Batteries , Biofuels , Biomass ,  
> Electric Vehicles , Energy , Energy Policy , Fossil...
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> <http://www.technorati.com/blogs/Renewable+Energy>
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> The Oil Drum | Comments | NYT says peak oil "almost certainly correct"
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> 60 Minutes story directly on peak oil (not indirectly on oil sands  
> or CTL)
> The term "peak oil" as familiar to the public as "global warming"  
> is today
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> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/3/1/1750/72342/32>
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> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/3/1/3402/63420/13>
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> Salon.com Technology | How the World Works
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> Exxon: We've got plenty of oil!
> Everybody go back to bed. Exxon says peak oil is bogus.
> Can we nuke our way out of peak oil?
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> <http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2006/03/02/peak_copper/index.html>
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> Peak oil - Mar 3 | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> Peak Oil? Contrary to the theory, oil production shows no sign of a  
> peak
> Will we soon reach a point when the world's oil supply begins to  
> decline? Yes, according to the so-called "peak-oil" proponents.  
> They theorize that, since new discoveries have not kept up with the  
> pace of production in recent years, we will soon reach a point when  
> oil production starts going downhill. So goes the theory.
> The theory does not match reality, however. Oil is a finite  
> resource, but because it is so incredibly large, a peak will not  
> occur this year, next year...
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> <http://www.energybulletin.net/13387.html>
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> Peak Oil News and Message Boards >> Consumption; Demand; Prices >>  
> Peak oil threatens the airline industry
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> ...Then there's fuel. In this column a week ago, in what could  
> prove to be as gross an understatement as could have been made,  
> fuel was deemed the "wild card" among the industry's competitive  
> variables. For anyone with a vested interest in the airline biz --  
> and that includes the frequent traveler -- the more one looks at  
> the tensions and uncertainties surrounding global petroleum  
> supplies, the more one quakes in fear. Driven partly by the high  
> consumption rates of growing economies like those of India and  
> China, worldwide demand is beginning to outpace worldwide supply.  
> Should production slow beyond...
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> <http://peakoil.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12531>
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> WorldOil.com - Online Magazine Article: Special Focus - Feb-2006
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> My first article was entitled, "It is not 1986: The oil markets are  
> tight!" I pointed out that global oil demand had risen steadily for  
> a decade following a plunge in demand between 1979 and 1983. Only  
> the collapse of Former Soviet Union (FSU) oil usage created the  
> illusion that global crude demand was peaking at 66 million to 67  
> million bpd.
> I also reminded World Oil readers that oil supplies were not  
> growing as robustly as most energy economists believed. The  
> impressive North Sea growth was a rebound after the Piper Alpha  
> platform accident stalled new supply additions. Once...
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> <http://www.worldoil.com/Magazine/MAGAZINE_DETAIL.asp? 
> ART_ID=2794&MONTH_YEAR=Feb-2006>
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> Chinese analysis of global energy crisis and security |  
> EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> The Countdown for the Peak of Oil Production has Begun – but what  
> are the Views of the Most Important International Energy Agencies...
> Shen Jiru, a research fellow from the World Economic and Political  
> Institute in Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) says oil  
> supply is certain, but oil demand is increasing. Some accidents  
> such as Hurricane Katrina and regional conflicts like Iraq war, or  
> sanctions and embargo of oil to certain countries, all these can  
> cause oil price hikes.
> Peng Long, professor from International Business School of Beijing  
> Foreign Studies University says oil has become a strategic resource  
> in international...
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> <http://energybulletin.net/12941.html>
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