[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 7 March 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 7 March 2006 5:15:54 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 64 results (news)
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> Heroes of the Revolution, Part II
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> *** The end of the Age of Oil - don't worry, Friedman has a  
> solution...and more!
> But wait, you say. At 5%, the poor fellows are losing money.  
> Domestic inflation in America is said to be 3%, but who believes  
> it? And on the world market, prices for the things Asians need -  
> oil, copper, wheat, gas, beef, tungsten, silver - are exploding.  
> Gold rose 30% in the last 12 months. The U.S. balance of trade is  
> $700 billion in deficit. The U.S. federal budget is $500 billion in  
> deficit. Why would he continue to lend money to the world...
>
> <http://news.goldseek.com/DailyReckoning/1141418781.php>
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> New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on  
> Stuff.co.nz: Oil drying up 'faster than we think'
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> Long-addicted to cheap abundant Middle East oil, the United States  
> – and the rest of the world – may soon have to go on the methadone  
> programme.
> That is the message from American oil industry insider Matthew  
> Simmons, who is in New Zealand to speak at Crown Minerals' 2006  
> Petroleum Conference, which starts today.
> In his book Mr Simmons predicts that the price of a barrel of oil  
> (currently about $US60) will be in the high triple digits within a  
> few years. And he is willing to put his money where his mouth his,  
> making a highly public $US5000 bet with...
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> <http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3594008a13,00.html>
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> L.A. South Central Farm Receives 3-Day Eviction Notice
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> Immediate Action Required to Save Model for Post-Peak  
> Sustainability in Cities
> March 3, 2006 1130 PST (FTW) - In L.A.’s Havana Experiment FTW told  
> you the dramatic and compelling story of what 350 families have  
> done over a 13-year period with a 14 acre plot of land in a  
> depressed inner city. They are feeding themselves with organically  
> grown and healthy produce that requires zero fossil-fuel inputs and  
> requires virtually no transportation expense. This is being done on  
> soil that was once paved, covered, depleted and ignored. More than  
> anything else, this is the one area...
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> <http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/030306_scf_eviction.shtml>
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> Complacent and addicted - Minnesota Daily
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> Despite lack of debate, there are clear signs that a permanent oil  
> shortage is around the corner.
> So when a consortium of leading geophysicists and oil industry  
> whistle-blowers forecast a dramatic downturn in oil production  
> within the next two decades, you would think the U.S. government  
> would take the threat seriously and invest resources necessary to  
> develop renewable energy while we still have a chance.
> Politicians from the dominant political parties have been in bed  
> with Big Oil since the early 1900s and have no intention of  
> jeopardizing their relationship by funding renewable energies.  
> Without a drastic change...
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> <http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/03/06/67450>
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> B E L L A C I A O - collectif Bella Ciao
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> Today, much of the world is convinced the Bush Administration did  
> not wage war against Iraq and Saddam Hussein because of threat from  
> weapons of mass destruction, nor from terror dangers. Still a  
> puzzle, however, is why Washington would risk so much in terms of  
> relations with its allies and the entire world, to occupy Iraq.  
> There is compelling evidence that oil and geopolitics lie at the  
> heart of the still-hidden reasons for the military action in Iraq.
> I don’t see why we should return to the "stone age" as many fear;  
> ancient Greece and Rome weren’t...
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> <http://bellaciao.org/en/forum.php3? 
> id_article=2475&id_forum=22755&retour=article.php3?id_article=2475>
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> Peak oil - Mar 1 | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> Peter Tertzakian, author of 1000 Barrels Per Second, talks with  
> David Room about the coming oil breaking point and the ensuing  
> rebalancing period. In this context, he speaks about peak oil,  
> Canadian oil sands, the role of government and the inadequacy of  
> current corporate thinking with respect to forecasting energy costs.
> ‘Peak oil’ has well and truly grabbed the oil agenda if latest  
> figures and pronouncements are anything to go by. Whether major oil  
> companies, state or private, like it or not, peak oil cannot be  
> ignored. The subject, ridiculed just three years ago, now sits  
> centre stage.
> One thing...
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> <http://energybulletin.net/13291.html>
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> The US military oil consumption | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil  
> News Clearinghouse
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> The US Department of Defense (DoD) is the largest oil consuming  
> government body in the US and in the world
> The US military is the biggest purchaser of oil in the world.
> For some, this is not enough though. Here is what a report from  
> Office of Under Secretary of Defense says “Because DOD’s  
> consumption of oil represents the highest priority of all uses,  
> there will be no fundamental limits to DOD’s fuel supply for many,  
> many decades.” [4]
> In the May 2005 issue of the Atlantic Monthly article Robert Bryce  
> says that “The U.S. military now...
>
> <http://www.energybulletin.net/13199.html>
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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?
>
> <http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/index.html?blog=/tech/htww/ 
> 2006/02/22/one_world/index.html>
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>
> Resource Investor - Commentary - The Metal Stocks Sustainability  
> Season Has Not Peaked
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> Resource Investor, resources, investors, mining, industry, news,  
> interviews, investor, resource, research, mines, mining, gold,  
> silver, platinum, metals, energy, juniors, finance, exploration,  
> minerals, discovery, reserves, aluminium, chrome, coal, cobalt,  
> copper, diamonds, oil, steel, tin, zinc, newmont
> A detailed bibliography gives the reader access to the same  
> original data as they used. This paper is a current and excellent  
> survey of a problem-the possible exhaustion of metal resources-that  
> has generally taken second place to the ‘peak oil’ debate, where  
> some analysts (known as ‘peakists’) state that the world production  
> of oil has already, or will soon have, ‘peaked’, and therefore...
>
> <http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=17601>
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>
> Never Check Your Thinking Cap at the Door | Robert Folsom's Market  
> Watch | Elliott Wave International
>
> Yesterday we considered "The End of Oil" as defined by the op-ed  
> page of the New York Times, particularly as a proxy for current  
> social mood regarding the perception of crude oil supplies.
> I showed that the world is nearly as awash in writings about "peak  
> oil" as it is in crude oil itself, though the NYT piece asserted  
> that the former is not widely written about even as supplies of the  
> latter may be more than half gone.
> Thus you can say -- as the NYTs did -- "oil is a finite commodity,"  
> which sounds simple enough. So no one...
>
> <http://www.elliottwave.com/features/default.aspx? 
> cat=mw&aid=2268&time=pm>
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> Earthtoys Alternative Energy Library - Ottawa Project Shares Top  
> Billing With Bush Ranch
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> Increasing instability in oil prices coupled with environmental  
> concerns have been driving the development and adoption of new and  
> ultra-efficient ground source HVAC technologies. These systems are  
> seen by many as an effective way to help reduce the west’s  
> dependence on foreign oil. Natural Resources Canada and the US EPA  
> are now strongly backing heat pump technologies and setting  
> ambitious targets for installation numbers. In the US, geo-exchange  
> systems are forecast to climb from less than one percent of HVAC  
> market share to upwards of seven percent within ten years. Similar  
> gains are expected in Canada, where...
>
> <http://www.earthtoys.com/news.php?section=view&id=1227>
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> US Congressmen distribute NY Times op-ed piece to House colleagues  
> | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> ..The concept of peak oil...is almost certainly correct...we need  
> to look quickly for near and medium-term solutions that can help us  
> cushion the shock when we hit the peak, assuming we haven't hit it  
> already.We invite you to join us as members of the Congressional  
> Peak Oil Bipartisan Caucus-a forum to discuss how the United States  
> can prepare for the coming peak in world oil. We also invite you to  
> cosponsor House Resolution 507 that expresses: "the sense of the  
> House of Representatives that the United States, in collaboration  
> with other international allies, should...
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> <http://www.energybulletin.net/13396.html>
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>
> Scoop: Sci-tech
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> A New Zealand branch of the International Association for the Study  
> of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO-NZ Inc) has been incorporated.
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> <http://www.scoop.co.nz/news/sci-tech.html>
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> The “Abiotic Oil” Controversy | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News  
> Clearinghouse
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> In recent months a few of the many web sites that challenge the  
> official account of the events of 9/11/2001 have also attacked the  
> idea of peak oil. I would prefer to ignore this controversy—and  
> there are good reasons for doing so, as some of these web sites  
> lack credibility on other counts; nevertheless, as these sites are  
> magnets for large numbers of people who are just beginning to find  
> their way out of the consensus societal trance, they appear to be  
> doing some palpable harm. I have received at least a couple of  
> dozen e-mails...
>
> <http://energybulletin.net/2423.html>
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> 321energy :: If hydrocarbons are renewable- then is "Peak Oil" a  
> fraud?
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> A junior oil and gas exploration and development company with a  
> diverse mix of projects in The North Sea, Newfoundland, Texas,  
> Alberta and Manitoba.
> Project management instrumental in Billion Barrel discovery made by  
> Hunt Oil in Yemen
> Are hydrocarbons "renewable"- and if so- what does such a  
> conclusion mean for the future of the world's oil and natural gas  
> supplies?
> The question is critical due to the enormous amount of coverage the  
> issue of "Peak Oil" is receiving from the mainstream press. If the  
> supply of hydrocarbons is renewable- then the contrary to the  
> conventional wisdom being touted throughout...
>
> <http://321energy.com/editorials/bainerman/bainerman083105.html>
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> Triangle Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions
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> The Oil Drum U.S. Representatives Roscoe Bartlett (R-Maryland) and  
> Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) have recently formed a Peak Oil Caucus.  
> They are concerned about increasing evidence for a near term peak  
> and permanent decline of world oil production. After Peak Oil,  
> there will be less energy available for transportation, food  
> production and other critical economic activities.
> For more general information on Peak Oil, see the EnergyBulletin  
> Peak Oil Primer . For a US Department of Energy sponsored report on  
> Peak Oil (written by Dr. Robert Hirsch), see Peaking of World Oil  
> Production: Impacts, Mitigation & Risk Management .
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> <http://www.duke.edu/greening/peakoil.html>
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>
> WELL calls first year review: Whats right; whats wrong; whats  
> coming? | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
>
> [ The Willits Economic LocaLization (WELL) efforts in California  
> seem to represent one of the most organised local responses to Peak  
> Oil worldwide. This report from the Willits local newspaper dips  
> into the nitty gritty of WELL's activities and gives some insights  
> into the kind of unglamorous but important issues likely to arise  
> for other relocalisation efforts. It's great to see a local  
> newspaper functioning this way - (some of my local papers don't  
> seem to publish much except news of street crime) giving due credit  
> to this work while reporting useful reflections on the process. -AF ]
> It's...
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> <http://www.energybulletin.net/13259.html>
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> NC Powerdown - Meetup.com
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> NC Powerdown hopes to raise awareness about the imminent peak in  
> worldwide oil production, influence policy decisions that concern  
> fossil energy use, and be a resource to members as they convert to  
> lower energy lifestyles.
> "Hi everyone, So for the conference on march 25 we want to invite  
> folks who will have leverage to make a difference on a local level  
> for peak oil preparation such as City Council members, Department..."
> "Peak Energy has the potential to be either a really bad or a  
> really great thing for the world in general, mostly depending on  
> how humanity (yes, that's...
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> <http://oilawareness.meetup.com/216>
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> EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> A peak oil bill has been filed in the U.S. House of Representatives  
> with the support of the newly formed Peak Oil Caucus.
> The Fourth Special Order speech on Peak Oil to the US Congress by  
> Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, accompanied by Rep.'s Ehlers, Gilchrest,  
> Inglis, and Wamp.
> Transcript of Rep. Roscoe Bartlett's speech on Peak Oil to the  
> House of Representatives April 20.
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> <http://energybulletin.net/news.php? 
> author=bartlett&keywords=&cat=0&action=search>
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> Peak oil - Mar 5 | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
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> Had deepwater oil not come of age in the last decade, conventional  
> oil would have passed peak output. Even as deepwater drilling  
> created several million bpd of added oil, non-OPEC supply outside  
> the FSU has struggled for half a decade to stay flat, and now seems  
> clearly in decline. The North Sea is in steep decline, and Mexico,  
> China, Argentina, Oman, Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Colombia seem to be  
> experiencing irreversible declines.
> Non-conventional oil from Canada's oil sands and Venezuela's  
> Orinoco region makes up about half of both producers' output. Non- 
> conventional oil is now commercial...
>
> <http://energybulletin.net/13434.html>
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> Transcript: Fourth Peak Oil Presentation by US Congressman  
> Bartlett, collegues. | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News  
> Clearinghouse
>
> The following is a partial transcript of Congressman Roscoe  
> Bartlett's fourth Special Order speech to the US Congress regarding  
> Peak Oil, introduced by Rep.Ehlers. See link for full text.
> The next big step was again related to energy. You have heard of  
> the industrial revolution, where we began using industry to  
> manufacture things and to replace human labor. What did we use?  
> Fossil fuels. Coal first and then oil and eventually natural gas.  
> So the first use of nonanimal energy led to the industrial  
> revolution. Once again, this indicates how important energy is to  
> life on this planet...
>
> <http://energybulletin.net/6082.html>
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> Surviving a Post-Oil Future/Class Outline
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> I'll be teaching a two-session class on world peak oil production  
> this fall. Below I am posting information on the course.
> Cheap oil is coming to an end. Within the next decade or two world  
> oil production is likely to reach a peak and then begin an  
> irreversible decline. The end of cheap oil threatens to stall and  
> even reverse economic growth worldwide. It could lead to profound  
> disruptions in our way of life, especially in the areas of  
> transportation and food production.
> The closer the peak is, the more urgent the need for action. A  
> recent U...
>
> <http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2005/09/oil-faminesurviving- 
> post-oil.html>
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