[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 13 March 2006

[Antony Barry]

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> Date: 13 March 2006 5:22:42 AM
> Subject: DEVONagent: 17 results (news)
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> Karavans: Post-Peak Oil Economic Survival
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> « Post Peak Oil Life | Main | Corsi vs Ruppert: Abiotic Oil vs Peak  
> Oil »
> Personally, I'd love to see more conversations about economic  
> survival post-Peak Oil. I was really enjoying a recent thread about  
> the post-Peak Oil economy and economist Adam Smith at The Oil Drum,  
> but it died rather suddenly.
> My question is how can we avoid that same fate in the future? What  
> are the things we can do on a local level to stimulate economic  
> activity if a Peak Oil induced depression sets in as many predict?  
> The plan is to explore the options in...
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> <http://karavans.typepad.com/karavans/2006/01/postpeak_oil_ec.html>
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> The Thirty Theses » The Anthropik Network
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> [...] He isn't alone in seeing what he wants to see of course - the  
> Viridian camp sees a shiny green future awaiting us in the post oil  
> world, old school oil guys like T Boone Pickens see a exploration  
> and drilling bonanza, energy industry investors like Matt Simmons  
> and Henry Groppe see soaring energy prices, gold bugs see rampart  
> inflation and soaring gold prices, ferals and hippies see a return  
> to living closer to nature, socialists see the revivial of marxism,  
> conspiracy theorists see government/elite conspiracies and the rise  
> of the new world order, primitivists see the collapse of...
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> <http://www.anthropik.com/thirty>
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> The Frederick News-Post : Political Notes — Of filibusters,  
> feminism and film stars
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> The press release plugs Mr. Bartlett's coming appearance in "Oil  
> Crash," a documentary by two European journalists that premieres  
> Saturday at the South by Southwest Film Festival in Austin, Texas.  
> The 90-minute movie documents the possible crisis precipitated by  
> the decline in world oil supplies.
> "'Oil Crash' is a very important film because it will awaken many  
> people to the coming energy crisis from peak oil," Mr. Bartlett  
> said in a statement. "I've been talking about peak oil extensively  
> for almost a year. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then I  
> hope that a compelling...
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> <http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/printer_friendly.htm? 
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> Vital Trivia » Politics
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> Last month I wrote about the question submitted to the EU  
> Commission by Green Party MEP Caroline Lucas where she asked  
> directly about the Commissions position regarding peak oil. The  
> reply describes early peaking as “no more than a theory” and as  
> such the Commission has no plan to address it.
> I not going to pretend I know an awful lot about the situation in  
> Iraq (except to say their oil extraction rate is around a third  
> lower now compared with a few years ago) but I will present this  
> data compiled by cryptome.org (click the graph for larger...
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> <http://www.vitaltrivia.co.uk/category/politics>
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> The Oil Drum | Comments | Turning down the AC
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> [editor's note, by Prof. Goose]Also, a heads up (hat tip:  
> peakoil.com) on a CNN special on peak oil which will be aired  
> Saturday, March 18, 8pm, anchored by Frank Sesno, and is called "We  
> Were Warned: Tomorrow's oil crisis." (brief description here)
> It's too bad that it's not about "peak oil" per se. Supply  
> disruption in a generally tight market is not the same thing. It  
> would be interesting to see a full blown mass media presentation of  
> a true peak oil scenario. No hurricanes, no terrorism, just oil  
> fields declining and new production...
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> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/3/9/95523/93587/59>
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> The Oil Drum | Comments | Turning down the AC
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> What better way to mask or phostpone PO by wrecking the world  
> economy and take vast amounts of oil out of production (like  
> happened in Iraq) by attacking Iran (and possible closure of the  
> Strait of Hormuz)?
> This is speculation but the Bush administration IS Peak Oil  
> informed. I could go on and speculate attacking Iran is just part  
> of a wider, long term strategic objective.
> If peak + global events are about to cause $4-5 gas the suburb/ 
> rural right will question even their hero G.W. So being an oilman +  
> No. 2 being an oilman they will need...
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> <http://www.theoildrum.com/comments/2006/3/9/95523/93587/7>
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