[Peakoil] The collapse of the USSR as a foretaste of collapse inthe USA?

[leigh.kite at medicareaustralia.gov.au]

It's probably more because the politics and economics of who supplies and
trades with Russia has changed since 1987.  Maybe Europe have to buy
Russian oil because China & India's expansion or something.

Cheers,

Leigh


                                                                           
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Hello All
As it would apear that the USSR/ Russia peaked around 1987, so how is it
that Russia is now seen as an energy giant at lest in the supply of liquid
gas?
If Russia can supply large quantities of gas to Europe and turn the tap off

as a new year gesture are they really short of the stuff. Could it be that
the Russians faked their oil peak as a political move.  Are they just
leaving it in the ground ( as the USA are said to have done with a field in

Colorardo? ) hopping to stare down all the other players.  The last nation
with sizeable oil reserves will either be the winner and new world leader
or
a big target for everyone else.   Any comments / input
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> If the end of cheap oil precipitates or coincides with an economic
> collapse, what will it look like?
>
> Dmitry Orlov visited the USSR during and after its collapse and remarks
> on the parallels between the USSR then and the USA today.
>
> Here are the notes from his address in April 2006 in New York:
>
> http://www.cluborlov.com/ClubOrlov/ConfSlides/index.html
>
> If you want more detail, there are long articles on the From the
> Wilderness site, but this site is expected to close or be reduced in
> size shortly, so catch them now while they are still available in their
> full form:
>
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/060105_soviet_lessons.shtml
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/
> 062805_soviet_lessons_part2.shtml
> http://www.fromthewilderness.com/free/ww3/
> 071805_soviet_lessons_part3.shtml
>
> Be sure to get the three articles (about 15,600 words). They are
> nowhere else on the web..
> --------------------------------------------
> Keith Thomas
> www.evfit.com
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