[Peakoil] News items from Canberra Times 11 to 21 Jan 2007

[Antony Barry]

Thur 11 Jan
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"EU oil crisis drags on as Russian talks fail" By Nick Coleman p.11

Oil transit row between Russia and Belarus threaten Europe's oil  
supplies. Putin says Russia might have to cut oil output.

<http://www.smh.com.au/news/World/Russia-Belarus-compromise-on-oil- 
row/2007/01/10/1168105058959.html>

<http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200701/s1824187.htm>

Comment: OPEC also plane to cut production.
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"Drought, oil to hit trade deficit" by Alia McMullen p.13

Oil prices are unlikely to drop below $50 per barrel due to OPEC.
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"Don't be a Summernats snob, car lovers deserve respect too" p.16

Series of letter on Summernats subsidy.

Comment: None mention peak oil.
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Fri 12
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"Petrol prices heading down" by Isabelle Oderberg p.5

Crude oil hits lowest price in 19 months but petrol prices are still  
to drop.

<http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,21042835-462,00.html>

Comment: They will spike again.

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"Oil flow to Europe" by Yras Karmanau p.8

Crisis averted.
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"Diesel power a clean winner as more drivers get the good oil" by Ian  
crawford p.16

Mentions a range of new diesel cars looking particularly at Mercedes- 
Benz.

Comment: Diesels, compacts and bicycles are up. SUVs are down. The  
matket senses what's coming.
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Sat 13
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"Qantas ignores oil price drop" by Peter Martin p.2

Qantas does not plan to cut fuel surcharge until the price reduction  
is sustained.

Comment: And two days later they _did_ cut it.
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"Price of petrol may drop to $1.10" by Victor Violante p.4

Access Economics says Canberra prices should drop in a week.
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"The bad oil on Iraq" by Geoffrey Lean - the Independent. p.B1-2

Dick Cheney in a speech to the Institute of Petroleum in 1999 said  
supples of oil were about the shrink and more would be needed from  
the Middle East. The article links that to throwing open Iraq to  
Western oil companies. Article discuses peak oil. Cheney predicted 3%  
annual decline in production. Some analysts suggest 8.

<http://www.reformer.com/editorials/ci_5022042>

Comment: Be interesting to see what Cheney actually said. The writer  
implies that he supported peak oil.
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Wed 17
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"Petrol prices anger motor lobby" by Cathy Alexander - AAP p.2

ACCC head threatens to "shame" oil companies

Comment: You ain't seen nothing yet. besides peak oil, carbon trading  
will jump petrol prices too.

It is suggested it worked <http://www.news.com.au/sundaytelegraph/ 
story/0,,21089085-5005941,00.html>
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"Qantas to pass on fuel savings"AAP p.2
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"Big oil profits" p.12

"Letter from R.Williams suggests that US and British oil companies  
will get $100bpa from Iraqi oil.

<http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=your% 
20say&subclass=general&story_id=548244&category=Letters%20to% 
20Editor&m=1&y=2007>

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Dark barrels" p.12

Letter from jennie Goldie already circulated to the list.
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"No threat to oil" p.14

Letter from G.Unwin suggests that oil companies ignore the ACCC.

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Fri 19th
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"Public still the losers despite outrage over high fuel price" p.12

A series of letters on oil prices. John Curbishley  suggest we are  
just seeing the usual price cycle designed to maximise the profits of  
the oil companies. Bill Hudnott blames Coles and Woolworths. Mel  
Tobin blames the government. Keith Minto agrees partly with jennie  
Goldie and suggests government need to increase incentives for  
alternative fuels.

<http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=your% 
20say&subclass=general&story_id=549168&category=Letters%20to% 
20Editor&m=1&y=2007>
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"Merkel gets tough as Russia turns off taps in pipeline row". by  
Gwynne Dyer p.13

Discussed the recent problems and concludes "..a major strategic  
shift is getting underway: the EU no longer assumes that Russia is a  
reliable partner or even a fried.

Comment: In not too many years nobody will be a reliable partner.
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"Green Swedes champion biopower" by Ian Crawford

Discusses the Saab Biopower veg=hicles which can run on E85.

Comment: EROEI is not mentioned and is critical.
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Sun 21
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"Ethanol, but at a price" P.16

Letter from David Williams commenting ion the "Green swedes" piece  
the previous day points out that energy is used to make ethanol and  
that carbon emission can occur that way. It can lift the price of the  
feedstock and cites a 400% rise in the price of tortillas in Mexico.

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