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Op-Ed Columnist - 9/11 and 4/11 - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
President Bush is well on his way to being remembered as the leader who wasted not one but two crises: 9/11 and 4/11. The average price of gasoline in the U.S. last week, according to th...
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http://r0.sharedcopy.com/4km5q

Our Electric Future
Energy independence is the wrong goal. Here is a plan Americans can stick to.
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http://www.american.com/archive/2008/july-august-magazine-contents/our-electric-future

More on the future of Iraq's oil
In case you missed this bit from last month (I did), a number of no-bid contracts have been put in place to bring US oil giants (plus BP and Total) back to Iraq as "service" operators. An...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/world/middleeast/19iraq.html

Impact of high crude oil prices on Indian economy
Discussion and analysis on effect of high crude oil prices on the Indian economy.
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http://www.e-investing.in/showthread.php?t=1932

Arts Directory, Art Galleries, Painters, Crafts
Arts directory on the web including art, painting, drawing and more
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http://www.artsfind.com

To the victor belong the spoils: Iraq's oil deal
Andrew Sullivan reminds us that one of the Bush administrations official "benchmarks" for measuring progress in Iraq was the drafting of legislation to distribute Iraqi oil. Well, surpris...
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http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/06/mission-accompl.html

Scientists find bugs that eat waste and excrete petrol - Times Online
Using genetically modified bugs for fermentation is essentially the same as using natural bacteria to produce ethanol, although the energy-intensive final process of distillation is virtu...
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article4133668.ece?

World Without Oil
A massive collaborative imagining of the first 32 weeks of a global oil crisis.
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http://worldwithoutoil.org

Places & Spaces > Map Description
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http://www.scimaps.org/dev/big_thumb.php?map_id=173

Oil trading probe may uncover manipulation - May. 30, 2008
The CFTC has found evidence of this in the past. BP recently settled a suit that alleged the company tried to corner the propane market to inflate prices in 2003 and 2004. BP agreed to ...
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http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/30/news/economy/oil_cftc/index.htm?section=money_topstories

The peak is nigh - Kjell Aleklett interview | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
The IEA’s methodology for forecasting oil supply is based on wishful thinking – on the oil the world would theoretically need to maintain a certain rate of economic growth, rather tha...
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http://www.energybulletin.net/42749.html

Clock Running Out on Irreversible Climate Change – Part I
A battle is shaping up, Hansen warns, between the fossil-fuel producing corporations that seek short-term profits and the young who must eventually confront the consequences of climate ch...
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http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=10657

PopSci-- Microwaves turn waste into fuel
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http://www.popsci.com/popsci/flat/bown/2007/innovator_2.html

Shell Group
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http://www.shell.com

Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years - Times Online
The oil multinational is predicting that conventional supplies will not keep pace with soaring population growth and the rapid pace of economic development.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article3248484.ece

A New, Global Oil Quandary: Costly Fuel Means Costly Calories
From India to Indiana, shortages and soaring prices for palm oil, soybean oil and many other types of vegetable oils are the latest, most striking example of a developing global problem: ...
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http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/business/worldbusiness/19palmoil.html?ex=1358485200&en=67c...

How the Next President Can End Our Oil Addiction
Sandalow drew upon his government experience, dozens of interviews and reams of documents -- the 272-page book includes 42 pages of footnotes -- in crafting a six-point plan for our next ...
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http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2008/01/oil

TED Talks: We must win the oil endgame
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http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/51

Environmental Capital - WSJ.com : Peak Oil: Simmons v. Saudis, Round Two
Saleri says he’s convinced technology will help revive aging reservoirs all over the globe, and world oil production won’t hit peak until well after 2050.
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http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/02/12/big-peak-oil-debate-redux

BBC NEWS | Business | Venezuela breaks ties with Exxon
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has announced it is suspending sales of crude to Exxon Mobil, in response to legal action brought by the US firm.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7242133.stm

Norway and Saudi Arabia want carbon storage into the CDM; focus on biomass would end controversy
Oil exporters Saudi Arabia and Norway will cooperate to get carbon capture and storage (CCS) recognized under the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) which offers a way for rich countr...
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http://biopact.com/2008/02/norway-and-saudi-arabia-want-carbon.html

Policies key as ethanol 'revolution' links agriculture, energy sectors
The prices of corn and crude oil, which prior to 2007 fluctuated almost independent of one another, have become more closely linked thanks to the use of massive quantities of corn to make...
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http://news.uns.purdue.edu/x/2008a/080215TynerRevolution.html

Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 2006 — Infoplease.com
Proved reserves are estimated with reasonable certainty to be recoverable with present technology and prices.
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http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0872964.html

Interview with Chris Cook, originator of the Iranian oil bourse | EnergyBulletin.net | Peak Oil News Clearinghouse
Julian Jackson of PowerSwitch interviewed him about the Oil Bourse, and also his ideas for using a new form of business organisation, the Limited Liability Partnership as a vehicle for in...
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http://www.energybulletin.net/19237.html

Jaguar XJ6 XJ40 Hydraulic System Mineral Oil (HSMO)
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http://www.jagbits.com/z17hsmomineraloil.html

Saudi oil production and the U.S. role in Iraq
Recently a Saudi official wrote an op-ed suggesting that the Kingdom might use its position as a key oil producer to give it leverage over U.S. Middle East policy -- and they will be in a...
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http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=586&Itemid=33

Life after oil: time to get ready
James Kunstler's trademark pessimism, which, sadly, is probably right on the money. According to the Dept. of Energy, world energy demand now exceeds supply; get ready for a rough ride do...
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http://www.orionmagazine.org/pages/om/07-1om/Kunstler.html

"Crude Awakening": The Oil Crash Movie
A well-reviewed documentary on peak oil and the problems that it is expected to bring.
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http://www.oilcrashmovie.com

It's official: Iraq's oil belongs to US corporations
According to commentary from the Asia Times Online, the newly mandated "Federal oil council" of Iraq, which will control the country's energy resources, is going to consist largely of U.S...
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http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/IB28Ak01.html

Halliburton transfers corporate HQ to Dubai
Halliburton's leaving Houston and heading to Dubai.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/12/business/12haliburton.html?ex=1331438400&en=4f12642ec49b48...

Peak oil and global population: a grim assessment
A very grim look at the numbers around peak oil and world population growth. Hopefully this guy is wrong. If he's not, things are going to get extremely miserable for all of us in about t...
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http://www.theoildrum.com/node/2516

Times Online on peak oil
Energy Bulletin's headline for today: "The Week Peak Oil Went Mainstream" (http://snipr.com/1ocy4).
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http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/william_rees_mogg/article2080497.ece