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Peak oil review - Mar 15

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2010-03-15

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-From the IEA
-China
-CERA week
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

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Throwing our energy at impossible dreams...

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2009-12-16

"as mankind proceeded to get bigger and bigger we silently crossed a threshold"

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Peak Oil: The Eventual End of the Oil Age

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Sun, 2009-11-29

We cannot be lulled into a false sense of security: though oil prices have declined from their historic highs, there is little doubt that peak oil is real. I devoted my Master's project to researching peak oil and found strong evidence in support of the theory. Please feel free to circulate this academic document as a primer on peak oil.

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Response to George Will: "There is still no alternative to oil"

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2009-11-24

George Will had quite a few figures in his commentary “There is still no alternative to oil” that suggested there are no supply problems concerning oil. I think there are a few more figures that should be added to assess the oil supply situation.

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Peak oil, prices, and supplies - Oct

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2009-10-27

-Oilwatch Monthly October 2009
-A post-oil world gets less sci-fi by the day
-The Truth About Energy
-Global oil supply: Separating fact from fiction

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Peak Oil Review

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2009-10-19

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-Another price spike?
-ASPO-USA Conference
-Briefs

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Half a trillion barrels more than we thought? (Or, "The Tupi Field, the Pre-salt, and the Very Distant Future")

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Tue, 2009-10-13

At the end of the first day of the ASPO conference in Denver, we were treated to a fantastic presentation on the oil potential of the sub-salt basins on the margins of the South Atlantic Ocean given by Dr Marcio Mello who presented the evidence for a half trillion barrels of reserves in this new frontier province. So has a new Saudi Arabia been found?

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Resources and anthropocentrism

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2009-10-12

Evolution demands short-term thinking focused on individual survival. Most attempts to overcome our evolutionarily hardwired absorption with self are selected against. The Overman is dead, killed by a high-fat diet and unwillingness to exercise. Reflexively, we follow him into the grave.

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Peak oil, prices, and supplies - Sept 25

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2009-09-25

-The Era of Xtreme Energy
-Cantarell Update 2009: The Peak Oil PosterChild Continues to Plummet
-Finding new oil gets ever more expensive
-Oil Industry Sets a Brisk Pace of New Discoveries
-The Peak Oil Downside Will Be Steeper Than The Upside

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Peak Oil Not a Problem According to NY Times; Scientific American - Our Response on the Financial Aspects

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Fri, 2009-09-25

Recently, we have had two new articles aiming to put to rest people's fears about peak oil.

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Middle East and Peak Oil - with commentary by Rasul Goswami - Sept 10

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Thu, 2009-09-10

-Debate about peak oil is misleading
-Saudi provides realistic outlook on energy future
-OAPEC to spend $133 bn on boosting refinery output
-Abu Dhabi to invest $10 bn on green projects
-UNDP Arab Human Development Report 2009
-Commentary by Rahul Goswami

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Peak oil, prices, and supplies - Sept 9

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2009-09-09

-Oil Spin
-Oil still has us over a barrel
-Maribynong Peak Oil Contingency Plan

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Peak Oil Review - Sept 7

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2009-09-07

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Production and prices
-New discoveries
-Nationalism
-Briefs

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Peak oil, prices, and supplies - Sept 2

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Wed, 2009-09-02

-BP hails 'giant' oil find
-Giant Indian oil field comes on stream
-Canada's Oil Sands - Part 2

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Commentary: Interview with Marshall Adkins

Syndicated from Energy Bulletin on Mon, 2009-07-20

Marshall Adkins is the Houston-based Managing Director of Energy Research for Raymond James & Associates, a full-service investment firm. ASPO-USA’s Steve Andrews caught up with him last week to follow up on his pivotal May 4, 2009 “Energy Stat of the Week”--Peak Oil in the Rearview Mirror: Why We Think Global Oil Production Peaked Over a Year Ago.”

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