blogs.creativeloafing.com - 7/2/2009
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peak oil Are we at the peak of oil production? For the next century, my generation’s greatest challenge will be dealing with our energy sources. Energy is what drives everything in our society. The food we eat, the gas we put in our cars, as well as the electricity we use to turn on our lights ...
lifeaftertheoilcrash.net - 7/1/2009
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lifeaftertheoilcrash.net —
Peak Oil is also called "Hubbert's Peak," named
for the Shell geologist Dr. Marion King Hubbert. In...
1956, Hubbert accurately predicted that US domestic oil production would peak in 1970. Source#1 Source #2 He also predicted global production would ...
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Peak Oil
postcarbon.org - 7/7/2009
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postcarbon.org —
peak oil day On July 11, 2008, the
price of a barrel of oil hit a record...
$147.27 in daily trading. That same month, world crude oil production achieved a record 74.8 million barrels per day. For years prior to this, a growing legion of analysts had ...
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Peak Oil Day | Post Carbon Institute
grinzo.com - 7/1/2009
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grinzo.com —
Laurel Graefe, a senior economic researcher working for
the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has written an...
excellent overview of peak oil, "The Peak Oil Debate" [16page, 1.6MB PDF]. I consider this a must-read piece, as much for armchair oil experts ...
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The Fed and peak oil
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... at local community gardens to lower their food bills. Ride sharing will be more common, More friends will be found as we will have to once again be social. We will see a reemergence of the Arts. Culture and society will flourish as the normal pathways of life that lead us to stay in our homes and mindlessly consume will disappear. We will have to begin to be productive once more with our own hands, our minds, and our hearts giving us once more a sense of what life really means. Creative Loafing
DrumBeat: July 2, 2009
The Oil Drum —
... North Sea Strikes
(Bloomberg) -- BP Plc, Europe’s second-largest oil company, plans to cut pay for North Sea contract staff, risking strike action later this year.
BP wants to reduce the cost of offshore platform workers employed through contractors and plans to end discretionary payments including overtime built-in to the day rate and automatic night shift payments. The changes cut pay as much as 20 percent for 800 people, union leaders say.
Are we at the peak of oil production?
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