reformer.com - 11/30/2008
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With the price of oil plummeting below $50 a barrel, shedding close to $100 since July, and commensurate readings appearing at the gas pump, people have something to feel good about during an otherwise dismal economic time. Unfortunately, it may mislead the less informed ...
onthecommons.org - 12/6/2008
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Not Just Peak Oil, But âPeak Hierarchy,â Too?
Can the economic crisis be traced to large, hierarchical...
institutions that are dysfunctional in an open, networked environment? 4 Dec 2008 / David Bollier Topics Filed Under: Economics and Markets ; ...
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Did peak oil go away? No
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... of skilled personnel. What is the oil industry telling us with this retrenching, while it continues to reap unprecedented profits at the same time? The fact is that the systemic conditions that drove prices to record levels have not disappeared. Oil production has "plateaued" (to use the term favored by the industry) at about 85 million barrels per day since 2005, and this at a time when prices were rising. Production is in decline in 33 or the world's 48 oil-producing countries. Brattleboro Reformer
Did peak oil go away? No
Peak Oil News —
Brattleboro Reformer By Tim Stevenson With the price of oil plummeting below $50 a barrel, shedding close to $100 since July, and commensurate readings appearing at the gas pump, people have something to feel good about during an otherwise dismal economic time. Unfortunately, it may mislead the less informed to dismiss warnings about imminent peak oil as so much Y2K false alarm. For there is a dark side to this otherwise salutary turn of events. Rather then rendering moot the question of peak oil, the falling prices of petroleum actually exacerbate it. ...
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