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vaildaily.com - 8/12/2009
Vail Valley Voices: Peak oil changes everything
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Who is King Hubbert? When I was 2 in 1956, the age my youngest daughter is today, Marion King Hubbert made a discovery that could have saved modern civilization a lot of trouble. King Hubbert, as he was called, was born in the oil patch that was early 20th century Texas. He attended the ...

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Drumbeat: August 12, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... when a subtropical storm emerged on Aug. 18 and the first named storm formed on Aug. 28. A tropical storm’s highest winds are around its core, while a sub-tropical storm can have its strongest winds away from its center. The depression was located 535 miles west of the southernmost Cape Verde Islands, the center said. The system was heading west at 12 mph, and is forecast to accelerate. Should the current system strengthen into a storm, it’ll be named Ana. Peak oil changes everything Hubbert believed a conversion to solar power would ...

Peak oil changes everything
Peak Oil News — ... The decline will not be smooth. We are already well invested and engaged in energy wars (Iraq, Afghanistan and with the formation of the U.S. African Command (AfriCom), that continent will probably see increased U.S. militarization. Politicians will not discuss the impact of the loss of cheap oil on our suburban economy in public, since there are no alternatives to the decline of our two generation old oil-based civilization, but the policy in place to try to sustain it is obvious. Vail Daily

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