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Fatih Birol Challenged
Monbiot.com — ... Posted December 15, 2008 This is the second of George Monbiot’s bare-knuckle interviews with policy makers. Broadcast 15th December 2008 You can watch it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/dec/15/fatih-birol-george-monbiot Stay Updated Get new articles by email: Categories ...

At Last, a Date
Permaculture Research Institute of Australia — ... These bland words reveal a major shift. Never before has one of the IEA’s energy outlooks forecast the peaking or plateauing of the world’s conventional oil production (which is what we mean when we talk about peak oil). [image] But that is as specific as the report gets. Does it or doesn’t it mean that we have time to prepare? What does “towards the end of the projection period” mean? The agency has never produced a more precise forecast – until now. For the first time, in the interview I conducted with its chief economist Fatih Birol , it has given us a date. And it should ...

Monbiot and Birol
M O B J E C T I V I S T — George Monbiot meets ... Fatih Birol on video for 12 minutes. Accompanying story here.

George Monbiot takes on Fatih Birol
Grist - the Latest from Grist — By David Roberts Joe mentioned this the other day, but I want add my voice to the chorus. George Monbiot is in the midst of a kick-ass interview series. This week he met with Fatih Birol, chief economist for the International Energy Agency. The IEA's new report is substantially more pessimistic about future energy supply than its previous reports, upon which many world governments have based their energy planning. It also addresses peak oil for the first time. What explains the change? And what does it mean? Watch as Monbiot presses Birol ...

Chu-ing the fat of the land?
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... , oil is up by a factor of about three since 1998. That's a pretty steep gain. And by most accounts -- see, e.g. this extremely interesting recent interview by George Monbiot with the chief economist of the International Energy Authority -- prices will soon continue their long-term upward trend. ...

Peak Oil Media IEA 2008 WEO Edition
The Oil Drum — ... 2008 WEO. Monbiot asks some rather pointed question about why the outlook presented this year is so much more dire than last year. He asks for an apology. Next is an audio roundtable with host Jim Puplava interviewing Matt Simmons and Robert Hirsch. Topics include the 2008 WEO as well as the current financial malaise and its implications for oil production and prices. Direct links to these are below the fold. [break] George Monbiot Grills Fatih Birol Watch Video Jim Puplava with Matt Simmons ...

George Monbiot Takes On...
Celsias Expert Articles — ... Britain's leading green commentator then tackles the International Energy Authority's chief economist, who reveals for the first time a startling and worrying prediction for the date of peak oil ... ...

If Nothing Else, Save Farming
Permaculture Research Institute of Australia — ... 6. International Energy Agency, 2009. World Energy Outlook 2009. Page 73. 7. Figure 1.5, page 82. 8. p87 9. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/video/2008/dec/15/fatih-birol-george-monbiot 10. ...