Peak Oil Digest
The digest has been suspended. For current information on peak oil, gas and energy issues the following websites are good sources:
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil http://www.peakoil.net/
The Oil Drum http://www.theoildrum.com/
The UK All Party Parliamentary Group on Peak Oil and Gas http://www.appgopo.org.uk/
Happy reading!
Weekly Peak Oil Digest prepared by Dr Mike Haywood, St Mabyn, Bodmin, Cornwall,UK mike [at] mikehaywoodart [dot] co [dot] uk
You may not have time to read all the articles. To help you be selective, those articles which I consider an essential read, I have prefixed with XXXXX
Peak Oil and mainstream media
The 'Peak Oil' Theory: Will Oil Reserves Run Dry? http://www.cnbc.com/id/23728987
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
XXXXX Oil demand to reach 94.3 million barrels a day by 2012 - IEA http://steelguru.com/news/index/2008/03/21/Mzk5MDE%3D/Oil_demand_to_reac...
The 'Peak Oil' Theory: Will Oil Reserves Run Dry? http://www.cnbc.com/id/23728987
End of oil: End of another human era http://www.analyst-network.com/article.php?art_id=1862
UK: Soaring demand pushes price of diesel to record level http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/soaring-demand-pushes-pr...
Obama eyes active role in U.S. oil markets http://www.reuters.com/article/vcCandidateFeed7/idUSN20344487
Oil crisis is a desperate cry for capital http://www.thetimes.co.za/News/Article.aspx?id=731707
'Peak oil' - Are we prepared for it? http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080323/BUSINES...
XXXXX Black Swans Everywhere http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2008/03/black-...
Oil prices and supplies - March 23 http://www.energybulletin.net/41854.html
The 'Peak Oil' Theory: Will Oil Reserves Run Dry? http://www.cnbc.com/id/23728987
The Russian Bear Awakens: A Global Macro View http://seekingalpha.com/article/69755-the-russian-bear-awakens-a-global-...
Mexico's oil production falls 6.4 percent in first two months of year http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/03/24/business/LA-FIN-Mexico-Oil-Pro...
Can Less Oil Consumption in the West Lead to Lower Global Demand? http://languageinstinct.blogspot.com/2008/03/can-less-oil-consumption-in...
Peak Oil Review - March 24th, 2008 http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=341&It...
ODAC Newsletter http://odac-info.org/newsletter/2008/03/21
The Economy and Crude Oil http://www.financialsense.com/Market/barbera/2008/0325.html
Oil Firms 'In Liquidation,' Says 'Peak Oil' Advocate Simmons http://www.cnbc.com/id/23794175
Fundamentals of Peak Oil http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8053133027439445734
The Peak Oil Crisis: Load Shedding http://www.fcnp.com/national_commentary/the_peak_oil_crisis_load_sheddin...
XXXXX Too Far, Too Fast: The Trouble with $100 Oil http://www.sovereignsociety.com/offshore2551.html
The Pied Piper of Peak Oil http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2008/03/26/the-pied-piper-of-peak-oi...
The oil slickers will survive http://www.geelongadvertiser.com.au/article/2008/03/26/12513_opinion.htm...
Peak oil is bunkum
Reserves don't matter as much as the cost of getting the oil out the ground http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080320.IBEUROPE20/TPS...
Shell exec says world not running out of oil http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=59502
Consequences of peak oil
The paradox of production http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2008/03/paradox-of-production.htm...
XXXXX The expected economic impact of an energy downturn http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3747
XXXXX A recipe for disaster http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=343&It...
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
101 Things You Can Do About Climate Change & Peak Oil http://becomingsarahj.blogspot.com/2008/03/101-things-you-can-do-about-c...
Peak Oil and Climate Change
New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120613138379155707.html
Peak Oil vs. Global Warming http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/more/cascio20080325/
Peak Oil and War/military
FACTBOX-US military fuel spending http://www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSN20416568
Global and National recessionary trends
The Great Unwind has begun, Citigroup Inc. strategists warned on Wednesday. http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/great-unwind-has-started-avoid/sto...
The Street on Welfare http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR200803...
Homes at risk as banks seek more security for credit card debt http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_...
NY Times: Debt-Gorged British Start to Worry That the Party Is Ending http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/22/business/worldbusiness/22debt.html?ref...
XXXXX The end of capitalism as we know it? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/outside-view-the-end-...
The Independent: Homebuyers hit as bank crisis turns the mortgage clock back 15 years http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/homebuyers-hit-as-bank-c...
The Times: Credit crunch: Risk-taking http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_...
XXXXX Sighs of trouble http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/03/21/business/20080321_ECON.html...
XXXXX The financial system What went wrong http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10881318&ref=...
XXXXX The Financial Centipede: Waiting for the Next 99 Shoes to Drop http://www.oftwominds.com/blogmar08/financial-centipede.html?ref=patrick...
Blue moon economics http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2008/03/blue-moon-economics.html
XXXXX Housing Crash Unaffected By Fed Actions http://seekingalpha.com/article/69604-housing-crash-unaffected-by-fed-ac...
Fed's rescue halted a derivatives Chernobyl http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/23/ccfed1...
Artemis's Derek Stuart warns more trouble ahead for banks http://www.citywire.co.uk/professional/-/news/fund-news/content.aspx?ID=...
XXXXX Banks Hiding Desperation as US Housing Slump Continues http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article4109.html?ref=patrick.net
Wall Street May Face $460 Bln in Losses, Goldman Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=awTVtVvJeSJQ&refer=p...
Our Financial House of Cards http://www.mises.org/story/2926?ref=patrick.net
XXXXX When the going gets tough, banks yelp for nanny http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/26/ccjeff...
Market Watch: Bond insurer FGIC falls below key regulatory capital level http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/bond-insurer-fgic-falls-below/stor...
Dominos: How Bear Stearns default threatens the entire world financial system http://www.rawstory.com/news/2008/Bear_Stearns_and_Domino_Effect_0325.ht...
Credit crunch 'at $1.2 trillion' http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7313637.stm?ref=patrick.net
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
U.S. Economy: Existing-Home Sales Rise, Prices Fall http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601206&sid=a4sCP7Jq9Aec&refer=r...
Times Online: US confidence and house prices stage record falls http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_...
Case-Shiller 10 City Index Worst Drop Since 1987 http://www.mybudget360.com/housing-market-case-shiller-10-city-index-wor...
Median price of existing CA house fell 26.2% http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/riverside/20080324-1240-homesales.htm...
February Existing Home Sales Fell 23.8% http://seekingalpha.com/article/69668-february-existing-home-sales-fell-...
Times: Paulson warns US house prices must plunge http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_...
New-Home Sales in U.S. Fall to Lowest in 13 Years http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aI3nha7eAc84&refer=n...
Peak Oil Digest ending 20th March 2008
XXXXX A Peak Oil Comic Strip http://www.transmission-x.com/luz/2007/10/26/hello-world/
Peak Oil and mainstream media
Peak Oil? Industry Numbers Disagree http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/03/14/peak-oil-industry-numbers-disagree/?mod=googlenews_wsj
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
Schlesinger: No Energy Security in Sight http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/3/13/schlesinger-no-energy-security-in-sight.html
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Last Spiral? http://www.fcnp.com/news/the_peak_oil_crisis_the_last_spiral_20080312.html
Three Ways to Play Prediction That Oil Prices Will Reach $187 a Barrel http://www.moneymorning.com/2008/03/13/three-ways-to-play-money-mornings-prediction-that-oil-prices-will-reach-187-a-barrel/
Peak oil overview - March 2008 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3726
China – World's Largest Miner – Is Short of Coal http://www.chinastakes.com/story.aspx?id=254
Peak oil issue is a very serious one http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=153926&src=
Running on empty? http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=a93eaef3-c051-4960-a198-d58d5851e7bf
Peak Oil Passnotes: http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=41220
XXXXX Is peak oil theory only for fascists? http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/03/is-peak-oil-the.html
Supply Chain and $200 Oil http://www.scdigest.com/assets/FirstThoughts/08-03-13.php?cid=1547
FOOD, FUEL, AND FASCISM: Their Election Or Your Life? http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_carolyn__080313_food_2c_fuel_2c_and_fasc.htm
US fuel dealers seek emergency heating oil release http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN14425366
XXXXX Shell to write off half of last year's reserves http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/16/royaldutchshell.oil
Oil dependency fuels crisis http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/346541
XXXXX A Real Freak Out http://jameshowardkunstler.typepad.com/clusterfuck_nation/2008/03/a-real-freak-ou.html?ref=patrick.net
Virgin Atlantic boss Richard Branson acknowledges peak oil http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2008/02/392295.html
The Key Investment Questions For 2008 (And Beyond?) http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
Sydney must prepare now for peak oil http://news.theage.com.au/sydney-must-prepare-now-for-peak-oil/20080317-1zwt.html
They see bubbles everywhere now http://www.eurotrib.com/story/2008/3/12/8243/81080
Sleepily eyeing a peak in world oil output http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0317/p15s01-wmgn.html
Schlesinger: No Energy Security in Sight http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/3/13/schlesinger-no-energy-security-in-sight.html
French PM warns that we are running out of oil http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/3732
Peak oil, uncommon ground http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=337&Itemid=91
Peak Oil Review -- March 17th, 2008 http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=336&Itemid=91
ODAC Newsletter http://www.odac-info.org/newsletter/2008/03/14
Global oil production likely to peak in 2011 - analyst http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=129415
Doomsday scenario for oil http://business.iafrica.com/news/306952.htm
Inflation Is Baked Into the Cake http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=41259
A Complex Energy Crisis http://energyoutlook.blogspot.com/2008/03/complex-energy-crisis.html
Are high crude oil prices here to stay? http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=3&autono=317294&tab=r
Michael C. Lynch: Peak oil, uncommon ground http://www.energybulletin.net/41628.html
Making the most of a global depression http://www.hopedance.org/cms/content/view/479/107/
EasyJet May Miss Earnings Target as Fuel Costs Rise http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602062&sid=aPVohEzU0yk8&refer=movers_by_index
Peak oil theorist goes mainstream in Cape Town http://www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=4311093
Will 'peak oil' leave travel agents high and dry? http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/blogs/2008/03/will-peak-oil-leave-travel-age-1.html
The peak oil crisis: stirrings in Ottawa http://www.fcnp.com/national_commentary/the_peak_oil_crisis_stirrings_in_ottawa_20080319.html
A milestone in the dust http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/2008/03/milestone-in-dust.html
Peak oil is bunkum
Shell CEO says no problem with oil supplies http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKL1742929620080317
Running on empty? http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/business/story.html?id=a93eaef3-c051-4960-a198-d58d5851e7bf
Peak Oil Debunked http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/2006/07/307-confessions-of-ex-doomer.html
The Secret's out of the Bag in the Oil http://www.americandaily.com/article/21794
Consequences of peak oil
XXXXX Do we have too much energy? http://www.energybulletin.net/41611.html
KunstlerCast #2: Small Cities and Towns http://globalpublicmedia.com/kunstlercast_2_small_cities_and_towns
More Local, Less Convenient and Less Often - the Future of Travel and Tourism after Peak Oil? http://blog.highlandbusinessresearch.com/2008/03/19/more-local-less-convenient-and-less-often-the-future-of-travel-and-tourism-after-peak-oil/
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
XXXXX Energy Descent Pathways Now Available as Free Download http://transitionculture.org/2008/03/17/energy-descent-pathways-now-available-as-free-download/
Relocalization: An overview of an answer to peak oil crises http://neighborhoodsurvival.wordpress.com/2008/03/18/relocalization-an-overview-of-an-answer-to-peak-oil-crises/
Peak Oil and Climate Change
XXXXX David Suzuki: Blind date with disaster http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/mar/12/conservation.climatechange
Global Warming & Peak Oil & Liquid Coal http://lightvortex.livejournal.com/137227.html
Peak Oil and War/military
A Crude Case For War? http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/14/AR2008031403677.html
Peak Oil and Farming
Why your food is costing more money http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23632933/
XXXXX Shortages of energy, food worry Pakistanis http://www.boston.com/news/world/asia/articles/2008/03/16/shortages_of_energy_food_worry_pakistanis/
Global and National recessionary trends
XXXXX Debt Reckoning: U.S. Receives a Margin Call http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120554473788438679.html?mod=hps_us_whats_news
Telegraph: Countrywide in a state over distressed debt http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/16/cncountry116.xml
Reuters: Fed takes emergency steps to help financial system http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKN1650716620080317?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews
Independent: Wall Street fears for next Great Depression http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/wall-street-fears-for-next-great-depression-796428.html
Telegraph: A world addicted to easy credit must go cold turkey http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/16/do1601.xml
XXXXX America was conned - who will pay? http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/mar/17/economics.useconomy
MF Global Plunges on Concern Customers Pulling Funds http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=amfjCraBVXNw&refer=patrick.net
XXXXX Just how bad is the US recession? http://www.moneyweek.com/file/43893/just-how-bad-is-the-us-recession.html
XXXXX Interest Rates and the Dollar http://optionarmageddon.blogspot.com/2008/03/interest-rates-and-dollar-exchange-rate.html?ref=patrick.net
London Metro: Britain faces worse housing crash than US http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=122794&in_page_id=34
BBC News: Morgan Stanley profits fall 42% http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7304764.stm
UK housing on bring of recession http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=540308&in_page_id=1770
The world's central banks are worryingly far apart http://www.economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10881032&ref=patrick.net
Global capitalism teeters on the brink http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080319.wxcofinance19/BNStory/specialComment/home?ref=patrick.net
XXXXX Can’t Grasp Credit Crisis? Join the Club http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/19/business/19leonhardt.html?_r=1&ref=patrick.net&oref=slogin
How This Crisis Is Different http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/17/AR2008031702150.html?referrer=emailarticle&ref=patrick.net
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Foreclosures up 60% in February http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/13/real_estate/foreclosures_feb/?postversion=patrick.net
XXXXX Tent city in suburbs is cost of home crisis http://tinyurl.com/2342gs
Home Prices Plunge Across California http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gEw86y9UfttCi5fVcA0K4awUfqiQD8VCNPQ80
Fears mount over Bear Stearns’ exposure http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8dcdea64-f126-11dc-a91a-0000779fd2ac.html
XXXXX More in foreclosure choose to walk away http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/03/15/MNFFVI036.DTL&tsp=1&ref=patrick.net
How bad is the mortgage crisis going to get? http://money.cnn.com/2008/03/14/news/economy/krugman_subprime.fortune/?postversion=patrick.net
Home equity no guarantee for retirement years http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08076/865341-28.stm?ref=patrick.net
Alt-A Delinquencies Continue to Rise http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080319/s_p_alt_a_mortgages.html?.v=patrick.net
Affluent homeowners, too, have mortgage problems http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/03/19/business/mortgage.php?ref=patrick.net
Peak Oil Digest ending 7th March 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
Outside View: We can't cling to crude: we should leave oil before it leaves us http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/outside-view-we-cant-cling-to-crude-we-should-leave-oil-before-it-leaves-us-790178.html
The crude fact http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/jeremy_leggett/2008/03/the_crude_fact.html
Hamish McRae: Boom in Asia means oil price will continue to rise above $100 a barrel http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/hamish-mcrae/hamish-mcrae-boom-in-asia-means-oil-price-will-continue-to-rise-above-100-a-barrel-792089.html
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
XXXXX Peak oil in Shell's National Dialogue on Energy Security http://www-static.shell.com/static/us-en/downloads/energy_security/pdf/shell_final_report.pdf
Rep. Bartlett Delivers 38th Peak Oil Special Order Speech http://video.energypolicytv.com/displaypage.php?vkey=5b72b2e7d3527cfc84fd&channel=Congress
Declining Oil Supply Means War Is ‘Fairly Probable,’ Rep. Bartlett Says http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=38405&cat=1
Norway state oil group Petoro's Q4 output falls http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssEnergyNews/idUSL2886990120080228?rpc=401&
The peak oil crisis: Catenaries and pantographs http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2614&Itemid=35
Peak Oil Passnotes: The Race to the Bottom (of the Barrel) http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40888
Morgan Stanley: A Petrodollar Tsunami Is Coming http://seekingalpha.com/article/65901-morgan-stanley-a-petrodollar-tsunami-is-coming
Petroleum engineer on peak oil http://www.eptrail.com/pages/02friday_m/fri06comm.html
Intro to Satellite Sleuthing 101: Finding Haradh III http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3671
China’s Industrial South Faces Its Worst Power Crunch in Decades http://www.chinastakes.com/story.aspx?id=229
ODAC newsletter http://www.odac-info.org/newsletter/2008/02/29
XXXXX Soothsayers in suits http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2008/03/soothsayers-in-suits.html
Peak oil “not a threat” for London mayor http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog/?p=151
Peak Oil Review -- March 3rd, 2008 http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=327&Itemid=91
Ken Livingstone - Peak oil “opportunity” for London Mayor http://globalpublicmedia.com/london_mayor_peak_oil_opportunity
Bread and Oil: Rising Food Prices and the Middle East http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3690
Thirsting for Energy in India’s Boomtowns and Beyond http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/world/asia/02india.html?_r=2&ref=world&oref=slogin&oref=slogin
Peak Oil is a Cost Issue http://seekingalpha.com/article/67204-peak-oil-is-a-cost-issue
Bush: America Must 'Get Off Oil' http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/ynews;_ylt=ApAOo6Z2YqkGO9VHAAQQVPqkGjQD?ch=4226716&cl=6809502&lang=en
Warren Buffett on Net Energy and Peak Oil http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3697
Oil's Wakeup Call http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/03/04/sosnoff-peak-oil-oped-cx_mts_0305sosnoff.html
ASPO and peak oil theorists challenge Saudi Arabia http://www.peakoil.net/press-releases/aspo-and-peak-oil-theorists-challenge-saudi-arabia
Force majeure http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=329&Itemid=91
XXXXX Peak Oil - True Or False http://www.countercurrents.org/lendman060308.htm
Oil's Wakeup Call http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/03/04/sosnoff-peak-oil-oped-cx_mts_0305sosnoff.html
XXXXX The Disconnect Between Oil Reserves and Production http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3664
ASPO Newsletter - March 2008 http://www.aspo-ireland.org/contentFiles/newsletterPDFs/newsletter87_200803.pdf
Energy Among The Top Presidential Campaign Issues http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Energy_Among_The_Top_Presidential_Campaign_Issues_999.html
Analysis: IEA stirs old controversies http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Analysis_IEA_stirs_old_controversies_999.html
Peak oil is bunkum
XXXXX The World Has Plenty of Oil http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120459389654809159.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Peak oil? http://www.env-econ.net/2008/03/peak-oil.html
Consequences of peak oil
XXXXX http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/comment/outside-view-we-cant-cling-to-crude-we-should-leave-oil-before-it-leaves-us-790178.html http://www.riot4austerity.org/blog/?p=3014
XXXXX Beyond hope and doom: Time for a peak oil pep talk http://www.postcarbon.org/beyond_hope_and_doom_time_peak_oil_pep_talk_0
UK: Soaring fuel costs spark a tidal wave of diesel thefts http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Soaring-fuel--costs-spark.3833086.jp
The peak oil crisis: polity on trial http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2650&Itemid=35
The Next Agriculture http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
Post carbon living: beyond technofix http://www.energybulletin.net/41231.html
How lessons from the last oil shocks may help to inform this one http://transitionculture.org/2008/03/04/how-lessons-from-the-last-oil-shocks-may-help-to-inform-this-one/
Being self-sufficient a solution to the collapse of civilization http://www.intelligencer.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=928793
Bodman Says High Oil Price Caused by Low Supply http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=adeC_tCbPnvE&refer=energy
Global and National recessionary trends
US Regulators are bracing for 100-200 bank failures http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/personal/02/27/bank.safety/index.html?ref=patrick.net
XXXXX Glenn Beck: Don't follow herd on the economy http://edition.cnn.com/2008/US/02/28/beck.commentary/index.html?ref=patrick.net
Daily Mail: Home sales 'to plunge by 20 per cent this year' http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=523075&in_page_id=1770
Times: Quantum's Jim Rogers says US 'out of control' http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/article3451136.ece
More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2008-02-28-credit-cards_N.htm
Treasury Tells a Very Scary Story http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/10788101/c_10788433?f=home_todayinfinance
Junk sales mirror '91 recession and bankruptcies http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSN2947877720080229?pageNumber=1&virtualBrandChannel=0
Times: Housing market is on the brink of a slump as prices drop again http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/property_and_mortgages/article3463473.ece
XXXXX More Americans using credit cards to stay afloat http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/credit/2008-02-28-credit-cards_N.htm
Iceland seeks to curb its banks http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5fdff520-e893-11dc-913a-0000779fd2ac.html
XXXXX How a Bubble Stayed Under the Radar http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/02/business/02view.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Fears of a commodity crash grow http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/03/04/cccomms104.xml
Cnn: Crumbling community http://money.cnn.com/video/#/video/news/2008/03/03/news.willis.cleveland.cnnmoney
Troubles emerge in alt-A loans as delinquencies ratchet up http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/troubles-emerge-alt-loans-delinquencies-ratchet/story.aspx?guid=%7B4363524A-D5E8-4119-925C-E850DE6DB551%7D
XXXXX ‘Alt A’ mortgages add to pressure on banks http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/markets/article3479539.ece
Firstrung: One in five mortgage holders are concerned about meeting their repayments in the next 12 months http://firstrung.co.uk/articles.asp?pageid=NEWS&articlekey=9147&cat=44-0-0
XXXXX The coming financial pandemic http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=350930&ref=patrick.net
XXXXX In defence of scaremongers http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/business/ambrosevanspritchard/mar08/fed-inflation.htm
US Regulators cite construction loan fears http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.aspx?Feed=AP&Date=20080305&ID=8283314&Symbol=BAC&ref=patrick.net
Fraud compounds woes of housing crisis http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080305/lf_nm/usa_housing_fraud_dc;_ylt=patrick.net
MoneyWeek: Why the UK can’t avoid falling into recession http://www.moneyweek.com/file/43349/why-the-uk-cant-avoid-falling-into-recession.html
The Big Picture: Federal Reserve: Household Equity at all time lows http://bigpicture.typepad.com/comments/2008/03/underwater.html
Daily Mail: Mortgage bills rising at the 'fastest pace in living memory' despite Bank of England holding rates http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=527470&in_page_id=1770
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Facing Default, Some Walk Out on New Homes http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/29/us/29walks.html?_r=1&ref=patrick.net&oref=slogin
Subprime loans defaulting even before resets http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/20/real_estate/loans_failing_pre_resets/index.htm?postversion=2008022010
Grim News in Arizona State Budget and Sacramento City Budget http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/03/grim-news-in-arizona-state-budget-and.html
Home debt greater than equity for first time since '45 http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/housing/2008-03-06-foreclosures_N.htm?ref=patrick.net
Peak Oil Digest ending 28th February 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
Peak oil denial http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/02/peak-oil-denial.html
Libya's Ghanem sees oil prices rising further http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7327592
XXXXX Another Peek at the Plateau http://blogs.wsj.com/environmentalcapital/2008/02/27/another-peek-at-the-plateau/
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
XXXXX Branson acknowledges peak oil http://globalpublicmedia.com/branson_acknowledges_peakoil
Peak Oil Task Force tells town to prepare for post-petroleum world http://www.reformer.com/ci_8321731?source=most_emailed
Expert: Energy crisis here, climate change on the horizon http://www.wickedlocal.com/lincoln/homepage/x257792203
Peak Oil Passnotes: China Has Spoken http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40701
China's Peak Oil Debate Still In Its Infancy http://www.energyintel.com/documentdetail.asp?document_id=223784
Saudi Arabia urges rich countries not to use oil as weapon http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90852/6358957.html
Oil at $100 May Look `Cheap' Within Five Years, Alfa Bank Says http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20602099&sid=aoz6VDOFWe60&refer=energy
End of the Oil Age http://www.bloomberg.com/news/marketsmag/mm_0308_story1.html
Days Of Cheap And Easy Oil Are Over http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/Feb08/210208/nite01.htm
Adapt to dearer oil http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/opinion/2008-02/21/content_6472233.htm
Twilight In The Desert - The Risk Of Peak Oil http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
Fossil fuel costs to grow http://www.thechronicleherald.ca/Editorial/1039976.html
Can Turkish economy survive high energy prices? http://www.turkishweekly.net/comments.php?id=2842
Dimensions of oil addiction http://www.wacotrib.com/opin/content/news/opinion/stories/2008/02/25/02252008waclucas.html
Peak Oil Review - February 25th, 2008 http://www.energybulletin.net/40869.html
Looking back 10 years - Campbell's "The End of Cheap Oil" http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=324&Itemid=91
Renowned Peak Oil Expert Addresses Dubais Business Leaders http://www.dubaicityguide.com/geninfo/news_dtls.asp?newsid=11476
Connecticut to hear testimony on establishment of a energy scarcity taskforce http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/TOB/H/2008HB-05724-R00-HB.htm
Peak oil and Changing attitudes
XXXXX http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/02/21/7201/
Consequences of peak oil
The five stages of collapse http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/2008/02/five-stages-of-collapse.html
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
Eugene, Oregon: Community and personal collapse preparation http://carolynbaker.net/site/content/view/340/
Grassroots: Climate change and local government
Greenery from the bottom up http://www.economist.com/world/britain/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10736750
On the verge of a revolution http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/on-the-verge-of-a-revolution/2008/02/19/1203190824164.html
Relocalize Newsletter #17 : February 2008 http://www.relocalize.net/newsletter/february08
Peak Oil and Climate Change
XXXXX The Ultimate Race: Global Warming vs Peak Oil http://www.energybulletin.net/40822.html
Peak Oil and War/military
XXXXX Declining Oil Supply Means War Is ‘Fairly Probable,’ Rep. Bartlett Says http://www.transworldnews.com/NewsStory.aspx?id=38405&cat=1
Peak oil and healthcare/medecine
Peak Oil and money
Russia quietly prepares to switch some oil trading from dollars to rubles http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/25/business/place.php
Global and National recessionary trends
XXXXX The breakdown of Wall Street alchemy http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Global_Economy/JB20Dj03.html?ref=patrick.net
Telegraph: Citigroup facing further big write-downs http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/23/cnciti123.xml
XXXXX Queue for the soup kitchen may start herehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/25/econom
XXXXX FT: UBS on a Trillion Dollar Meltdown http://www.ft.com/cms/893ac9c8-757e-11dc-b7cb-0000779fd2ac.html
Bernanke hints at more rate cuts http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7267393.stm
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Buy a house in Detroit for $100 http://www.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=2959&ml=3&mxp=5&typ=7
Case-Shiller Home Price Data Shows Record Declines http://www.seekingalpha.com/article/66298-december-2007-s-p-case-shiller-home-price-data-shows-record-declines?source=patrick.net
House-price fall accelerating http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/26/real_estate/Case_Shiller_year_end/?ref=patrick.net
Peak Oil Digest ending 22nd February 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
Reasons to see red over green energy http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/18/energy.economy
Has oil production peaked? http://timesonline.typepad.com/environment/2008/02/has-oil-product.html
Paul Krugman: Feeling a bit peaked http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/02/19/feeling-a-bit-peaked/
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
Peak Oil: The Next 5 Years http://seekingalpha.com/article/64765-peak-oil-the-next-5-years
Peak Oil, IHS Data and The Broken Clock http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3627
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Future Of Our Cars - Part 4 http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2539&Itemid=35
With no oil solution, future looks dire http://www.eenews.net/tv/video_guide/747
Gulf must curb its oil demand http://www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=12418&ccid=12
Energy crisis making way for 'nuclear renaissance' http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/5546778.html
ODAC Newsletter - Feb 15 http://www.energybulletin.net/40449.html
CERA: Action needed to avoid oil crisis, Hess chief says http://www.pennenergy.com/display_article/320225/7/PRARC/none/GenIn/1/CERA:-Action-needed-to-avoid-oil-crisis,-Hess-chief-says/
Crunch Time for Mexican Oil http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120304250961670669.html?mod=todays_us_page_one
World Oil Forecasts Including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE - Update Feb 2008 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3623
Iran oil bourse to open February 17 http://www.energybulletin.net/40371.html
The End of Big Oil http://oilandglory.com/2008/02/end-of-big-oil.html
Western fears on Russian energy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/1bdaf4a8-dd7e-11dc-ad7e-0000779fd2ac.html
Despite record profits, oil companies find little comfort in high prices http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/17/business/rnrgoilcos.php
Peak Oil Review - February 18, 2008 http://www.energybulletin.net/40521.html
China triples fuel oil consumption tax from Jan http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7318220
Winning the Oil Endgame http://community.comcast.net/comcastportal/board/message?board.id=Environment&thread.id=2018
EIA Reiterates Need For OPEC To Increase Output http://news.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/newsstory.aspx?selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&cpath=20080219%5cACQDJON200802191846DOWJONESDJONLINE000820.htm
The peak oil crisis: Connecting the dots http://www.energybulletin.net/40608.html
XXXXX Oil production constraints to cause "huge recession" http://www.energybulletin.net/40615.html
U.S. Presidential candidates' staffs briefed on peak oil and the plastic plague http://www.energybulletin.net/40601.html
US urged to fight fuel demand with cost http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23223737-5005200,00.html
These are the good years http://www.energybulletin.net/40595.html
Brunei: Days Of Cheap And Easy Oil Are Over http://www.brudirect.com/DailyInfo/News/Archive/Feb08/210208/nite01.htm
Saudi financial plans rely on high oil prices http://www.business24-7.ae/cs/article_show_mainh1_story.aspx?HeadlineID=2651
What is Canada doing about peak oil? http://www.energybulletin.net/40663.html
Oil Independent Oakland report is released http://www.energybulletin.net/40650.html
Peak oil and Changing attitudes
How expensive does oil have to get before your habits change? http://news.scotsman.com/opinion/How-expensive-does-oil-have.3786641.jp
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
Revinventing the Way We Live: Interview with Ray McCormack http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/article/55169/revinventing-the-way-we-live-interview-with-ray-mccormack-co-director-of-a-/
XXXXX Tantalising Glimpses of Resilience: the Introduction to The Transition Handbook http://transitionculture.org/2008/02/19/tantalising-glimpses-of-resilience-the-introduction-to-the-transition-handbook/
Australia: Planning for peak oil - what it will mean http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=7028&page=1
Peak Oil and population
Population Growth and the United States’ Depleting Resources… http://www.energyandoil.com/population-growth-and-the-united-states-depleting-resources
Peak Oil and population
How Big Oil Could Help on Climate Change in Iraq http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/2/15/how-big-oil-could-help-on-climate-change-in-iraq.html
Peak Oil and money
Iran May Sell Oil in Rubles to Break `Dollar Slavery' http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601072&sid=abC.2tT9Nphg&refer=energy
World Oil Forecasts Including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and the UAE - Update Feb 2008 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3623
Iran oil bourse to open February 17 http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2008-02-14/Iranianoilbourselaunches.aspx
Where Is All The Oil Money Going? (A look at Dubai) http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com/2008/02/where-is-all-oil-money-going.html
XXXXX Oil constraints to cause 'huge recession' http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog/?p=144
Global and National recessionary trends
XXXXX NY Times: A Crisis of Faith http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/15/opinion/15krugman.html?ref=opinion
Guardian: Treasury debt is twice Chancellor's 'sustainable' figure, says think-tank http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2007/feb/04/politics.money1
Independent: The debt advice that adds to the problem http://www.independent.co.uk/money/mortgages/the-debt-advice-that-adds-to-the-problem-783216.html
Times: Don’t cave in to bankers who plead for more http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article3381600.ece
Economist: Still here http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=10711887&fsrc=RSS
The Times: Basket case Britain must rebuild its credibility http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/18/ccview118.xml
NYTimes: Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swap.html?_r=1&ref=business&pagewanted=print
Bush Administration Shuts Down Economic Indicators Site http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/13/economic-indicators/?ref=patrick.net
Arcane Swaps Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swap.html?ref=patrick.net
Citigroup bars investor exits from hedge fund http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/banking/2008-02-15-citi-hedge_N.htm?ref=patrick.net
Economic Woes Reveal a Long-Felt Unease http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080217/the_uneasy_economy.html?.v=2
Arcane Market Is Next to Face Big Credit Test http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/business/17swap.html?ex=1203829200&en=066d388001262201&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVERNEWS
Basket case Britain must rebuild its credibility http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/18/ccview118.xml
XXXXX America's economy risks the mother of all meltdowns http://news.yahoo.com/s/ft/20080219/bs_ft/fto021920081334359078;_ylt=patrick.net
XXXXX Apartment walls will come tumbling down http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article3406269.ece
Citywire: Property: The diversity and detail beyond the property headlines http://www.citywire.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?VersionID=101119&MenuKey=News.Home
MoneyWeek: Is America heading for a Japan-style crisis? http://www.moneyweek.com/file/42298/is-america-heading-for-a-japan-style-crisis.html
German State-Owned Banks on Verge of Collapse http://www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,536635,00.html?ref=patrick.net
U.S. Jobless Benefit Rolls Rise to Highest Since 2005 http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aYXJ0KI5Igts&refer=economy
French Inflation Quickens to 3.2%, Most in 12 Years http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=aeJCIxRgapvo&refer=economy
Our Economic Dilemma http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120347007609178711.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Countrywide says foreclosure rate at new record http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/15/AR2008021501037.html?hpid=moreheadlines&ref=patrick.net
Sell Your Real Estate Immediately http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article3701.html?ref=patrick.net
Rescues for Homeowners in Debt Weighed http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/22/business/22homes.html?_r=1&ref=patrick.net&oref=slogin
Peak Oil Digest ending 14th February 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
Why the price of 'peak oil' is famine http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/02/07/cnoil107.xml
XXXXX Apart from used chip fat, there is no such thing as a sustainable biofuel http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/12/biofuels.energy
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
XXXXX Economic Report of the President mentions Peak Oil Chapter 7, page 167 of the http://www.whitehouse.gov/cea/2008_erp.pdf
Back up the rabbit hole http://www.energybulletin.net/39992.html
Oil Sector's Problem In Replacing Oil Reserves Could Worsen http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200802071055DOWJONESDJONLINE000765_FORTUNE5.htm
Peak oil rapidly approaching warns oil analyst http://www.ameinfo.com/146155.html
Proportionality http://www.richardheinberg.com/node/280
BP to ‘put lights out’ on North Sea http://www.davidstrahan.com/blog/?p=139
Peak oil rapidly approaching warns oil analyst http://www.ameinfo.com/146155.html
EU gas supplies at risk if Ukraine does not settle bill with Russia http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2254937,00.html
OPEC could ditch dollars for euros: chief http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080209/bs_afp/opeccommoditiesoilcurrency_080209001005;_ylt=ArCIxdpZrmOEsrJk42e3cxCAsnsA
Peak Oil Passnotes: Here Comes the Stag http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=40355
Peak Oil Concerns Sail Safely Beneath the Radar http://www.stpns.net/view_article.html?articleId=75548656467577867
'Peak oil' theory: Keeping the oil flowing http://www.oxan.com/worldnextweek/2008-02-07/Keepingtheoilflowing.aspx
Oil Sector's Problem In Replacing Oil Reserves Could Worsen http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200802071055DOWJONESDJONLINE000765_FORTUNE5.htm
Big picture Russia: Oil production & taxes http://www.prime-tass.com/news/show.asp?topicid=65&id=433364
Energy: The $22 trillion question http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/08/news/economy/oil_conference/index.htm
The Second Great Depression http://www.princeton.edu/hubbert/current-events.html
BP: Changing perspectives on Peak Oil - Investment vs. Supply vs. Demand http://www.thecherrycreeknews.com/content/view/2432/2/
Oil Insufficiency http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=128&a=15753
Oil industry facing headwinds in 2008 http://uk.reuters.com/article/allBreakingNews/idUKN1055377720080210?rpc=401&
CERA vs. Peak Oil: it's getting serious http://www.platts.com/weblog/oilblog/2008/02/cera_vs_peak_oil_its_getting_s.html
Oil crisis ahead? 'Peakniks' build for future http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/10/0210peak.html
Peak Oil and "The Limits to Growth": two parallel stories http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/3550
XXXXX A Primary Stocks Bear Market http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article3676.html
Venezuela's state oil company halts oil sales to Exxon Mobil http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=BUSINESS&ID=565243934377642185
Nigeria: Oil-Export Reliability At Risk http://allafrica.com/stories/200802120967.html
EIA: OPEC 1Q Output 32.2 Million B/D, +600,000 B/D Vs 4Q '07 http://news.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/newsstory.aspx?selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&cpath=20080212%5cACQDJON200802121312DOWJONESDJONLINE000669.htm
Consequences of peak oil
Oil Crisis Will Lead to 10-Year Financial & Political Crisis http://energytechstocks.com/wp/?p=834
The peak oil crisis: the future of our cars – Part 3 http://www.energybulletin.net/40031.html
Dave Cohen's suburban savanna http://www.energybulletin.net/40151.html
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
Transition, Energy Descent Plans and Relocalisation in Australia. http://wonderfulworldmedia.net/?p=137
Peak Oil and population
Overpopulation: Root Cause of Many Problems http://news.lesswaiting.com/021108.html
Peak Oil and money
Venezuela moves bank accounts after Exxon embargo http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/185047,venezuela-moves-bank-accounts-after-exxon-embargo.html
Global and National recessionary trends
Meet the Weimar Dollar http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/12679
XXXXX AIG: the horror http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/robertpeston/
Times: House prices set to fall by 7% in next two years as credit squeeze bites http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/money/property_and_mortgages/article3359905.ece
Gata: Just as battered investors had begun to glimpse signs of recovery in America, the next shoe has dropped with an almighty thud in Japan. Echoes are rumbling across the Far East. http://www.gata.org/node/5989
Telegraph: Standard of living will fall, warns Mervyn King http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/02/14/ninflation114.xml
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Auctioneers bring down hammer on America's broken dreams http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/feb/12/useconomy.usa
In Miami the fraud goes on http://eyeonmiami.blogspot.com/2008/02/in-miami-fraud-goes-on-by-gimleteye.html?ref=patrick.net
XXXXX Understanding the Pyramid Scheme We Call Housing http://dadtalk.typepad.com/dadtalk/2008/02/understanding-t.html?ref=patrick.net
Data show foreclosures make up half of houses sold in Calif http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/02/12/financial/f104706S41.DTL&feed=patrick.net
CBS News: "Jingle mail:" The Awful Sound Of "Voluntary" Foreclosure http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/02/12/couricandco/entry3822384.shtml
Collapse: L.A. housing prices drop 16.7% in five months http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laland/2008/02/collapse-la-hou.html?ref=patrick.net
Americans Selling Homes See Prices Go Below Mortgage (Update2) http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=atrbI3FEV3.I&refer=patrick.net
Peak Oil Digest ending 7th February 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
XXXXX The great fuel folly http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2252581,00.html
Russian economy succumbs to the oil curse http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/02/04/ccview104.xml
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
Is the UK ready for an oil shortage? http://www.roadtransport.com/Articles/2008/01/30/129667/is-the-uk-ready-for-an-oil-shortage.html
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Future Of Our Cars – Part 2 http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2465&Itemid=35
Are you keeping an eye on oil supplies? http://blog.pennlive.com/secondopinions/2008/01/are_you_keeping_an_eye_on_oil.html
‘Dean of Oil Analysts’ Maxwell (Part 1 of 4):
Oil Shortages Start in 2010; Peak Oil Hits 2012-2015 http://energytechstocks.com/wp/?p=819
Corporations Uber Alles on Peak Oil (Video) http://www.howtoboilafrog.com/peakoil.html
Peak oil: Will we see it coming? http://www.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/dt.cms.support.viewStory.cls?cid=59042&sid=5&fid=1
Kunstler Lecture (audio http://www.ecoshock.org/
PEAK OIL Is It Real? When Might It Occur? http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches
Revamped ODAC newsletter http://odac-info.org/newsletter-issue/odac-news-friday-1st-february-2008/
Peak Oil Review -- February 4th, 2008 http://www.energybulletin.net/39867.html
Shell's Van Der Veer Gets Refreshingly Honest http://www.redorbit.com/news/business/1241818/shells_van_der_veer_gets_refreshingly_honest/
As Oil Majors Chime In, the Reality of Peak Oil Lurches Closer http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/575837/as_oil_majors_chime_in_the_reality.html
Price of Oil Doesn’t Appear to be Affecting Worldwide Demand http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/price-of-oil-2/2008/02/06/
Wager Challenges CERA Oil Supply Prediction http://orange.advfn.com/news_Wager-Challenges-CERA-Oil-Supply-Prediction_24606648.html
Oil resources at stake in Chad conflict http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hqTEfyeiI62hocdVIuKkf9PYYsEQ
Group bets $100,000 against CERA supply forecast http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=312&Itemid=91
CERA's productive capacity ruse http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=314&Itemid=91
Minnesota State Legislators Meet To Discuss Oil Reserves Drying Up http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/news/local/15294576.html
World oil supply may have already peaked http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3193
Science 1101 Part 1: The Science of Oil and Peak Oil http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3586
Why the Saudis aren't lifting a finger to ease oil prices http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0206/p09s01-coop.html
Energy Prices, Inflation and Denial http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/3584
Freezing in the dark http://www.straightgoods.ca/ViewFeature8.cfm?REF=70
World oil supply may have already peaked http://www.peopleandplanet.net/doc.php?id=3193
Consequences of peak oil
Getting ready for the end of oil http://blog.mlive.com/grpress/2008/02/column_getting_ready_for_the_e.html
Peak oil and Changing attitudes
The San Francisco Peak Oil Preparedness Task Force explores life after fossil fuels -
an era that may be coming sooner than most people think http://www.sfbg.com/entry.php?entry_id=5549&catid=4
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
The Slow Life Picks Up Speed http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/31/garden/31slow.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
Peak Oil and population
XXXXX Are we there yet Pa? Nine Billion Little Feet on the Highway of the Damned http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/12647
Peak Oil and money
Fragile Dollar Hegemony: Iran's Oil Bourse could Topple the Dollar http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=7998
Global and National recessionary trends
Fannie Mae, A Ticking Time Bomb http://greatdepression2006.blogspot.com/2008/02/fannie-mae-ticking-time-bomb.html?ref=patrick.net
XXXXX Emergency: intensive care needed http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article3321789.ece
'Euros Accepted' Signs Popping Up in New York City http://www.cnbc.com/id/23031776
10m 'may default on debt by end of year' http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/02/06/ndebt106.xml
Recession or Lent? Whatever You Call It, It's Started http://online.barrons.com/article/SB120224668849145153.html?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo&ref=patrick.net
‘CREATIVE DESTRUCTION’ – THE MADNESS OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY - Parts 1 and 2 http://www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them
Troubled borrowers are walking away from their houses http://money.cnn.com/2008/02/06/real_estate/walking_away/index.htm?ref=patrick.net
Sold a Nightmare http://www.charlotte.com/foreclosure/story/55062.html?ref=patrick.net
Peak Oil Digest ending 31st January 2008
Peak Oil and mainstream media
We'll Begin To Run Out of Oil Within 7 Years http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/32789/We-ll-begin-to-run-out-of-oil-within-7-years
In a World Short
Of Oil, Provisions
Must Be Made http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB120128939885117541-KT4tYUOT6bqMbrv__l64WsX1isw_20080225.html?mod=tff_main_tff_top
Energy: Centre of power is on the move http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49d8d9ce-c7c1-11dc-a0b4-0000779fd2ac.html
Prius Designer Says Industry Must Lose Oil Addiction http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aoCSD7m5zHhA&refer=home
Shell chief fears oil shortage in seven years http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/economics/wef/article3248484.ece
Energy: Centre of power is on the move http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/49d8d9ce-c7c1-11dc-a0b4-0000779fd2ac.html
Peak Oil / Oil and Gas supply-demand/ energy security
Mideast oil earnings could triple over next 14 years http://www.guardian.co.uk/feedarticle?id=7251468
Wider Troubles Trickle Down to Oil Sector http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/business/worldbusiness/24oil.html?_r=1&ref=worldbusiness&oref=slogin
XXXXX Shell CEO Peak Policy http://www.peakoil.com/post587712.html#587712
U.S. recession could drag oil to $70 - Petroleum Secretary http://in.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idINIndia-31557820080123?rpc=401&
Prius Designer Says Industry Must Lose Oil Addiction http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aoCSD7m5zHhA&refer=home
XXXXX Peak everything economics, or, what do you call this mess? http://www.energybulletin.net/39472.html
Peak Oil Passnotes: Stagflation Beckons http://www.resourceinvestor.com/pebble.asp?relid=39846
Oil prices: OPEC's high wire act http://money.cnn.com/2008/01/25/news/international/opec/index.htm
Big consumers share concern over oil price http://uk.reuters.com/article/businessNews/idUKL2537911320080125?rpc=401&
The Gospel According to Matthew http://www.texasmonthly.com/2008-02-01/feature2.php
Sneak Peak http://www.texasmonthly.com/2008-02-01/webextra4.php
Adjustments will be needed as oil supplies dwindle http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?a=324745&z=12
Experts warn SA could face ‘huge’ liquid fuel shortage http://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article.php?a_id=125161
Record power shortage hits China http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndustryMaterialsUtilitiesNews/idUSPEK8411420080123
In oil-rich Alaska, an energy crunch http://www.csmonitor.com/2008/0123/p03s03-usgn.html
Oil Company-Peak Cheap Oil Year 2015 http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/25/34918
XXXXX A $10,000 bet on peak oil http://www.canadianbusiness.com/columnists/jeff_sanford/article.jsp?content=20080125_144737_464
XXXXX Shell Admits Cheap Oil Is Running Out http://www.usnews.com/blogs/beyond-the-barrel/2008/1/25/shell-admits-cheap-oil-is-running-out.html
Mexico's Cantarell Dec oil output hits 2007 low http://uk.reuters.com/article/oilRpt/idUKN2638783120080126?rpc=401&
Elites love to pig out on energy http://www.thestar.com/article/296075
OPEC To Keep Output Level At Feb Meeting - Gulf Delegate http://news.nasdaq.com/aspxcontent/newsstory.aspx?selected=9999&selecteddisplaysymbol=9999&cpath=20080127%5cACQDJON200801270304DOWJONESDJONLINE000219.htm
Future of Venezuelan oil company will have ripple effects far and wide http://www.newspress.com/Top/Article/article.jsp?Section=WORLD&ID=565234004414300312
US Petroleum Supply, Ethanol, and State of the Industry - API http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3531
Fuel crisis looms by 2015 http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23118018-3102,00.html
XXXXX Shell executive on peak oil, oil prospects http://www.shell.com/static/nl-nl/downloads/venster_2008/venster_jan_feb_2008.pdf
Matt Simmons’ Recent Peak Oil Analysis http://www.energyinvestmentstrategies.com/2008/01/27/matt-simmons-recent-peak-oil-analysis/
Shell sparks fears over oil reserves http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2008/01/29/cnshell129.xml
Money, Oil and Image http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GlXKVj0Q0c
Powering Civilization to 2050 http://www.theoildrum.com/node/3540
Investment Guru Jim Rogers: ‘It Doesn’t Look Like $90 to $100’ Will Be High Enough to Slow Oil Demand (Part 1 of 3) http://energytechstocks.com/wp/?p=801
Triple digit oil price regardless of peak (Audio) http://globalpublicmedia.com/horsnell_oil_price
Peak Oil Review - January 28th, 2008 http://www.energybulletin.net/39623.html
The WSJ article on a CERA oil decline study http://www.energybulletin.net/39620.html
High Oil Prices Boost Energy Efficiency - Report http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/46675/story.htm
The peak oil crisis: The future of our cars http://www.energybulletin.net/39720.html
Former CEO of Talisman Energy: Peak oil is 'here or hereabouts' http://www.energybulletin.net/39656.html
Indonesia urged to promote low-carbon economy http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20080130.H04&irec=6
The Sierra Club solution http://www.aspo-usa.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=307&Itemid=91
Peak oil is bunkum
Plenty of oil remains, Exxon manager says http://www.southeasttexaslive.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19231261&BRD=2287&PAG=461&dept_id=512504&rfi=6
Consequences of peak oil
XXXXX The peak oil crisis: The future of cars – part 1 http://www.fcnp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2430&Itemid=35
Will Peak Oil Drive Relocalization? http://www.jeffvail.net/2008/01/will-peak-oil-drive-relocalization.html
Solutions for transition to Energy Independence
Daniel Lerch on Post Carbon Cities http://globalpublicmedia.com/lerch_reality_report
Is the desire to relocalize merely aesthetic? http://www.energybulletin.net/39691.html
Peak Oil and Climate Change
Why Is this Apocalypse Different than All Other Apocalypses? http://www.groovygreen.com/groove/?p=2542
Peak Oil and population
Population growth is a threat. But it pales against the greed of the rich http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,2248614,00.html
The truth everyone knows, but no one says http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2007/12/17/18180/853
Laws Relating to Sustainability http://www.design-site.net/bart1mag.htm
Will Limits of the Earth's Resources Control Human Numbers http://www.oilcrash.com/articles/limit.htm
Revisiting Carrying Capacity: Area-Based Indicators of Sustainability http://dieoff.org/page110.htm
Abortion and the Earth http://www.energybulletin.net/39654.html
Peak Oil and money
XXXXX Chavez: Pull Reserves From US http://www.portfolio.com/news-markets/national-news/ap/2008/01/26/chavez-pull-reserves-from-us
Global and National recessionary trends which will affect Cornwall, due to rising fuel prices
Bbc News: Deal reached on US economic plan http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7206412.stm
Times: We must name our price http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/anatole_kaletsky/article3200442.ece
The UK Economy: It's Not All Doom and Gloom http://www.dailyreckoning.co.uk/article/theukeconomyitsnotalldoomandgloom0736.html
Spectator: Not so good http://www.spectator.co.uk/the-magazine/the-week/464806/not-so-good.thtml
CNN Money: Wall Street's money machine breaks down http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/11/26/101232838/index.htm
For those too young to remember, this is what a recession looks like http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,2245165,00.html
Global Recession Risk Grows as U.S. `Collateral Damage' Spreads http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aXcxvZBhKLM4&refer=worldwide
US recession will dwarf dotcom crash http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/money/2008/01/28/ccusecon128.xml&ref=patrick.net
More than 1m people could lose homes in credit crunch, warns City watchdog http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=511084&in_page_id=1770&ct=5
Credit Default Swaps: how to spot the riskiest banks http://www.moneyweek.com/file/41437/credit-default-swaps-how-to-spot-the-riskiest-banks.html
Economic shock hits China http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23130208-601,00.html
There are hundreds of articles each week about the US Housing slump. Here's a sample of them