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

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 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

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