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Recent news about the situation in the Russian oil sector has been largely confined to two or three major oil companies. The Yukos saga has dominated, but there are other trends in the Russian oil sector that influence the country’s economy.
I wish to draw the attention of this house to scientific evidence that the world production of oil and gas will soon begin to decline and the devastating consequences that this will have on the world economy and that of South Australia.
South Australia should be acting now to avert the economic, social and agricultural catastrophe that will come as oil reserves decline and prices soar.
The first problem with energy is that we are running short of traditional sources of supply.
SPAIN wants to take advantage of its sunshine by making solar panels compulsory in new and renovated buildings — to save fuel costs and to improve the environment.
Dr. Aleklett says that the IEA’s World Energy Outlook for 2004 shows an acceptance of peak oil concepts, but the message is not obvious. In this article, he decodes Chapter 3 of the report.
China’s breakneck economic growth and soaring energy demand are becoming key factors in global energy use. Louisa Lim explores the human impact of the country’s dependence on coal products, as part of the BBC’s Planet Under Pressure series.
An advisor to President George W Bush has reportedly claimed that global warming is a fallacy created to disrupt the American economy, in an interview on Radio 4. Myron Ebell, from the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), claimed that the notion of climate change through man-made emissions was “ridiculous and unrealistic”.
Saudi Arabia and Russia will jointly sponsor an international energy forum in February next year to map out an effective strategy for regulating the oil market and strengthening security measures at oil installations and during transportation as part of a comprehensive energy security program.
Proposal by oil analyst Matthew Simmons to improve the transparency of oil field production and reserves: “Estimating future supplies and Peak Oil will be achievable based on factual data.” (Slide presentation)
Using a variety of criminal methods that they have perfected over the past four years, the George W. Bush-Dick Cheney-Karl Rove syndicate stole another election, and extended their illegal occupation of the White House. (Mentions peak oil.)
“All this comes at a time when we are entering the age of peak oil and the onset of global warming, a moment in history that would require a firm, fair and judicious hand to bring us through a difficult transition. Instead we will have the most extreme, ruthless and irresponsible leadership to drive us into uncharted territory.”
