Posts Tagged ‘
peak oil ’
Sep 29th, 2009 |
By James Howard Kunstler |
Category: Politics & Economics
In my father’s house are many mansions. Surely one of them has a room with no elephants in it….
Not to crunch too many metaphors right here at the top, but a consensus seems to be firming up in the animate jello of the Internet that we have entered the Season of the Witch. An odor of ripeness fills the virtual air — something between dead carp and apples baking.
Tags: AAPL, deflation, energy, Harry Dent, inflation, James Howard Kunstler, Oil Production, Opec, peak oil, US economy
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Sep 25th, 2009 |
By James Howard Kunstler |
Category: Politics & Economics
In our history, the American nation committed obvious sins against select groups of people, and we’ve paid bitterly for some of that. But now it’s our sins against the land itself that threaten to sink the USA as a viable enterprise.
Tags: AIG, Crude Oil Prices, James Howard Kunstler, Opec, peak oil, US economy
Posted in Politics & Economics |
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Sep 24th, 2009 |
By Jim Nelson |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
The past 18 months have taken a serious toll on normal supply and demand in many industries. But no industry was impacted more than energy…
Tags: Crude Oil Prices, energy, Jim Nelson, natural gas, oil, PDC, peak oil, UDRL
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Sep 4th, 2009 |
By Ian Mathias |
Category: Financial News, Politics & Economics
China walks the walk… red nation agrees to major shift away from dollar reserves… Gold soars… Frank Holmes with a historic reason gold should keep rising… You know Peak Oil, but Peak Stimulus? Chris Mayer offers a compelling chart on government intervention… Dark data: Service sector, retail, jobs all disappoint, plus a shocking stat on student debt…
Tags: Addison Wiggin, Chinese Government, Dollar Index, Global Currency, Ian Mathias, peak oil, Retail Jobs, Safe Haven, Service Sector, Student Debt
Posted in Financial News, Politics & Economics |
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Aug 31st, 2009 |
By Doug Hornig |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
Each year, generally in May, the Energy Information Administration publishes a less-than-eagerly-anticipated tome called the International Energy Outlook, 250+ pages of mind-numbing text, charts, graphs, and tables.
Tags: Crude Oil Prices, Doug Hornig, energy, food crisis, oil, Opec, peak oil, Saudi Arabian Oil Production
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Aug 26th, 2009 |
By Puru Saxena |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
Despite the ‘demand destruction’ hype, it is interesting to note that during this severe global recession, worldwide oil usage has dropped by a minuscule 2.7%. So, what will happen when the world comes out of this recession? Who will rise up to the challenge and meet our insatiable thirst for energy? These are critical questions not many are willing to ask.
Tags: Crude Oil Prices, crude oil production, energy, Global Recession, liquid fuels, oil, peak oil, Puru Saxena
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Aug 24th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
Recently, I had the unique opportunity to tour two different oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta. I saw a massive open-pit oil sands mine, and the associated reclamation effort, operated by Syncrude Canada Ltd. I also visited an in situ oil sands recovery project called Surmont, operated by ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP).
Tags: American Petroleum Institute, American Petroleum Institute Api, Bitumen, Byron King, Canada, Canada oil sands, ConocoPhillips, COP, crude oil production, Day In August, Editorial Freedom, energy, Fort McMurray, Gooey Stuff, Hand Lotion, heavy oil, Light Sweet Crude Oil, Northern Alberta, oil, Oil Patch, Oil Sands Of Alberta, Oil Seeps, Open Pit, peak oil, Pleistocene Glaciers, Rock Formations, Sweet Crude Oil, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Aug 14th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
I had the unique opportunity to tour two different oil sands operations near Fort McMurray, in northern Alberta. I saw a massive open-pit oil sands mine, and the associated reclamation effort, operated by Syncrude Canada Ltd. I also visited an in situ oil sands recovery project called Surmont, operated by ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP).
Tags: Byron King, COP, oil, peak oil, Saudi Arabian Oil Production, Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Posted in Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Jul 7th, 2009 |
By Andrew Gordon |
Category: Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy
Leave it to the government. It’s proposing a “tax and cap” regime for energy producers which will require fossil-fuel generating plants to pay extra. The idea is to encourage clean fuels and discourage dirty ones. That’s fine in theory. But instead of helping our future energy situation, it’s going to make it a lot worse.
Tags: Andrew Gordon, Crude Oil Prices, CVX, Energy Crisis, Energy Producers, European Governments, Fossil Fuels, Gazprom, Oil Discoveries, peak oil, Saudi Arabia, XOM
Posted in Financial News, Oil Investment & Alternative Energy |
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Jun 29th, 2009 |
By Byron King |
Category: Emerging Markets
The oil resources off Brazil are in the same scope as those of Saudi Arabia. The oil potential is huge. Beyond huge. It’s a game changer for the world of energy. No, the Brazilian resource doesn’t mean that Peak Oil is history. But it does mean that history is about to change. Indeed, the angel of history is favoring the nation of Brazil.
Tags: Brazil, Byron King, Emerging Markets, natural gas, peak oil
Posted in Emerging Markets |
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