Archive for the ‘News’ Category

GOOD: Oil Addiction

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

GOODMagazine asked: http://good.is/ If we're addicted to oil, our twelve-step program should begin with admitting that we have a problem. As the price of oil creeps higher, finding new energy sources is more important than ever. But the search for alternatives, combined with environmental disruptions, is putting new pressures on other ...

Oil War – Nigeria

Saturday, January 12th, 2008

journeymanpictures asked: June 2005 Nigeria's lucrative oil reserves may have enriched its politicians but they've brought little but misery to ordinary people. Now, a rebel group is fighting for a share of the profits. "I need help. I need help," begs a woman, clutching her young children in despair. Her home ...

Oil Supply Shock

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

JFoucher asked: The U.S. is vulnerable and the government is unprepared for unacceptably high risks of oil supply shock, with Matthew Simmons, Simmons & Co. International chairman; John Kilduff, Fimat USA Energy Risk Management senior vice president and CNBC's Bob PisaniDARWIN

Money Minute: Recession, Paulson, Oil

Friday, October 5th, 2007

AssociatedPress asked: It's official. The United States is in recession. That's according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports. (Dec. 1)CHI

PERMACULTURE & PEAK OIL: Beyond ‘Sustainability’

Friday, October 5th, 2007

eon3 asked: David Holmgren is co-originator (with Bill Mollison) of the permaculture concept and author of the recent book, PERMACULTURE: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability. He talks about the need to move beyond the lulling hope that 'green tech' breakthroughs will allow world-wide 'sustainable consumption' to the recognition that ...

The Oil Wars – Sudan

Sunday, September 16th, 2007

journeymanpictures asked: Aug 1999 Evidence is mounting of a murderous campaign to clear civilians off rich oil lands in southern Sudan. Michael Mayiel shows us the blackened ruins of his village. 1,200 Government troops swept through the Bentiu region killing scores of civilians and scorching 6000 homes during a ten day offensive. ...

Matt Simmons (Bloomberg): Peak Oil Now, Oil Perhaps to $300

Monday, May 28th, 2007

profgoose asked: Matthew Simmons, chairman of Simmons & Co. International in Houston, talked yesterday with Bloomberg's Rhonda Schaffler about the need to address energy use, his view that global supply has peaked and the likelihood oil prices could reach as much as $300 a barrel. (Source: Bloomberg)ANTHONY

Peak Oil: Gas Prices, Supply Depletion & Energy Crisis SHORT

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

newculture asked: We are entering the Peak Oil era. The growth of oil production is slowing, driving up oil and gasoline gas prices, firing inflation, driving unemployment, straining our global economy, and threatening to collapse our entire system. We are reaching Peak Oil and we are unprepared. ...

The Middle East, & The Impending Oil Crisis

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

emirateshadow asked: World oil discovery and production has peaked, our way of life is coming to an end if we do not solve the problem of our dependency on fossil fuels.. Our civilization as we know it is at stake.ADALBERTO

Extreme Oil Drilling

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

NationalGeographic asked: In order to get oil flowing freely in the cold tundra, hot steam is pumped into the ground using massive amounts of energy. Alaska's Last Oil : WED MARCH 12 8P et/pt : http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/channel/explorer/?source=4003DEXTER