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The politics of peak oil
SmartPlanet.com (blog)
By Chris Nelder | February 1, 2012, 5:00 AM PST It's a bit hard to believe that in 2012 anyone is still unclear about what "peak oil" means, but enough confusion about it has surfaced in the past week that I feel compelled to, once again, ...
The Unfounded Fear of the 'Peak Oil' MonsterU.S. News & World Report (blog)
Oil reaches peak after overestimationNKU The Northerner Online

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BusinessWeek

Everything You Know About Peak Oil Is Wrong
BusinessWeek
Over the intervening years, the threat of "peak oil" has stayed with us-the date when global petroleum production was to reach its supposed maximum, afterward and evermore to decline as dwindling reserves were tapped out. And the exhaustion of the ...
Brent up on Iran; refinery work lifts US gasolineReuters

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Globe and Mail

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Globe and Mail
In his new book The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World, Pulitzer-winning energy analyst Daniel Yergin declares that the latest version of the peak oil thesis is just more handwringing by long-discredited Malthusians.
Live Chat: Peak Oil-Is the Well Running Dry?Science AAAS
Economics alone should drive countries away from crude oilSmartPlanet.com (blog)

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Tight oil kills the peak oil theory
Financial Post
The year ahead, he says, "could really see the death of the peak-oil hypothesis, something that has been underpinning a lot of the structural bullishness on oil." (The terminology is thus borderline ironic, since tight oil could make oil markets much ...

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Peak Oil Crisis Being Compounded by Refinery Closures
OilPrice.com
By Post Carbon | Thu, 26 January 2012 23:45 | 1 Here is one more thing for those of us who live in the North Eastern US to start worrying about - the refineries that make our gasoline, diesel, heating oil, etc. are dropping like flies.

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OPEC to Boost Exports as Winter Demand Peaks, Oil Movements Says
Bloomberg
OPEC will increase shipments through the middle of February as winter demand in the northern hemisphere reaches its peak, according to tanker-tracker Oil Movements. The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries will ship 23.51 million barrels a day ...

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Wired News

Researchers Argue Peak Oil Is Here, Bringing Permanent Volatility
Wired News
The notion of peak oil is fairly simple: Oil is a finite resource and at some point we simply won't be able to extract as much as we once did. There is no getting around that limit for any finite resource. The issue that has made peak oil contentious, ...
World oil supplies beyond tipping point, says Sir David KingEnergy Efficiency News
Oil 'tipping point' has passed with much higher prices to comeAlaska Dispatch

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Will Peak Oil Spell the End of Capitalism?
Dissident Voice
In the essay entitled "Future Energy Availability," environmental physicist Chris Vernon explains the link between Peak Oil and Energy Return on Investment (EROI). EROI is defined as the amount of energy that must be expended to extract or produce ...

BusinessLIVE

The Resurrection of Peak Oil
OilPrice.com
By Mad Hedge Fund Trader | Tue, 17 January 2012 16:46 | 2 It has been a long wait for "peak oilers," whose passionate belief is that the world will run out of oil in coming years, sending prices through the roof. This splinter religion came into being ...
Oil slips, IMF optimism fades, demand outlook weakReuters
Oil falls as weak demand outlook trumps IMF hopesReuters Africa
Brent crude rises above $112 on weak dollar, demand growth hopesEconomic Times
BusinessLIVE -Business Recorder (blog)
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Bloomberg

Oil up sharply on US jobs surge, Iran
Reuters
By Robert Gibbons | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Brent crude prices rose to a near three-month peak on Friday in heavy volume trading after a report showed the US economy in January created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months, fueling hopes of stronger ...
Con: Higher oil proces prod consumers toward green energies of the futureJuneau Empire
Saudis Set to Tap Fuel Oil Boom With Latest Pricing for CrudeBusinessWeek
Contango Widest Since October in Cushing Deluge: Energy MarketsSan Francisco Chronicle
Torque News -Reuters UK
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