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The [Exxon] advertisement [contradicting Peak Oil] is at best mis-information and at worst a complete pack
of lies. Sadly, this advertisement will be read by Members of Congress and
their staff, and by well-intentioned people in the Administration who do not
have time to read books or talk to real experts, and they will believe this
mis-information.
On the Op-Ed page of today’s New York Times is a large ad-ed placed by ExxonMobil. Titled “Peak Oil? Contrary to the theory, oil production shows no sign of a peak,” the piece blows smoke at the growing consensus among serious petroleum geologists that production of the cheap oil on which all modern economies are based is fast approaching the day when it stops growing to match demand, levels off for a while, and then inexorably falls….The facts suggest otherwise [than Exxon’s ad].
Peter Tertzakian’s “1000 Barrels Per Second” (interview) /
‘Peak oil’ perplexities test the nerves of major oil companies /
NY Times Op Ed: The End of Oil
Is Beijing greedy for oil? /
Shell may soon be running on empty /
UK energy minister attacks 4×4 owners /
al-Qaida threatens to hit more Saudi sites /
Iraq: What civil war could look like
Record year for wind energy /
Bush: U.S. on verge of energy breakthrough /
Interview: Chevron invests in new energy sources, fears rising oil prices /
And we thought Colorado had natural gas problems
Crude tactics in the Niger delta /
Niger Delta: the gathering storm of war /
The 21st century threat: global energy terrorism /
S.Africa energy crisis may hit investment /
Ecuador reaches truce with oil protesters /
Bush advisers urge veto of oil company tax break cuts
Interview with Chevron VP /
Interview with ex-Exxon head Raymond /
China, Iran near huge oil deal /
Ukraine is “on the verge of second energy crisis” /
US Communist Party on the energy crisis /
Chavez threatens to cut off oil to US if it goes too far
A Nigerian militant commander in the oil-rich southern Niger Delta has told the BBC his group is declaring “total war” on all foreign oil interests.
The corporate plunder of Iraq /
G-8 ministers warn of wider risks from tight oil supply /
Ethanol’s a big scam, and Bush has fallen for it /
U.S. royalty plan to give windfall to oil companies /
UAE keen to buy more natural gas from Qatar /
Threat of scarcity draws oil companies to Cuba
Will global warming create any winners? /
Grist series on poverty and the environment /
The greenhouse mafia /
Climate ‘makes oil profit vanish’ /
Capturing pig power /
Eau, no: Bottled water is killing the planet
The Olduvai Theory: energy, population, and industrial civilization /
The permanent energy crisis /
Are Big Oil’s tanks running dry? /
Kinkos founder: ‘after peak oil: apocalypse or opportunity?’ /
EU admits having no plan for ‘peak oil’ crisis
Mexico’s oil output may decline sharply /
Bush’s budget would cut conservation funding /
Woes mount for oil firms in Ecuador /
Backgrounder on Bolivia’s new president /
Fortune: The hard truth about oil /
Read my lips… No new energy strategy
