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Musical Remarks About the Big Five Oil Companies
Pain at the Pump by Brent Burns “This song is self-explanatory. It’s hard not to believe that a few people are making billions off a lot of regular folks who are just getting by! These ridiculous prices are a real … Continue reading
Adapting to Peak Oil the Hard Way
Have We Really Hit Peak Oil?And if we have, we had better prepare to change the way we live.By Richard Heinberg / May 20, 2008 Last week, Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would halt a U.S. arms sale to Saudi … Continue reading
The Needle and the Damage Done
The Days of Wine and Oil-Soaked Rosesby Paul Dean / May 17th, 2008 Our valiant Prez once again in a recent interview shared his insight with Americans that we are “addicted to oil.” The solution? Bush says the country needs … Continue reading
Peak Oil to Food to Steel : The Domino Effect
First of all, we likely have already peaked last year, or are now peaking in world oil production, as currently soaring oil prices should indicate. But see also the following link: Revision of Depletion Model. This being the case, it … Continue reading
Protesters converge on Houston to say "No New Coal"
Environmental activists from Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada, Georgia, Texas, and Iowa converged on Houston May 14, 2008,to urge the Houston-based Dynegy corporation to halt construction on its six proposed coal plants. The protest targeted Dynegy’s annual shareholders meeting. Activists gathered outside … Continue reading
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The Earth : Love it or Lose it, Part II
Wind turbine at the Horns Reef wind farm in DenmarkBefore it’s too late…Support rapid development of “alternative”, renewable energy sources (solar, wind, wave, geothermal…)by Paul Spencer / The Rag Blog [This is the second in a series on The Rag … Continue reading
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Carbon Dioxide Hits New High
World CO2 levels at record high, scientists warnBy David Adam / May 12, 2008 The concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has reached a record high, according to new figures that renew fears that climate change could begin to … Continue reading
Engelhardt and McKibben : Last Chance to Save the Earth
The Defining Moment for Climate ChangeBy Tom Engelhardt Already climate change — in the form of a changing pattern of global rainfall — seems to be affecting the planet in significant ways. Take the massive, almost decade-long drought in Australia’s … Continue reading
Denial and the Oil Crisis
When you are living inside a failing empire, of course there is going to be massive denial. The last thing to go will probably be the satisfied consumerist imagery that is the stock in trade of TV commercials. Kunstler isn’t … Continue reading
R. Baker on Gas and the Economy
High gas prices here to stay?By Roger Baker / The Rag Blog Below are links to two important articles. The top one is a link and a clip from yesterday’s New York Times article that cites a Canadian bank, CIBC, … Continue reading
High Price of Oil and the Global Economy
Paris sez: No prob! Smooth Sailing Ahead Its easy to disprove the pessimism below. When we had the great depression, all we had to do was to go discover enough new US oil to keep the economy expanding and then … Continue reading
