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Yesterday | The Motley Fool

5 Heresies of Energy Tech Investing

David Gardner called it. He's up 1,334%! See what David's recommending that you buy NEXT.

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Wed Nov 25, 2009

Peak Oil

The oil-economy connection

Saudi Arabia's oil production company is Saudi Aramco. Its former Vice President of oil exploration and production, Sadad al Husseini, recently made the following comment on oil prices at the 30th Oil & Money Conference, held in London on October 20-21: ... as you go up to say $90 a barrel, you're consuming 4.5% of the global economy [for oil].

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Tue Nov 24, 2009

Maple Ridge News

Commentary: Tale of the two-headed giant

Each moonlit night the giant would eat one of the old woman's pigs. Finally, she hired a young feller to keep watch.

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Peak Oil

Food riots will mark the end of oil

The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared... There's been a lot of stale argument recently about oil - is it running out? Are we approaching/at/passed Peak Oil ? Business, unsurprisingly, isn't waiting for the answer; it's working out what will happen next.

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Mon Nov 23, 2009

Peak Oil

The Oil Age: How Long Will It Last?

From time to time, pessimistic analyses are published which forecast that the world will reach 'peak oil' levels, which means that the remaining oil reserves will not be able to meet future increases in the demand for energy.

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Sun Nov 22, 2009

The Oil Drum

Drumbeat: November 22, 2009

Glenn Labhart Chair, Energy Oversight Committee Global Association of Risk Professionals Topic: Energy Risk Professional: Understanding the Energy Markets The dawn of the Third Industrial Revolution "The most hated man in science" said that it may be too late to save civilization.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East,

Seeking Alpha

Berkshire Well Positioned for Buffett's Prediction on Electric Cars

Warren Buffett met with students from Rice University's graduate school of business Friday.

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Related Topix: Berkshire Hathaway, Insurance, Warren Buffett, Rice University, Construction, Investment Services

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Associated Content

Why Algae Biodiesel Should Be Used on a Widescale and Federally Funded

In an age where humans are the driving force behind global warming, peak oil, and food shortages, more and more people are looking to alternative energies to solve the world's problems.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Renewable Energy (Green Energy)

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Scoop

Speech: Katene a " Govt Vehicle Procurement Bill

The Maori Party has supported all previous legislation that seeks to address the dual crises of peak oil and climate change.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Peak Oil

The IEA's "Whistleblower" Is Irrelevant

To get some substance to the story and to get somebody to go on record, The Guardian spoke to John Hemmings a Member of Parliament, and chair of the UK all-party parliamentary group on peak oil and gas.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

The Oil Drum

Drumbeat: November 18, 2009

COP15 failure and Peak Oil success: Why exaggerate Global Warming? OECD leaders go far out of their way to never, ever mention Peak Oil.

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Related Topix: Global Warming, Mexico, World News, Costa Rica, Central America, Banking, Financial Services, Ubs Ag

New Statesman

We need to go cold turkey to kick our addiction to oil

Forget "green growth". Judging by the hard numbers, only two economic factors produce reliably good environmental outcomes: high energy prices and recession.

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

The New York Times

Green Inc.: No Peak Oil Before 2030, Study Says

A new report suggests that oil production will not peak for at least two more decades and will plateau for decades after that.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science, World News, OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)

Mon Nov 16, 2009

The Age

Why peak oil doesn't matter

There's only one reason why you'd invest in the oil and gas sector; because you're confident that, over the long term, the price of oil is going to rise.

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Related Topix: Geology, Science, Wisdom Teeth, Health

Peak Oil

How the Great Recession Will Transform America

Warren Buffett bought a RR anticipating a major change in America driven by high energy costs.

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Related Topix: Warren Buffett

New York Magazine

David Edelstein on The Road

D oomsday sagas have never been far from our collective American imagination, but they've rarely been closer.

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Related Topix: The Road, 2012, Antichrist, End Times, Movies, Entertainment

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Guardian Unlimited

Energy security body calls for 'urgent' review of impact of oil shortages

Virgin, Stagecoach and Yahoo among firms calling for measures to address economic dislocation from a sudden rise in oil prices Peak oil predicted.

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North Denver News

Wow! - Some evidence for Abiotic oil- gas production - peak oil

For years, in has been taken for gospel in Russian oil circles that oil was simply a limitless resource, created by physical processes deep within the earth.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

After Gutenberg

More Texan Tall Tails

Brooklyn Treehugger Matthew McDermott relays word that "world oil reserves are far lower than officially reported, the situation far more serious than publicly admitted, and we're already past peak oil ." The Oil Drum is a weblog about energy and our future and "Peak Oil" is a favorite topic .

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

UTV

Peak oil: what does the data say?

The controversy over the International Energy Agency figures has hightlighted the peak oil debate.

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