The oil seesaw
Demand in the U.S. falls for the third straight quarter. But China's thirstier than ever, and it isn't alone.
Tuesday, Apr 22, 2008 4:35 PM UTC 11Politics Environment, China, U.S. Economy
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Politics Environment, China, U.S. Economy
How not to prepare for peak oil
Russia, Nigeria, Mexico: Please open your arms to foreign oil companies so we can pump out your black gold even faster
Thursday, Apr 17, 2008 7:23 PM UTC 24Politics Environment, Globalization
The decline and fall of the American empire of debt
Kevin Phillips' newest excoriation of the state of the union, "Bad Money," is the right book for the right time.
Monday, Apr 14, 2008 10:00 AM UTC 27Politics U.S. Economy, Globalization
North Dakota — the next Saudi Arabia
Anti-peak oilers are rejoicing at the news of huge oil reserves yearning to be drilled. But it won't be cheap, and it won't be easy. OPEC can relax.
Wednesday, Apr 9, 2008 5:12 PM UTC 32Politics Globalization
Peak oil? Consider it solved
It won't be easy but we can fix our oil and climate problems at the same time.
Friday, Mar 28, 2008 11:20 AM UTC 115News Environment, Energy, Peak Oil
The upside to peak fertilizer
Synthetic production of nitrogen consumes oodles of energy. Organic never looked so good
Thursday, Feb 7, 2008 4:27 PM UTC 16Politics Globalization
Has world oil production already peaked?
Tadeusz Patzek, biofuel critic supreme, says the numbers so far this year support a peak oil hypothesis
Thursday, Oct 11, 2007 11:00 AM UTC 30Politics Globalization
How global warming will save us from peak oil
A melting Arctic will make it easier to extract fossil fuels from the formerly frozen north.
Tuesday, Oct 9, 2007 3:26 PM UTC 12Politics Environment, Energy
Don’t cry for Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom's petroleum minister claims that efforts to rein in the demand for oil are unfair to his country. But maybe the world has bigger problems?
Thursday, Sep 27, 2007 9:50 PM UTCPolitics Environment, Globalization
The oil price paradox
As the price of crude surges again to new highs, even the CEO of Exxon says he can't figure out what's going on
Wednesday, Sep 12, 2007 3:27 PM UTC 11Politics China, U.S. Economy
Blaming labor for peak oil problems
Costs are booming in the Wild West oil sands territory of Alberta. Fie on those workers spoiling the party for everyone else
Wednesday, Aug 15, 2007 9:43 PM UTCPolitics Globalization
The day the drilling stopped
Yet another peak oil nightmare: The end of dentistry as we know it is nigh.
Wednesday, Jul 25, 2007 9:21 PM UTCPolitics Globalization
If it smells like peak oil, it probably is
A bleak new report from the International Energy Agency offers plenty of fodder for those who believe the era of cheap oil is over, forever.
Monday, Jul 9, 2007 6:19 PM UTC 17Politics Energy, Globalization
The missing link in Mexico’s declining oil production
The words the Wall Street Journal dare not speak: "Peak oil."
Thursday, Apr 5, 2007 2:59 PM UTC 26Politics Globalization
The not-so-final word on peak oil
The Government Accountability Office takes a hard look at the global energy crisis. Could be, we have a problem.
Thursday, Mar 29, 2007 9:01 PM UTC 11Politics Energy, Globalization
Peak oil — the German techno-thriller
Who needs science fiction for a fantastic plot when a global energy crisis looms?
Tuesday, Mar 27, 2007 4:35 PM UTCPolitics Energy, Globalization
Bill McKibben says we’re stuffed
We've eaten, developed and drilled to near oblivion, says the environmental writer. It's time to realize that having more stuff is not the road to paradise. Oh, really?
Friday, Mar 23, 2007 11:59 AM UTC 76Entertainment Environment, U.S. Economy
“Switchgrass is cool, dude”
A House hearing on energy development shockingly features politicians asking experts substantive questions about ethanol and peak oil.
Thursday, Mar 1, 2007 11:52 PM UTCPolitics Globalization
Mystery Cassandra
A prudent man offers a prescient warning on riotous living and peak oil.
Tuesday, Dec 5, 2006 6:23 PM UTCPolitics Energy, Globalization
Cheaper to buy than find
Peak oil sneaks into the Wall Street Journal.
Tuesday, Oct 24, 2006 10:03 PM UTCPolitics Globalization
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