Middle East

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Deepwater Horizon
-Demand projections
-Briefs
-Quote of the week

-Why the tech revolution isn’t a template for an energy revolution
-Right Wing Thought Police - An Analysis
-The Iranian Threat

- Lloyd's adds its voice to dire 'peak oil' warnings
- Emirates banker: Will oil be coal?
- India cuts gas subsidy in favor of greener investments?
- Peak oil postponed again

A mid-week update of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Deepwater Horizon

-Science and The Gulf Spill – Scientists Gauge The Impact of Oil
-Saudi Arabia’s real energy problem(s)
-What happens when coal is gone?
-Saudi's Announcement

A midweekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Deepwater Horizon

A roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-The Deepwater Horizon
-Venezuela continues nationalizations
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-Deepwater horizon
-Has the EIA admitted to peak oil?
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Oil and the global economy
-Deepwater horizon
-Repercussions
-Sanctions on Iran
-Quote of the Week
-Briefs

A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including
-Prices and production
-Deepwater Horizon
-Iranian nuclear fuel

As oil companies reported sharply increased profits this week, an estimated 5000 barrels of oil a day was spewing into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig. This ecological disaster comes just a month after President Obama gave the green light to expand drilling off the US coast, and while the timing of the disaster could hardly be worse for big oil's PR...

A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including:
-Prices and production
-Iraq
-Iran
-Power shortages
-Quote of the week
-Briefs

- China offered oil for sanctions deal over Iran
- Why the US fears a nuclear armed Iran
- Want peace? Solve the energy crisis!
- US Navy to launch Great Green Fleet
- U.S. military shrinking its carbon ‘boot print

- Food aid shortfall threatens Yemen
- Food vs. fuel: growing grain for food is more energy efficient
- Colonizing cassava
- The coming famine: risks and solutions for global food security (book)

The notion of ‘peak demand’ is often invoked to suggest that the US or global economy is somehow less in need of affordable oil today or that Americans are simply finding car ownership passé. But is this really the case? Are we weaning ourselves from dependence on oil? The statistics paint a more nuanced story.