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Oil Price Slide - No Good Way Out
The world is in a dangerous place now. A large share of oil sellers need the revenue from oil sales.
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Peak oil notes - Nov 6
A mid-week update. The great oil crash of 2014 continued this week with New York futures trading below $76 a barrel for a time on Tuesday before rebounding to close Wednesday at $78.67.
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Faces of Fracking: Lupe Anguiano
An 85-year-old civil rights hero takes on Big Oil and the company burying the industry’s dangerous waste.
Nov 5, 2014
Will fossil fuel divestment take root in South Africa?
When it comes to divestment — be it the U.S. campaigns against tobacco and sweatshop labor in the 1990s or the current global Boycott, Divestment and …
Nov 5, 2014
Investment in Solar Stocks Crushed Big Oil
In October, 2014, Deutschebank issued a report stating that solar will reach grid parity in 36 of fifty US states by 2016. Solar has already reached parity …
Nov 4, 2014
Federal Reserve Policy Keeps Fracking Bubble Afloat
In August 2005, the U.S. Congress and then-President George W. Bush blessed the oil and gas industry with a game-changer: the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
Nov 3, 2014
When the Shale Runs Dry: A Look at the Future of Fracking
If you want to see the future of the shale industry — what today's drilling rush will leave behind — come to Bradford, Pennsylvania.
Nov 3, 2014
Growth in Global Total Debt sustained a High Oil Price and delayed the Bakken “Red Queen”
In this post I present a retrospective look at my prediction from 2012 published on The Oil Drum (The “Red Queen” series) where I predicted that …
Nov 3, 2014
Peak Oil Review - Nov 3
A weekly roundup of peak oil news, including: -Oil and the Global Economy -The Middle East and North Africa -Russia/Ukraine -China -Quote of the Week -The Briefs
Nov 2, 2014
Is there really an oil glut?
Ironically, the swoon in oil prices could easily lead to renewed price spikes as the price falls below the cost of producing the most expensive barrels of oil. Under such conditions, the industry …
Oct 31, 2014
Energy Crunch: Losing power?
Should we be worried about the threat of a cold dark winter?
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