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Topic started on 13-4-2005 @ 09:34 PM by dbates
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I didn't see a thread on resources for studying the oil situation so I thought I'd start one by sharing a couple of my favorite resources.
Simmons & Company - An independent investment bank specializing in the energy
industry. The head of the company, Matthew R Simmons is one of the worlds best authorities on oil, and has advised Pres. Bush on the US energy
situation. His speeches are a must read.
WTRG Economics - A good place to keep up to date on current news in the energy field.
Energy Information Administration - Official energy statistics for the US government.
International Energy Association - Harder to find good information here, but there's a bit of good stuff to be
found.
IAGS or Institute for the Analysis of Global Security Not updated lots but worth a look. They can't be
that bad. They did an exclusive interview for us on ATSNN. Oddly enough this article
didn't generate much discussion. O well, now we have an entire forum for this. Yeah!
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reply posted on 3-5-2005 @ 10:08 PM by Gools
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Websites Dedicated to Peak Oil:
Die off: The grand-daddy of the peak oil websites. I don’t think it has been updated in a few years but there are
hundreds of articles on that site spelling out the magnitude of the problem. It’s ugly and hard to navigate (needs a serious redesign) but the
information is overwhelming.
Energy Bulletin: Probably the BEST website for daily news concerning energy and peak oil issues. They
collect articles from all over the net and often have full articles from sites that require registration (so you don’t have to).
Life After the Oil Crash: A very good site explaining things on a very basic level and in plain
English. Also has a collection of daily news.
ASPO: The Association for the Study of Peak Oil&Gas was started a few years ago by Dr. Collin Campbell. He and Matt
Simmons (see dbates’ post above) have been the two leading gurus trying to wake us up to the problem for literally years now.
Other good sites to visit:
IAGS: Institute for the Analysis of Global Security for information on the geopolitics of oil.
Oil Crash: A New Zealand website about peak oil.
Dry Dipstick: another peak oil metadirectory.
Surviving Peak Oil: A site dedicated to what you can do to prepare. Also has a library and bibliography of
good reference materials.
Websites with Mixed Content and Important Peak Oil Content:
From the Wilderness: Michael Ruppert has been following the peak oil story for
years and has a large collection of articles including those written by Dale Allen Pfeiffer.
Financial Sense: The energy page of this site tracks daily news and market effects of the
energy crunch. They have lots of very good information on economic news, energy markets and precious metals. (Their Storm Watch page was the
inspiration for my Great Depression thread.)
The Daily Kos page on the peak oil issue.
Important Articles:
Eating Fossil Fuels: Just plain scary and should put to rest any notion
that biofuels will save us.
Joy Ride to Global Collapse: Written in 1996!!
The Energy Racket: more information than you can handle.
I’ll be adding to this list as I find more.
I encourage all members to do the same and keep this as the authoritative reference thread on peak oil.
I've made it a "sticky" at the top of the forum page.
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reply posted on 18-5-2005 @ 11:11 AM by Paranoid Pain
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thanks for the sites! i got LOADS of info. i didnt check every single one, but i found everything i needed
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reply posted on 1-7-2005 @ 05:13 AM by cyberpunk1
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Maybe it is not so bad that I ride my bike to work...
Great LINKS!!! If anything I am getting a better understanding...
Thanks again 
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reply posted on 29-8-2005 @ 06:32 PM by Jadette
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reply posted on 4-9-2005 @ 02:42 AM by Thatoneguy
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I love that USGS PDF. It's a little bit outdated ( about 5 years old) but it's important to note that it says "The price of oil is quite likely to
stay above $25 per barrel"
It's almost 3 times as much right now!
Some more sites to consider
www.theoildrum.com...
www.oilcast.com...
www.peakoil.com...
www.thewatt.com...
www.bloomberg.com...
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reply posted on 22-9-2005 @ 08:42 PM by Lord Altmis
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned this:
How Gas Prices Work
auto.howstuffworks.com...
"Crude oil - The biggest portion of the cost of gas -- about 45 percent -- goes to the crude-oil suppliers. This is determined by the world's
oil-exporting nations, particularly the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)"
This means that wherever oil is per barrel only makes up for less than half the cost you actually pay at the pump.
If you call a broker and request a quote on the ticker: .GAS you can see where it is before the added premium.
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reply posted on 24-9-2005 @ 05:05 PM by PeteTPP
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Just saw this thread. Great Info  
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reply posted on 27-9-2005 @ 01:42 AM by Dulcimer
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reply posted on 20-2-2006 @ 06:28 PM by Gools
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A one hour interview with Richard Heinberg, author of Powerdown & James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency:
www.financialsense.com...
A must listen for anyone just getting familiar with Peak Oil issues.
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reply posted on 15-4-2006 @ 01:23 PM by wadefrazier3
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Heinberg is great at describing the problem, but does not want to hear about solutions that do not fit into his neo-Malthusian paradigm:
www.ahealedplanet.net...
Long ago, somebody began a thread regarding my work here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
which died a few times, but my latest response is here:
www.abovetopsecret.com...
Maybe some life will be breathed into the discussion.
Peak Oil does not have to mean six billion people disappearing off the planet due to energy scarcity, as Heinberg encourages.
Wade Frazier
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reply posted on 16-5-2006 @ 06:57 PM by halfandhalf
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Even tho I think Peak Oil is a scam.
Here's a video on it. Mike Ruppert - Denial Stops Here
www.youtube.com...
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reply posted on 3-10-2007 @ 06:35 PM by Crandall
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SPAM REMOVED
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reply posted on 2-1-2008 @ 06:22 PM by GriffinRD
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At my own peril I've spent the last 50 years, like most Americans, ignoring the debate over oil, as we just figured that with governments and
mega-corporations involved, that there was no point. That we would just accept the knowledge about oil, spoon fed to us somewhere around the 4th
grade. I appreciate you posting all these links on the definition of peak oil. I had been wondering where my basic knowledge came from, and had no
idea that there was such a plethora of serious oil dogma out there. Nobody would then dare speak out against this concept of "Peak-Oil" with so
many people, institutions, governments and think-tanks rallying on that side of the coin.
Until recently, I did not know there was another side to the coin of what is "Oil". Since about the 4th grade when I found out those cool dinosaurs
I just learned about, had turned to oil and my dad was burning them in the family car, I thought something was wrong with that theory, but being a
mere 4th grader, who was I to even question it.
So I was pleasantly surprised when I finally turned the coin over and found another defintion of Oil which made much more sense of the economics,
politics and theory of Oil. But breaking away from the herd and speaking out is problematic at best.
One of the fundamental truths about mankind is that he only knows and understands what he is willing learn. Hence the herd mentality. It takes
time and effort to learn anything and few are willing to put out either.
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reply posted on 20-2-2008 @ 08:32 PM by WurldNewz
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thanks, thanks, thanks.... was lookin for this kind of info last night, got me some extra goodies there
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reply posted on 27-3-2008 @ 06:11 PM by Nookster
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The whole peak oil thing is a myth, peak atmosphere is another issue; but oil, we're afloat in the stuff despite constant lies to justify wars and
high prices.
They keep telling us that no super-giant fields have been discovered since 1968, well here:
Post 1968 Super Giant Oil Field Discoveries
The real central issue in that article was that air is the commodity we need to worry about running out of, but I did document eight super giant oil
field discoveries between 1996 and 2008.
Also, a significant number of those were found not in sedimentary deposits where oil of biological origin is found, but by drilling through granite or
basalt basement rock to get at abiotic oil coming up from the mantle beneath.
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reply posted on 22-4-2008 @ 12:51 AM by chupacabraboy
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thnx u guys u just added an "A" to my writing grade  
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reply posted on 6-5-2008 @ 09:54 AM by tribalzendancer
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Films about Peak Oil (viewable online)
The website also has a lot of good films on related subjects.
- Tim
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reply posted on 15-5-2008 @ 02:06 PM by GriffinRD
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It is frustrating to now know that we have all the oil we could ever want, but it is being kept from us in order to serve the need for some kind of
global war of control. We are less than pawns in that game, and I hate being used for no good reason. (at least none that I'm privy too)
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