Is The War On Terror A Hoax?

In the past decade, Washington has killed, maimed, dislocated, and made widows and orphans millions of Muslims in six countries, all in the name of the “war on terror.” Washington’s attacks on the countries constitute naked aggression and impact primarily civilian populations and infrastructure and, thereby, constitute war crimes under law. Nazis were executed precisely […]

Orlov: Living on Stolen Time

Consider a flame; a jet of methane, forexample, injected into an oxygen-rich atmosphere and set alight. Nowtry to describe the shape and structure of the flame mathematically,in a way that will allow you to accurately predict how its shape andstructure respond to changes in various conditions—oxygenconcentration, gas pressure and so on. You will quickly discover […]

The Third Industrial Revolution: Toward A New Economic Paradigm

Our industrial civilization is at a crossroads. Oil and the other fossil fuel energies that make up the industrial way of life are sunsetting, and the technologies made from and propelled by these energies are antiquated. The entire industrial infrastructure built off of fossil fuels is aging and in disrepair. The result is that unemployment […]

La Apertura, The Quest, and the man who tried to reverse Venezuela’s oil slide

There have been reviews published recently of Daniel Yergin’s new book, The Quest: Energy, Security and the Remaking of the Modern World. Only a professional reviewer, given an advance copy, could have finished this massive tome by now; it was released less than two weeks ago. The little meter on my Kindle tells me I’ve read 12% […]

China In Search Of Energy Security: Chavez Lays Out The Welcome Mat

President Hugo Chávez has long desired to minimize his country’s economic dependence on the United States, and since China’s huge and growing energy demands have resulted in expanded business with Venezuela, he may very well get his wish. Beijing and Caracas have a history of affable diplomatic ties, which in recent years have been strengthened […]

Ugo Bardi: The renewable revolution

Worldwide growth of Photovoltaic and Wind installed power, by Emilio Martines. Data from IEA Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme, European Wind Energy Association and Earth Policy Institute. For a change, here is a non-Cassandric post. Look at the data in the figure above, kindly provided by Emilio Martines, member of ASPO-Italy. The growth of photovoltaic and […]

Hess CEO: An Oil Insider Not Willing To Sugarcoat Our Peak Oil Problem

Most of the heads of the larger oil companies don’t speak out much about the concept of Peak Oil. If they do it is generally to assure the world that there is plenty of oil to go around for many decades to come. I don’t know if they honestly believe that or are doing so […]

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