That BBC article you've linked is my favourite. I have a huge list of "respected news links" bookmarks, lets see if I can dig up some new sources for you. A lot of these I'll just use energybulletin links for, but EB puts the original link at the top of each article.
-ABC Australia:
http://www.energybulletin.net/3322.html http://www.energybulletin.net/3379.html
-The NY Times:
http://energybulletin.net/4698.html
-Oil & Gas Journal:
http://www.energybulletin.net/3305.html
-San Francisco Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/03/21/RESERVES.TMP#sections
-Philadelphia Enquirer:
http://www.energybulletin.net/1765.html
-Rolling Stone Magazine:
http://www.energybulletin.net/4856.html
-Physics Today Magazine (great retort to "alternative energy will save us"):
http://www.physicstoday.org/vol-57/iss-7/p47.html
-The Wall Street Journal:
http://energybulletin.net/2188.html
Three of the largest Canadian newspapers:
-The Toronto Star has done a lot, here are the most direct two:
The End of Suburbia Draws Nigh Crude Dudes
-The Globe and Mail:
Article
-The National Post (Canada)
http://www.energybulletin.net/2368.html (Note: the post has also ran articles against PO)
If you're talking to these people online, you could also try these free movies:
-Straight from a US congressman:
http://www.eande.tv/main/?date=041805
-The BBC (this is from the start of the Iraq War):
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8582.htm
And of course, you should also mention there are books, academic journal papers, a documentary, etc. available whenever you bring this up.