Page added on July 17, 2005
So what is it going to be like, this peakoil? Take a peak in:
1) Indonesia:
“So acute is the shortage and so desperate were some vehicle-owners that they took to sleeping overnight at the stations to ensure their tanks were filled when supply arrived.
The shortage criss-crossed the vast archipelago, disrupting public transport in provinces beyond the main island of Java, where mini- buses, ferries and boats ran out of fuel, leaving workers and travellers stranded.
In Sumatra, transport on the strategic Jambi river remains at a standstill. Fishermen in the neighbouring province of Lampung are unable to put out to sea.”
http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/Columns/20050716081245/Article/indexb_html
2) Zimbabwe:
No oil? no food!
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/VBOL-6E4GYV?OpenDocument
Oilshortages:
http://www.rednova.com/news/science/161642/zimbabwes_fuel_body_no_longer_getting_allocations_of_foreign_currency/
Public transport in trucks:
http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=42499&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21
Begging for oil in Iran…
http://www.zwnews.com/issuefull.cfm?ArticleID=12215
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