Our economic perturbations become more bizarre every day.
Tag: peak
Nicholas F. Benton: ‘Peak Oil Crisis’ Is Alive & Well
This month marks the fourth anniversary of now-globally famous commentator Tom Whipple’s “Peak Oil Crisis” column that originated with and has been published weekly exclusively in the Falls Church News-Press, the Washington D.C. area’s most progressive newspaper.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Stimulus
As the economy spirals deeper and deeper into an economic morass, Washington’s attention this week is focused on the $900 billion economic stimulus package that is making its way through the Congress.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Parsing Obama’s Remarks
On Monday President-elect Obama introduced the folks that will lead the nation’s energy and environmental policies for the next four or possibly eight years.
The Peak Oil Crisis: July 2008 – A Month To Remember
There is a growing consensus among those who follow such things, that the new high of world oil production (87.9 million barrels a day) reached last July is likely to go down in history as the all-time peak.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Edging Towards Reality
Last week the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris released their annual report on the state of the world’s energy resources — World Energy Review 2008.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Mea Culpa
Earlier this week The Washington Post’s media critic, Howard Kurtz, published an apology on behalf of the media for its weak coverage of the multi-year run-up to the current financial debacle.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Bailouts & Shortages
We are witnessing one of the most eventful weeks in modern history. Stocks and oil prices plunged on Monday and bounced on Tuesday; credit markets seem to be freezing; the Congress remains in gridlock as members watch the approaching elections fearful of what could happen to their incumbency.
Senator Mary Margaret Whipple’s Richmond Report
Earlier this year I sponsored legislation to establish a Commission on Energy and the Environment that I now chair.
The Peak Oil Crisis: The Washington Post Meets Peak Oil Lite
For those who aren’t ready to buy into the concept of world oil production going into decline in the next few years, there is a less worrisome subset making the rounds known as “peak oil lite.”
