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    • Thu Aug 14th 10:05 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Natural Gas & Wind Power - The Pickens Plan
      Peak Oil is real, but Pickens' plan will not help. His plan will consume much fossil energy in the creation of wind turbines. The plan will divert some natural gas for use in the transportation sector. But the U.S. is facing natural gas shortages as there are not enough terminals for natural gas delivery from abroad, and no one wants the terminals near them, as they are terrorist targets.

      It is time to start preparing for Peak Oil impacts: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Mon Aug 11th 15:55 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Oil: Does Supply and Demand Still Apply?
      Virtually every expert concludes that we cannot increase oil production.

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons and most independent analysts, global oil production is now declining, from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

      This is equivalent to a 33% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH-USA, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil? Email: clifford dot wirth at yahoo dot com or give me a phone call which operates here as my old USA-NH number 603-668-4207.


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    • Sun Aug 10th 08:53 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Bob Moriarty: Gold is Safe Haven for Looming Crash
      Gold is not a safe haven. As the world goes into recession, the demand for gold in jewelry and the manufacture of electronics will decline. As the recession worsens, some gold investors (especially retirees) will sell their gold to get needed cash. Gold has little intrinsic value. The bubble of gold investment will burst as soon as the price drops and people realize that the price of gold can fluctuate greatly. Declining confidence will kill the price of gold. Here is how the recession will happen:

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons, global oil production is now declining, from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

      This is equivalent to a 33% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil? clifford dot wirth at yahoo dot com or give me a phone call which operates here as my old USA-NH number 603-668-4207.
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    • Wed Aug 6th 09:06 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Five Great Businesses Currently on Sale
      If Frank Rong had been reading the material on this website, he should know that Peak Oil is not "B.S.," rather it is a scientific fact, established as so by the National Academy of Sciences in 1977.

      Most independent studies and analysts come up with crude oil peaking now and global liquids not far behind (crude oil peak dates given here): Matthew Simmons 2005; German based and parliament funded Energy Watch Group 2005, Kenneth Deffeyes 2005, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2005, David Cohen 2011, T. Boone Pickens (2005), Samsam Bakhtiari 2005, Tony Eriksen 2008, Rembrandt Kopplear 2008-2010, Fredrik Robelius 2012, Chris Skrebowski by 2011, Sadad Al Husseini, we will pump no higher, Jeffrey Brown (soon), and Stuart Staniford (soon).

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons and other independent forecasters, global crude oil production is now declining, from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

      This is equivalent to a 33% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from “outside,” and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil?


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    • Tue Aug 5th 10:25 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      GM May Hit $200 Before Oil Does
      Peak Oil is NOW. Most independent studies and analysts conclude that crude oil is peaking now and global liquids are not far behind (crude oil peak dates given here): Matthew Simmons 2005; German based and parliament funded Energy Watch Group 2005, Kenneth Deffeyes 2005, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2005, David Cohen 2011, T. Boone Pickens (2005), Samsam Bakhtiari 2005, Tony Eriksen 2008, Rembrandt Kopplear 2008-2010, Fredrik Robelius 2012, Chris Skrebowski by 2011, Sadad Al Husseini, says we will pump no higher, Jeffrey Brown and Stuart Staniford (soon).

      Even the cheerleaders for the oil producers/extractors (CERA, EIA, and IEA) have indicated that global oil production is peaking.

      Interestingly, the U.S. Energy Information Agency and International Energy Agency still have not given the world a specific time frame for global peaking.

      Sometimes I wonder what happened to my tax dollars :(

      And the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency has said nothing about what to do when oil production is so low that the highways and power grid fail in the not too distant future :(

      All of the documentation and references for this are available in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil?

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    • Mon Aug 4th 10:00 AM | Rating: +1 0
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      Moving to a Trans-Industrial Paradigm
      "A vase from the Ming dynasty, no matter how beautiful, will not help freezing homeowners in the Northeast." For the same reason, people who hold gold as an investment will find out in the future that gold is pretty, but doesn't buy much and could be used instead of lead for fishing sinkers. Clifford J. Wirth www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Mon Aug 4th 04:53 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Safe Haven Investments Amid a Global Crisis
      This is a very informative article, with one exception. According to the most knowledgeable scientists, nuclear fusion if possible, is decades away from coming to fruition.

      More important, nuclear fusion and most alternatives yield electric power, which is not the liquid fuel that we need for 18 wheel trucks, combines/tractors, trains, buses, cars, trains, and ships.

      Peak Oil will never "be behind us."

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons and other independent forecasters, global crude oil production is now declining, from 74 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.
      This is equivalent to a 33% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from “outside,” and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH, but moved to a sustainable place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area with a good climate and good soil?
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    • Sun Jul 27th 09:57 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Stagflation and Peak Oil: How Related Are They? (Part I)
      Stagflation is here for sure.

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons, global oil production is now declining, from 85 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

      This is like a 45% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Sun Jul 20th 13:06 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Does Al Gore Finally Get It?
      Mr. Fitzsimmons is right, Peak Oil is a major threat to the economy:

      According to energy investment banker Matthew Simmons, global oil production is now declining, from 85 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. During the same time demand will increase 14%.

      This is like a 45% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand for oil is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted.

      Alternatives will not even begin to fill the gap. And most alternatives yield electric power, but we need liquid fuels for tractors/combines, 18 wheel trucks, trains, ships, and mining equipment.

      We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems.

      This is documented in a free 48 page report that can be downloaded, website posted, distributed, and emailed: www.peakoilassociates....

      I used to live in NH, but moved to a safer place. Anyone interested in relocating to a nice, pretty, sustainable area, good climate with much rain and good soil?

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    • Sun Jul 6th 09:22 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Alternative Energy for Investors: High Volatility, Great Promise
      Paolo Pettuzzti makes important points about alternative energies: they don't yield much energy and they are costly in a time of shrinking captal. I have examined all of the prospective alternative energies in a free 48 page updated downloadable report that can be copied, website posted, and emailed to anyone: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Wed Jul 2nd 09:36 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Personal Rapid Transit: Preempting the Need for Oil in Urban Transport
      Personal Mass Transit is a great idea, but we will trouble with raising the capital, and cost of energy needed for new major infrastructure will be high. Global oil production is now declining, from 85 million barrels per day to 60 million barrels per day by 2015. At the same time demand will increase 14%. This is like a 45% drop in 7 years. No one can reverse this trend, nor can we conserve our way out of this catastrophe. Because the demand is so high, it will always be higher than production; thus the depletion rate will continue until all recoverable oil is extracted. The price of oil will soon be unbelievably high, and so too will capital costs. We are facing the collapse of the highways that depend on diesel trucks for maintenance of bridges, cleaning culverts to avoid road washouts, snow plowing, roadbed and surface repair. When the highways fail, so will the power grid, as highways carry the parts, transformers, steel for pylons, and high tension cables, all from far away. With the highways out, there will be no food coming in from "outside," and without the power grid virtually nothing works, including home heating, pumping of gasoline and diesel, airports, communications, and automated systems. This is documented in a free 45 page report that can be downloaded and distributed/ emailed: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Tue Jun 24th 01:00 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is 'Peak Oil' Already Affecting the Stock Market?
      All of the electric power we could ever want is not going to solve the liquid fuel crisis. There is not even a plan of how to build the infrastructure for electric trucks, freight trains, and tractors and combines. In addition, when the Interstates and power grid go out from a lack of oil/diesel for maintenance, that's it. No transportation of products, no food coming in on the Interstates, and no home heating, which needs electric power to operate. Read more here in a 50 page free downloadable report: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Sun Jun 22nd 13:12 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      The 'Peak Oil' Myth: New Oil Is Plentiful
      The scientific and independent government agency studies refute what Mr. Schwarz has written in this article. Peak Oil is now and the impacts will be catastrophic: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Sun Jun 22nd 13:06 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is 'Peak Oil' Already Affecting the Stock Market?
      No one has a plan of how we will use electric power for truck and train transport, nor is there a plan of how to use electricity to power tractors and combines (this being especially challenging). When oil production declines enough, we will not be able to maintain the Interstate highway, nor the electric power grid. This is not so far in the future, maybe 10 years. The U.S. will experience Peak Oil impacts sooner and more severely than much of the world. Most studies indicate that Peak Oil is here now. Anyone interested in relocating? See the free 50 page report here: www.peakoilassociates....
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    • Thu May 29th 16:08 PM | Rating: 0 0
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      Is Crude Oil a 'Bubble' Ready to Burst?
      Increasing oil prices are driven by high demand, increasing at 1.8% annually, and flat production since 2005. Studies indicate that oil production will begin to decline starting now and that the decline will accelerate in January 2009. As soon as production dips just a little, oil prices will soar. There is no bubble, just increasing demand and shrinking supply. I have written a free up-to-date report on the Peak Oil energy crisis here: www.peakoilassociates....
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