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American democracy no doubt had much to do with what happens when a small population gets access to a very large resource base.

This is an excellent point.

And along with access to such a ...

Oil supply is not going to go off a cliff, so the scenario you describe is fantasy.

Might as well be a cliff.

How does an economy slowly not grow at all, hmm?

The US economy catches a bad co ...

We'll cling to our 6000-pound no-passenger, driver-only commuter vehicles until the bitterest possible end.

When oil depletion shifts into high gear, the level of anger that will be focused on the ...

I wouldn't worry about the psychological shock.

Boobus Americanus will rationalize even the highest energy prices. It will be widely promoted by Rush Limbaugh and the rest of the right wing chorus ...

There is an immense amount of data for every country
in the world and every aspect of
this issue at the USGS web site on world oil reserves.
http://pubs.usgs.gov/dds/dds-060/

Ummmm.....the USG ...

As the current crop of aggressive US politicians start talking about US energy security, the Canadians are in the target zone.

Once oil depletion starts to really hurt the US economy, guys like W ...

Lastly, the more you read or listen to these lies the more you will be convinced, you need to stop cold turkey before you become schizopherinic also. The more intelligent brains can really damage th ...

But let's not think about what the world will be facing circa 2020 (Bakhtiari estimates we will be down to 55 mbpd) to 2050. The only question that remains is when does industrial civilization effe ...

U.S. has survived 37 years of its own post oil peak, with minor energy shortages or setbacks here & there.
Yup. That huge US military has been good for something. We have been able to force a wo ...

“Unfortunately, government decisions often are swayed less by what is best for the market and consumers than by what is in the best interests of individual nations or political ideologies.

In ot ...

This is another scam by southern politicans to throw out emotion charged conservative social issues to make themselves popular with the voters. Gun control, abortion, homo marriage, etc.

In the mea ...

"The right to defend oneself from an imminent act of harm should not only be clearly defined in Texas law, but is intuitive to human nature," Perry said on his Web site.

How about when our live ...

I reiterate, until such time as there is a significant requirement on OPEC to meet demand which has outrun supply there is zero proof the Saudis are in trouble. Someday they definitely will be but it ...

You can call this scenario "nuclear war as humanitarian gesture."

Damn.

This would be a tough call even for the most hardened decision maker. Lobbing a nuke into an urban area....

It's ...

As I see it: Decrease in Available Exports = Exporting Countries depletion + Exporting Countries increase in demand

This is an important issue. Maybe we could come up with some revised numbers he ...