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When the Saudis became flush with cash in the '70s, they explored the idea of buying up some of the major US corporations. They were told in no uncertain terms by the US Government to keep their hand ...

We're not "running out" of copper, but supplies are tight and it will get worse if EVs go into mass production. Nickel is an issue as well.

I'd buy 3 month CDs in New Zealand dollars, which you can get at everbank.com

Thanks for the post. It was a good article.

I drive less than five miles most days (to the train station and back). An EV would be fine for me on those days. However, sometimes I jump in the car ...

Kunstler is ethnically Jewish or at least half-Jewish (read some of his autobiographical writings on his site), but he doesn't strike me as being particularly religious one way or another. I would su ...

I just finished the book. I enjoyed the historical accounts of failed civilizations such as the Greenland Norse, the Anasazi and the inhabitants of Easter Island. That part was really interesting, a ...

Thanks, guys. I have been reading everything that I can the past few weeks to try to figure out what is really going on within Saudi Arabia. The media seems to be laying off Fahd's health for some r ...

Saudi King Fahd bin Abdul Aziz appears to be nearing the end of his life, if he is not already dead, as was reported by Washington's pro-democracy Saudi Institute at the end of May 2005. Rumors of th ...

I can't understand why Iran wouldn't let him travel, unless they are opposed to spreading the word on Peak Oil for some reason.

I think Newsweek has the story about right, but they agreed to fall on their sword at the request of the White House for the good of the country.

Domus, it looks like a beautiful place. Does it have fruit trees? If not, the sooner you plant them the better.

That Google satellite beta is very cool as well.

Natural gas is largely methane, and it is considered a desirable source of energy because it contains less carbon than other fossil fuels, meaning that it produces less carbon dioxide (about 14 kg C/G ...

Good thread. When I saw the title of the thread, I immediately thought of the people commuting into NYC from the Poconos on the I-80 corridor, then when I read jmac's post I saw he used it as one of ...

True but you have to account for the depletion in other reservoirs. World depletion rate is estimated at about 3 percent. That means that we need over 2.5 million barrels just to keep production at th ...

civ101, I was too lazy to put in the hyperlinks, but they can be found in this version if you would like to check them.

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