Michael Klare: The New Geopolitics of Energy
While the day-to-day focus of US military planning remains Iraq and Afghanistan, American strategists are increasingly looking beyond these two conflicts to envision the global combat environment of the emerging period--and the world they see is one where the struggle over vital resources, rather than ideology or balance-of-power politics, dominates the martial landscape. Believing that the United States must reconfigure its doctrines and forces in order to prevail in such an environment, senior officials have taken steps to enhance strategic planning and combat capabilities. Although little of this has reached the public domain, there have been a number of key indicators.
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Nigeria oil rebels say mulling Obama truce appeal
LAGOS (Reuters) - Rebels who have stepped up attacks on Nigeria’s oil industry in the last month said on Sunday they were considering a ceasefire appeal by U.S. presidential hopeful ...
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The financial crash has a simple cause and a simple solutionFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-16 07:01:42
The WSJ has a decent article describing the current financial crisis and pulling no punches:
Debt Reckoning: U.S. Receives a Margin Call
The U.S. is at the receiving end of a massive margin call: Across the economy, wary lenders are demanding that borrowers put up more collateral or sell assets to reduce debts.
The unfolding financial crisis -- one that began with bad bets on securities backed by subprime mortgages, then sparked a tightening of credit between big banks -- appears ...
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Post Date: 2008-03-16 06:07:57
Deffeyes: Seven Deadly Sins
1. Thou shalt not drive an SUV at 70 miles per hour on the freeway, with the air-conditioner running, just to pick up a half gallon of milk at the grocery store.
2. Thou shalt not waste energy and water by enjoying long hot showers.
3. Thou shalt not vote for a presidential candidate who does not speak up about peak oil.
4. Thou shalt not read the writings of Michael Lynch, Daniel Yergin, Jed Mouawad, or ExxonMobil. Pray that they may soon reco...
more David Paterson: First Openly Peak Oil Aware GovernorFrom: feeds.feedburner.com
Post Date: 2008-03-15 06:46:24
Eliot Spitzer’s historic fall from grace was a blow to many progressives who believed that he would reform New York’s dysfunctional state government, but his replacement may be equally transformative, but from a Peak Oil perspective.
David Paterson will be the nation’s first legally blind Governor and only the fourth African American governor (New York’s first)since Reconstruction ended. As I wrote back in 2006, Lieutenant Governor David Paterson is no...
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Post Date: 2008-03-15 06:10:59
US fuel dealers seek emergency heating oil release
NEW YORK, March 14 (Reuters) - U.S. heating oil distributors are planning to ask the government to release emergency heating oil supplies as part of a package to ease a cash crunch this winter, a source said Friday.
The squeeze for dealers has been caused by delayed payments from low-income customers and sky-high prices for their own fuel inventory and mirrors problems faced by the sector in 2004 when a run-up in prices pushed ...
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