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Bethany McLean: Saudi America
Bethany McLean: Saudi America The truth about fracking & how it’s changing the world by Adam TaggartFriday, March 1, 2019, 3:37 PM For years now we’ve been covering the false promise of the American shale oil “miracle”. Yes, it has extracted a lot more oil out of American soil that most thought possible. But at an […]
Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal? Most people expect that our signal of an impending reduction in world oil or coal production will be high prices. Looking at historical data (for example, this post and this post), this is precisely the opposite of the correct price signal. Oil and coal supplies decline because prices fall […]
Everyone Has Fallen for the Lies About Venezuela
Everyone Has Fallen for the Lies About Venezuela There are three things I know for sure in this fanciful, sometimes inglorious experience we call life: You will never have a safety pin when you need one, and you will have thousands when you don’t need one. Wild animals are breathtakingly majestic until they’re crawling up […]
Oil, Agriculture and Imperialism: Averting the Fast-Track to Armageddon?
Oil, Agriculture and Imperialism: Averting the Fast-Track to Armageddon? Image source US National Security Advisor John Bolton has more or less admitted that the ongoing destabilisation of Venezuela is about grabbing its oil. He recently stated: We’re looking at the oil assets… We’re in conversation with major American companies now… It will make a big difference to […]
Oil, Agriculture and Imperialism: Averting the Fast-Track to Armageddon?
Oil, Agriculture and Imperialism: Averting the Fast-Track to Armageddon? US National Security Advisor John Bolton has more or less admitted that the ongoing destabilisation of Venezuela is about grabbing its oil. He recently stated: “We’re looking at the oil assets… We’re in conversation with major American companies now… It will make a big difference to the […]
Why Must Venezuela Be Destroyed?
Why Must Venezuela Be Destroyed? February 01, 2019 “Information Clearing House” – Last week Trump, his VP Mike Pence, US State Dept. director Mike Pompeo and Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton, plus a bunch of Central American countries that are pretty much US colonies and don’t have foreign policies of their own, synchronously announced that […]
Eat Less Meat and Save the Planet
Eat Less Meat and Save the Planet Dr. D: Eat less meat to save the planet – report (1)The new diet that could save the planet (2)What to eat to save the planet: Report urges ‘radical changes’ to world’s diet – less meat, more veggies (3) These headlines, likely sourced from a recent article from “The Lancet” (4) are a regular feature of our time, in […]
Is Oil Behind Washington’s Venezuela Coup Madness?
Is Oil Behind Washington’s Venezuela Coup Madness? On January 23 US Vice President Pence sent a message via Twitter that Washington recognized the 35-year-old Speaker of the Venezuela National Assembly, Juan Guaido, as the “legitimate” President of the troubled country, and not elected President Maduro. The fact that it was first Pence and not the US […]
The Next Big Threat For Oil Comes From China
The Next Big Threat For Oil Comes From China There is a widespread concern in the world regarding China’s decelerating economic growth. The slowdown, if it continues, threatens economic activity almost everywhere. Growth in Germany, for example, has already cooled due to its exports of high-quality machinery to China dropping precipitously. Those in the oil […]
Just Like Iraq, Warns Venezuela’s Maduro, US Wants to ‘Get Hands on Our Oil’
Just Like Iraq, Warns Venezuela’s Maduro, US Wants to ‘Get Hands on Our Oil’ “We will not allow a Vietnam in Latin America,” says nation’s president ahead of opposition demonstrations on Wednesday. Pro-government supporters attend a rally against U.S. President Donald Trump in Caracas, Venezuela in 2018. (Photo: Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters) Warning that U.S. military intervention […]
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money
Venezuela’s US-Backed Coup Leader Immediately Targets State Oil Company, Requests IMF Money Unelected US-backed coup leader Juan Guaidó immediately moved to try to restructure Venezuela’s state-owned oil company and seek financing from the neoliberal IMF. The right-wing opposition leader that the United States is trying to undemocratically install as Venezuela’s president immediately set his sights […]
Saudi Arabia: We’ll Pump The World’s Very Last Barrel Of Oil
Saudi Arabia: We’ll Pump The World’s Very Last Barrel Of Oil Saudi Arabia isn’t buying the peak oil demand narrative. OPEC’s largest producer continues to expect global oil demand to keep rising at least by 2040 and sees itself as the oil producer best equipped to continue meeting that demand, thanks to its very […]
Art Berman: Exposing The False Promise Of Shale Oil
Art Berman: Exposing The False Promise Of Shale Oil Estimates of recoverable oil are proving wildly wrong Art Berman, geological consultant with over 37 years experience in petroleum exploration and production, returns to the podcast this week to debunk much of the hopium currently surrounding America’s shale oil output. Because the US is pinning huge […]
The Shale Oil Revolution Actually Reflects a Nation in Decline
Shutterstock The Shale Oil Revolution Actually Reflects a Nation in Decline Faster consumption + no strategy = diminished prospects Here in the opening month of 2019, as the US consumes itself with hot debate over a border wall, far more important topics are being ignored completely. Take US energy policy. In the US press and […]
Fracked Shale Oil Wells Drying Up Faster than Predicted, Wall Street Journal Finds
Fracked Shale Oil Wells Drying Up Faster than Predicted, Wall Street Journal Finds In 2015, Pioneer Natural Resources filed a report with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission, in which the shale drilling and fracking company said that it was “drilling the most productive wells in the Eagle Ford Shale” in Texas. That made the company […]
