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Anybody know annual extraction v discovery values for any year this decade ?
Oil only, not thinking about gas or all fossil fuels.

Thanks

A paper was published in the Proceedings Of The Royal Society last month titled "Can a collapse of global civilization be avoided?" Abstract: Environmental problems have contributed to numerous collapses of civilizations in the past. Now, for the first time, a global collapse appears likel...

Any comments on this ? :-

http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2 ... your-lover

Here's the data in CSV format... Country ,Price per gallon ,Daily Income ,Expensive Rank ,Pain ,% Daily Income Venezuela ,$0.09 ,$28.00 ,55 ,55 ,0.32 Kuwait ,$0.88 ,$128.00 ,53 ,54 ,0.69 UAE ,$1.89 ,$186.00 ,51 ,53 ,1.02 Saudi Arabia ,$0.61 ,$55.00 ,54 ,52 ,1.11 Luxembourg ,$7.24 ,$345.00 ,26 ,51 ,2...

We don't really need aircraft carriers of the same size anymore now that 'Dave' is organizing the return of those 20 Spitfires from Burma.

What chances do Skyhawks or Mirages have against British boys in Spitfires !

Interesting infographic from the Economist.

http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicd ... lumberjack

T Boone Pickens gives a talk on TED about how natural gas is the way forward for the USA. I haven't watched it yet, but I've seen the transcript. Why does he seem to not understand about peak gas? Using it as a bridge fuel is one thing, but using it as a bridge fuel to enable us to support 9 billion...

nexus wrote:Back on topic, this is a good intro to PO-very accessible and clear
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOMWzjrRiBg

I agree. I watched it today. Now I'm going to try to get others to watch it.
I've posted a link to it on Facebook etc.

It's a bit USA centric as expected, but as an introduction to the basic concepts discussed here and without the usual talking heads I thought it was excellent and I certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to watch it or better still use it to get friends and family on board. http://www.youtube.com/w...

Unfortunately DODGY TAX AVOIDERS tend to make titles free for a very limited period - sometimes as little as 24 hours. I got lucky.

Stakeholders... Brilliant RC.

JohnB, what makes you think the antichrist would have a heart.

I`ve found two free Kindle Ebooks on DODGY TAX AVOIDERS. Consumptionomics and Powering the Future.

Cheers

But, if RBS were their central bank, would we (sassenachs) demand our bail-out money back? And if we did, would they have the loot to cough up??[/quote] Can I just point out that the word Sassenach is probably a corruption of the Gaelic word for Saxon and actually means (in their terms) 'Lowlander'....

Turmoil across the Middle East sent oil prices jumping and has raised big questions about the security of the energy supplies that have powered the world economy for the past 100 years. Peter Day investigates the future of oil.and what the current upheavals might mean for other energy supplies. Stil...