Gas supplies at five-year low for early January
National Grid reports that gas supplies have fallen dramatically after coldest December since 1890 Andy Rain/EPA Tim Webb Guardian The amount of gas kept in…
Oil
Alaska Pipeline Closes, Oil Pushes $100 per Barrel
Drop in Production by BP, Others Threatens to Push Oil Toward $100 a Barrel Guy Chazan Wall Street Journal BP PLC and other oil producers…
7 Reasons Food Shortages Will Become a Global Crisis
Activist Post Food inflation is here and it’s here to stay. We can see it getting worse every time we buy groceries. Basic food commodities…
The Alcohol Revolution
Ty Doty Activist Post The following is a review of David Blume’s book Alcohol Can Be a Gas; all figures and statistics come directly from…
9 Breakthroughs to Boost the Coming Energy Revolution
Activist Post Oil has been the lifeblood of our modern civilization for the last hundred years, and we have become dangerously dependent on it. As…
Dramatic spike in gas prices forecast
Demand for oil keeps increasing Patrice Hill Washington Times Oil and gasoline prices have risen to their highest levels in two years, and analysts say…
Prospect of UK fuel protests rises
Britain faces the prospect of a fresh wave of fuel protests after campaigners and MPs condemned new tax rises that will see the price of…
China-Russia oil pipeline launched
Strategic Pipeline Announced PressTV Russia and China have launched a 3,600-kilometer pipeline to export the oil of the biggest producer in the world to the…
The Role of 9-11 in Middle East Resource Control
Government Lies, Contrived Wars, and Why Muslims and Victims of Our Empire Hate Us David Redick — Activist Post Preamble The first version of this…
Experts: Food and fuel shortages imminent as new Ice Age dawns
Terrence Aym Helium With an Ice Age comes abrupt change, and with change comes death—sometimes death on a massive scale. More of the world’s top…
Oil Juggernaut Unleashed
There Will Be Blood (Miramax Films) Giordano Bruno Neithercorp Press The prevalence of crude is undeniable. You might dabble in green-think cultism or you might…
The Peak Oil Crisis: 2011 – A Pivotal Year?
Tom Whipple FCNP Wall Street is getting nervous. As oil prices continue to creep up and as more evidence accumulates that the age of ever-growing…
Brazil to replace oil rigs with ‘underwater cities’
Traditional oil rigs will be replaced with “underwater cities” within a decade under ambitious plans being drawn up by Petrobras, Brazil’s state-owned energy group. Petrobas…
Ex-Shell president sees $5 gas in 2012
Laurie Segall CNN NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The former president of Shell Oil, John Hofmeister, says Americans could be paying $5 for a gallon of…