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Join the Capital Campaign - Help Bring Our Message to Washington
ASPO-USA is strengthening its presence in Washington DC, as part of our strategic plan to influence policymakers, build partnerships with other national organizations, and elevate our media capabilities. ASPO-USA executive director Jan Lars Mueller is now based in Washington, and our main office will be moving to the nation’s capital. Increasing our reach on
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Call for Writers
ASPO-USA is seeking to expand and diversify its roster of contributing writers. Through our annual conference and other activities, ASPO-USA has developed an extensive national and international network of experts and leaders on a wide range of energy-related issues, many of whom also serve as contributing writers. Our writers help advance our goal to illuminate decisions about America’s
Tell President Obama to Address Peak Oil—Sign the Petition
President Obama is expected to deliver a speech on oil and energy issues on April 20, the anniversary of the 2010 Gulf Oil Spill. ASPO-USA is co-sponsoring a petition urging President Obama to use this opportunity to talk frankly about the peak oil energy challenge-acknowledging the increasing costs and risks of our oil dependence, and the prospect of a peak and decline in world oil production in
World in Upheaval - Current Developments 2-21-2011
Hardly a day goes by now without reports of new demonstrations against the established order in some corner of the world. What started in Tunisia, spread to Egypt, has now metastasized in many Middle Eastern states. Even China seems to be to be vulnerable to popular uprisings made possible through widespread access to the Internet, social networking and cell phones. So far Libya is the only major oil
Oil and the Global Economy 2-21-2011
Last week oil prices were dominated by a balance between fears that spreading unrest in the Middle East would lead to restrictions on oil exports and concern that Beijing’s efforts to control inflation would slow oil imports. The buildup of stocks at the Cushing, Okla. futures contract delivery point to near record levels continued to keep NY oil prices well below those in London. NY oil traded
TWIP Fails to Warn of a 1.8 mb/d Supply Shortfall by Bill James
Mission failure. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) is funded by American taxpayers to warn about energy issues. Every Wednesday the EIA publishes This Week in Petroleum (TWIP). The failure to warn is highlighted in the Jan 12, 2011, TWIP: “EIA expects a continued tightening of world oil markets over the next
The Tierney-Simmons Bet
Five years ago, John Tierney, a columnist with The New York Times, and Matt Simmons, peak oil guru and founder of energy investment bank Simmons & Co., made a bet. Simmons argued that oil prices would be much higher in 2010. Tierney, a believer in human ingenuity and a follower of economist Julian Simon, took the other position. Simon, a so-called Cornucopian, argued that there would always be
The Problem of the Middle Way By Sharon Astyk
To everyone’s collective enormous relief, the IEA’s 2010 World Outlook reassured the world that while oil prices may rise and conventional crude oil production may have peaked in 2006, we don’t have to worry about dramatic, longer-term energy-price increases. IEA predicts a gradual creep towards $113 per barrel by 2035. By 2015, we do have to worry that we might get up to $90 per
Review November 1, 2010
Download Full PDF 1. Oil and the Global Economy It was a rather quiet week with oil hovering around $82 a barrel and closing on Friday at $81.43. Large US crude inventories continue to keep a lid on prices as does the lack of much positive news on the economy. The oil markets continue to move along with
The Impact of Peak Oil: An Alternative View
At the ASPO Conference in early October 2007, Robert Hirsch presented his view of the impact of peak oil on the economy and society. While most of his assertions are readily supportable, the historical record is nevertheless perhaps more nuanced and deserves consideration in thinking about future events. To begin
