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		<title>Peak Oil Denial: More Almost-Truths</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/05/21/peak-oil-denial-more-almost-truths/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 09:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his presentation to Montana Energy 2012, Michael Economides told Montanans, ‘You are already a superpower in oil production. You have already defied the trends and once again showed the can-do attitude of this industry, smashing the myth of the &#8216;peak oil&#8217;.
‘You have redefined and defied the trends suggesting strongly the future of energy is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Guest Post: &#8220;Peak oil is real and will stunt any economic recovery&#8221; by Rex Weyler</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/03/27/guest-post-peak-oil-is-real-and-will-stunt-any-economic-recovery-by-rex-weyler/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/03/27/guest-post-peak-oil-is-real-and-will-stunt-any-economic-recovery-by-rex-weyler/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depletion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

NOTE: In an effort to provide another platform for at least some of the insightful and important work being done by many others hoping to make our planet and its citizens a bit safer, healthier, and better-informed about matters affecting us all, from time to time I’ll turn blog space here on Peak Oil Matters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Gasoline Prices &amp; The Phony Blame Game</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/02/28/rising-gasoline-prices-the-phony-blame-game/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/02/28/rising-gasoline-prices-the-phony-blame-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 10:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil & Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ANWR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newt Gingrich]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[U.S. production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here we go again. Every time gasoline prices spike, no matter the reason, Republican leaders and talk radio’s libertarian elite reach for the American Petroleum Institute’s (API) latest talking points and crank up the ‘drill, baby, drill’ rhetoric&#8230;.
The GOP’s real energy crisis is one of focus. Republican leaders are focusing their energy on keeping America [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Reality In Mind (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/02/13/keeping-reality-in-mind-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/02/13/keeping-reality-in-mind-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:20:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Hirsch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shale oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tar sands]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1314</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A few more of those annoying facts to keep in mind as we (don’t) prepare for looming energy challenges, courtesy of three recent and excellent articles/interviews well worth the time to review in full [see Sources below for the links]:
Nothing can replace oil as the lifeblood of our culture and there is no domestic supply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thinking Out Loud, Again</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/12/09/thinking-out-loud-again/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/12/09/thinking-out-loud-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Vision]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[lifestyle]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few more thoughts on the heels of Monday’s post.
In a recent article on energy, climate change, and sports, Amanda Little shared an anecdote about an iconic National Football League team.
“The new Dallas Cowboy’s stadium, for instance, is an energy-guzzling Colossus averaging $200,000 in monthly utility bills 	and consuming about as much power as Santa [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Geopolitical Peak Oil Considerations</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/09/20/some-geopolitical-peak-oil-considerations/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/09/20/some-geopolitical-peak-oil-considerations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:21:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[China]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export Land Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geopolitical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=469</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven’t touched on too many geopolitical issues (but see here and here for examples) as they bear upon Peak Oil, but that is a result of choices made, and not a determination that the subject is unimportant.
The recent publication of both German and Australian reports on Peak Oil (here and here—the subject of an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Worth Noting</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/20/peak-oil-worth-noting/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/20/peak-oil-worth-noting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 20:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[geopolitical]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OPEC]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=248</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent some time on Friday catching up on my readings for the week, and came across several terrific articles that just happened to tie in quite nicely with the themes discussed in a series of posts I recently concluded.
I think it’s worthwhile to give those articles a little extra publicity. They will help provide readers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part III</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/13/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/13/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It remains my hope that with the right level of effort, commitment, vision, understanding, and action (BIG “ifs” of course), we can effect a reasonably non-disruptive transition away from our excessive fossil fuel dependency. It won’t be perfect or struggle-free, but we can take steps to make it easier. At this point, “easier” may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Worth Noting</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/02/worth-noting-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/02/worth-noting-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:18:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I came across an interesting online article from The Wall Street Journal.
The paper is reporting that Venezuela’s energy and oil minister is meeting in China with government and oil industry official there. The main topics of discussion will be a joint-venture refinery project and more Chinese government investment in the Venezuelan oil reserves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Look At Venezuela</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/01/a-look-at-venezuela/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/01/a-look-at-venezuela/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 01:12:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=183</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once more I’d like to detour away from my next planned post and discuss a news item that received a fair amount of media attention last week: the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) assessment that Venezuela’s Orinoco Oil Belt now contains a bit more than 500 billion barrels of “technically recoverable” oil.
There’s certainly no question [...]]]></description>
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