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		<title>Keeping Reality In Mind (Pt 1)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/19/keeping-reality-in-mind-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/19/keeping-reality-in-mind-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:25:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bakken Formation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten months ago, I offered this observation:
This is the reality: we’re NOT running out of oil, and we won’t for several more decades. But that is not the point and never is when discussing peak oil. Peak oil is about the rate of production, the quality of oil, the ease of access, refinement, availability, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Tiresome Denial</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/12/more-tiresome-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/12/more-tiresome-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would the New Year be if we didn’t have an offering of more half-truth, delusional nonsense about our fossil fuel status?
Amy Myers Jaffe (nice takedown here) wrote an article for Foreign Policy a while back, serving up another example from the playbook of denial nonsense. As I suggested in a series of posts at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spot The Peak Oil Denier Test Criteria (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/11/29/spot-the-peak-oil-denier-test-criteria-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/11/29/spot-the-peak-oil-denier-test-criteria-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EROEI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my last two posts, there are some common threads running through the mostly nonsensical camps arguing against the reality that oil is a finite resource which is now on the downside of its maximum production rates. We fact-based lunatics call that Peak Oil.
I outlined (only partially tongue-in-cheek) some of the initial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spot The Peak Oil Denier Test Criteria (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/11/22/spot-the-peak-oil-denier-test-criteria-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/11/22/spot-the-peak-oil-denier-test-criteria-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hirsch Report]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I mentioned in my last post, there are some common threads running through the mostly nonsensical camps arguing against the reality that oil is a finite resource which is now on the downside of its maximum production rates &#8230; Peak Oil.
[NOTE: If you have not yet read this terrific article by James Quinn and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still More Never-Ending Efforts To Skate Past The Facts Of Peak Oil (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/10/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/10/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[optimism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: Back in April, I followed-up on a series of posts which I first began a year ago and last discussed back in April ([links below*). In that series, I’ve discussed the apparently limitless ability of too many to either ignore facts about oil production entirely, or who instead resort to efforts where disingenuous arguments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still More Never-Ending Efforts To Skate Past The Facts Of Peak Oil (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/03/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/03/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 11:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GOP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[rate of production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1040</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: Back in April, I followed-up on a series of posts which I first began nearly a year ago and last discussed back in April ([links below*). In that series, I’ve discussed the apparently limitless ability of too many to either ignore facts about oil production entirely, or who instead resort to efforts where disingenuous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still More Never-Ending Efforts To Skate Past The Facts Of Peak Oil (Pt 1)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/09/26/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/09/26/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1037</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in April, I followed-up on a series of posts which I first began nearly a year ago and last discussed back in April [links below*]. In that series, I’ve discussed the apparently limitless ability of too many to either ignore facts about oil production entirely, or who instead resort to efforts where disingenuous arguments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STILL Not Getting It (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/28/still-not-getting-it-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/28/still-not-getting-it-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil shale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shale gas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tar sands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This is the latest installment in a new PeakOilMatters series (which started here). It’s about finding a new and better vision to get to, through, and beyond Peak Oil and its widespread impact on what we produce, how we produce, and how we live. We won’t be falling off a cliff tomorrow, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>STILL Not Getting It (Pt 1)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/24/still-not-getting-it-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/24/still-not-getting-it-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:28:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Vision]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[offshore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This is the latest installment in a new PeakOilMatters series (which started here). It’s about finding a new and better vision to get to, through, and beyond Peak Oil and its widespread impact on what we produce, how we produce, and how we live. We won’t be falling off a cliff tomorrow, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Never-Ending Efforts To Skate Past The Facts Of Peak Oil</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/02/10/more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/02/10/more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 13:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brazil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ghana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heavy oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kashagan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil exploration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil production]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orinoco Basin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Venezuela]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=695</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent post (here), I indicated that there were two more recent articles unseriously attempting to persuade readers that all is well in oil-production world. I’ll discuss the second piece today. (There are always more, of course, but these two jumped out at me as “better” examples of misguided attempts to deny that we [...]]]></description>
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