August 2006

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Fri 11 Aug 2006

Will Cuban oil break U.S. embargo?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Economics , New Oil , Cuba
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By TODD LEWAN, Associated Press/MIAMI .Some facts about America’s trade embargo with Cuba: It’s been U.S. policy since 1961. It has yet to loosen Fidel Castro’s grip on power.  It has cost America little strategically or economically. Until now, that is.

From here on out, say a growing chorus of experts, America will pay a price for maintaining its 45-year trade ban with the communist nation — a strategic and economic price that will have negative repercussions for the United States in the decades to come.

What has changed the equation? Oil. (more…)

Fri 11 Aug 2006

A New Oil Regime in the Middle East?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iran , Iraq , production disruption , Saudi Arabia
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Fri 11 Aug 2006

Nuclear energy reality check

Posted by Darragh Field under Peakist
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Wed 2 Aug 2006

The power of community: How Cuba survived peak oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Permaculture , Peak Oil , Energy , Agriculture , Cuba
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