Geopolitics

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Wed 4 Jul 2007

How Wars of the Future May Be Fought Just to Run the Machines That Fight Them

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics
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The Pentagon vs Peak Oil By Michael T. Klare

Sixteen gallons of oil. That’s how much the average American soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan consumes on a daily basis — either directly, through the use of Humvees, tanks, trucks, and helicopters, or indirectly, by calling in air strikes. Multiply this figure by 162,000 soldiers in Iraq, 24,000 in Afghanistan, and 30,000 in the surrounding region (including sailors aboard U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf) and you arrive at approximately 3.5 million gallons of oil: the daily petroleum tab for U.S. combat operations in the Middle East war zone. (more…)

Sat 30 Jun 2007

Kremlin lays claim to huge chunk of oil-rich North Pole

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , New Oil , Russia , Climate Change
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Sat 30 Jun 2007

The real casus belli: peak oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Iraq
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Mon 4 Jun 2007

Iraq’s oil boom isn’t delayed, it’s relocated to Canada

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Iraq , New Oil , Climate Change
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Mon 12 Mar 2007

A Different Kind of Great Game

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , China
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Wed 24 Jan 2007

Are Saudis waging an oil-price war on Iran?

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iran , Saudi Arabia
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Mon 22 Jan 2007

Council on Foreign Relations -”National Security Consequences of Oil Dependency”

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics
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Fri 12 Jan 2007

New Oil Law Means Victory in Iraq for Bush

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iraq , New Oil
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Mon 8 Jan 2007

Russian-Belarus oil row rattles EU nerves

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Economics , Russia
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Tue 12 Dec 2006

Shell gives in to Kremlin over Sakhalin-2

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Russia , Gazprom , Gas , New energy order
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Wed 6 Dec 2006

Global campaign against a civilization based on oil

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Peak Oil , Geopolitics , Economics , Environment , Climate Change
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Sat 2 Dec 2006

THE NEW WORLD OIL ORDER, Part 1

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Geopolitics , China , Russia
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Sat 2 Dec 2006

THE NEW WORLD OIL ORDER, Part 2

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Geopolitics , China , Russia
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Tue 26 Sep 2006

China’s Oil Deals With Iran, Myanmar Put It at Odds With U.S.

Posted by diderot under Peakist , Energy , Iran , China , Resource , New Oil
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Tue 19 Sep 2006

Iran and oil weapon

Posted by Dan Welch under Peakist , Geopolitics , Iran
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