The Green Files > Is Zimbabwe the First Casualty of Peak Oil?

http://sustainablog.blogspot.com [sustainablog] From the Falls Church News-Press (which may well be the single best source of information and thought on peak oil) comes an overview of Zimbabwe's recent economic troubles, which include severe oil shortages. While writer Tom Whipple makes clear that this African country won't likely serve as a model for circumstances that lead to peak oil, with a truly "dysfunctional government" imposing bizarre economic policies, the results may provide a picture for what oil shortages could look like:

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Vision Circle: In the case of Zimbabwe, all this human misery is not completely attributable to peak oil and unaffordable gasoline; an abysmally incompetent government is playing a major part in the country's economic demise well in advance of better governed nations. (via Cosmos)

[Radical Noesis - Thinking outside the box] Oil Is In the News But Little About Peak Oil: He notes that peak oil seems to be "below the radar of even the most attentive newspaper readers" peak oil is happening. It is unfortunate that he blame news readers rather than news writers for the lack of "attentiveness," thereby missing an important opportunity to stimulate the press into better coverage.

http://peakoil.blogspot.com [Peakoil.blogspot.com] Peak Oil News: The Peak Oil Crisis: A Mid-Summer Review: Below the radar of even the most attentive newspaper readers, however, the first stirrings of peak oil reality are starting to trickle in. Not surprisingly, most of these reports come from the poorer parts of the world where $60 oil is simply too much for fragile economies.

Resourceinvestor.comhttp://www.resourceinvestor.com [Resourceinvestor.com] Resource Investor - Energy - US Govt Sponsored Peak Oil Report ...: If peak oil is not upon us already, the chances of minimizing future damage are fair and it is certainly encouraging to know that government authorities are taking the threat seriously. Any way you slice it however, the economy and the consumer are unlikely to escape unscathed through the transition period into other energy sources as the world comes to grips with a new evolving paradigm in satisfying its needs for energy consumption.

Peakoil.com[Peakoil.com] Peak Oil News and Message Boards >> Consumption; Demand; Prices ...: Peak Oil, Peak Oil Message Boards, Peak Oil Forums, Peak Oil News, Oil Peak, ... Re: Fuel shortage cripples Zimbabwe (Score: 1) by Phil on Thursday, ...

Washingtonmonthly.com[Washingtonmonthly.com] The Washington Monthly: what you want are vehicles that don't burn oil." I think he means something like the gas-optional hybrid, which could get all its power for local trips from solar panels or wind turbines. We can cut petroleum requirements by 75% with current battery technology, and a big market for traction batteries will help push prices down, range up, and oil requirements down further.

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