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[Belly of the Beast] Hurricane Katrina's aftermath only hints at what will happen when demand for crude outstrips supply. This is one of the first occurences in a major media source where Peak Oil has been addressed head on with the term Peak Oil right up front. I can already see all the letters coming in from all locals saying that there's oil all over the place.
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[Taxes, Money, and Secret Combinations] Falling to Pieces and Tumbling to the Ground. Al...: "The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co.," the Houston Chronicle reported on September 1, well before the current effort to "rescue" and "evacuate" those not killed outright during the storm and afterwards, as Bush was on vacation and FEMA twiddled its thumbs, allowing as many residents as possible to die before people who actually have a conscience and are not neoliberal sociopaths began to scream and demand Bush be impeached for criminal negligence. "Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so," that is to say after the "refugees" have been relocated in distant slums.
[Where We're Bound] Katrina: New Orleans flood could have been prevented: I'll start with a topic which is no secret: The flooding of New Orleans was predicted and even expected in the case of a direct hit by a Category 4 or 5 hurricane. This has been known for many years.
[CODE THREE] JAMES WOLCOTT: MAN AMONG MEN: With a linked "this" in this post, James linked to the Rolling Stone... on the problems of economic collapse, peakoil, and the like.
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