If guys like Charlie stopped working for a year, you'd have to turn a few things off, big things like, say, New York and Ohio.

Jad Mouawad: As oil giants lose influence, supply drops
A few speculators dominate vast market for oil trading
The future is now; the end of cheap oil
Russia sees oil output stalling
Raymond James: State of Russian oil ‘much worse than we would have imagined 6 months ago’

If the peak theory proves true, the intersection between rising worldwide demand and a decline in world production would likely drive prices much higher, giving drillers even more incentive to go after every last drop of oil they can find in old fields as well as new ones. (Texas oil man Jim Baldauf, co-founder of ASPO-USA, is interviewed.)

As we see news of the possible (and increasingly likely) bailout of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae by the US Treasury, I am reminded of something that I have been writing about nuclear energy, ie that it should be financed by the State, and I'd like to extend on why I think there are fascinating similarities between the two topics, however distinct they may seem.

Long term oil is headed back up, for all the familiar reasons. Really, it’s not like anyone is finding new large oil deposits out in exploration land. Indeed, a whole lot of looking is leading to not very much finding in the exploration patch.

Waste-to-energy plants a waste of energy, recycling advocates say
Renewable power's growth in Colorado presages national debate
Michael Vickerman on feed-in tariffs (audio)

Oman turns to coal for power
Carbon sequestration frustration
Oil shale stuck between rock and wild place

Bolivia gets the change it asked for
Life is a misery for ‘married bachelors’ in the UAE
Fresh start for Nigerian oil activists?

Friedman on McCain & renewables: 8 strikes and you’re out
Colbert on offshore drilling
Raleigh county mountain at center of coal vs. wind debate
Beware the energy hot air (the Pickens plan)
Woolsey on T Boone Pickens
API: Oil demand at 5-year low
Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil
Do it ALL for energy?

Jeff Vail: Theory of disruptions to oil & resource supply
Al Franken touts energy proposals
Calif Atty General Jerry Brown: Ignore peak oil and be caught with your pants down
Bull on energy, a bear on nearly everything else: Eric Sprott
Murti's detractors eat crow
WaPo: Prices driving increased extraction
Why does abiotic oil theory ignite peak oil theorists' fulminations?