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Tag Archives: oil dependence
U.S. House meeting on terrorist threats to energy security
[ Even though this hearing was over a decade ago, the issues are still the same. Nothing has changed. Alice Friedemann www.energyskeptic.com author of “When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation, 2015, Springer] House 109-70. July 27, … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Chokepoints, Middle East, Oil Shocks, Transportation
Tagged oil dependence, oil shock, Ras Tanura, saudi arabia, SPR, strategic petroleum reserve, terrorism
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The Hidden Costs of Oil. U.S. Senate hearing 2006.
[ This post has excerpts from the 2006 U.S. Senate hearing “The Hidden Cost of Oil”. It is a timely reminder, now that gasoline prices are low and peak oil off the radar, that we are nowhere near the American … Continue reading
Posted in Caused by Scarce Resources, Military, Peak Oil, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence, U.S. Congress Energy Policy
Tagged energy policy, oil dependence, peak oil, war
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Oil shocks and the potential for crisis U.S. House 2007
Preface. There have been two oil shockwave “oil crisis stimulations”, summaries of both from 2005 and 2007 are below. Oil Shockwaves confront a mock U.S. cabinet with highly plausible geopolitical crises that trigger sharp increases in oil prices. Participants must … Continue reading
Posted in Military, Oil Shocks, U.S. Congress Energy Dependence
Tagged cafe standard, military, oil dependence, oil shock, shockwave, SPR, strategic petroleum reserve
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