What they believe!

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    ...They believe it is much better for America that the world be dependent on oil for energy — a commodity largely controlled by countries that hate us and can only go up in price as demand increases — rather than on clean power technologies that are controlled by us and only go down in price as demand increases...

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/18/opinion/18friedman.html
     
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    Sources Say World’s Remaining Oil Supply Less Than Reported
    - November 13, 2009
    Situation
    = International Energy Agency has purposely painted overly rosy picture of remaining oil supply to avoid public panic
    = Inaccurate oil supply has been result of heavy pressure from United States
    = Comes from 2 unnamed sources - 1 current and 1 former IEA employee
    = Many inside IEA believe maintaining oil supplies at 90M to 95M barrels a day would be impossible
    = But there are fears panic could spread on financial markets if figures brought down
    = Sources say Americans worry it would threaten their power over access to oil resources


    Significant Points

    = IEA plays key role in determining world's energy outlook; has large influence on oil price and demand
    = Many of world's largest governments have used IEA reports as basis for driving energy, environmental policy
    = Heart of the issue is looming question of peak oil
    = Whether or not we've already entered production decline
    = Or if world can still increase oil production to meet demand into near future
    = IEA has consistently said world can increase production through at least 2030
    = Whistleblower: IEA has held back analysis, data showing world may have already entered decline phase of peak oil
     
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    What they really believe
    http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&i...3562d937&attid=0.2&disp=attd&realattid=0.1&zw
     
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