My essay in Australian literary journal Overland last year discussed the energy crisis and denial in the West of dwindling resources. Hello, reality (from the Independent): The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their…
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Run for the hills now
The International Energy Agency has released a date it claims is the point after which we’ll hit peak oil. 2020.
Freedom sings at the pump
Comedy gold from a deluded former Virginia governor: America is addicted to oil. What an elitist point of view. Americans are not addicted to oil. Americans are addicted to freedom — the freedom and liberty to move where and when we want. No, it’s perfectly healthy to be raping the energy reserves of the planet’s…
Pity the wealthy
What will the rich have to cope with next? Fuel prices have grounded an unexpected frequent-flyer: US hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs. Combs complained about the “too high” price of fuel and pleaded for free oil from his “Saudi Arabia brothers and sisters” in a YouTube video posted on Wednesday.
How to run a country
Why democracy doesn’t matter when poor, African states have boundless amounts of black gold.
The last days of the petrol station
The new world order that forces us to recognise our energy needs are shifting profoundly. Oil is running out: