http://dir.salon.com/topics/oil/?source=rss&aim=oil en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Michael Klare Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/24/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/24/oil/index.html?source=rss Before we enter the age of renewable energy, get ready for the very bumpy era of extreme energy By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/16/china_is_thirsty_again/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/16/china_is_thirsty_again/index.html?source=rss A Chinese oil firm aims for offshore riches. It is no coincidence that the price of crude just hit a 2009 high By Juan Cole Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/02/cole/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/09/02/cole/index.html?source=rss Despite a recent uptick of deaths, the withdrawal of U.S. troops needs to go on By Michael Klare Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/17/klare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/17/klare/index.html?source=rss After the disastrous Iraq war, the nation is now sadly set to serve as the supplier of the globe's energy needs By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/14/palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2009/07/14/palin/index.html?source=rss In a new op-ed, the outgoing governor of Alaska blasts President Obama's energy plan By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/sarah_palin_and_the_dollar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/08/sarah_palin_and_the_dollar/index.html?source=rss In her new career as Facebook economic analyst, the former governor warns about the perils of a weak greenback By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/peak_gasoline_demand/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/10/02/peak_gasoline_demand/index.html?source=rss Maybe we aren't doomed after all. Exxon's CEO suggests Americans are permanently losing their thirst for gas By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/bp_giant_oil_find/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/09/02/bp_giant_oil_find/index.html?source=rss BP announces a "giant" oil field, deeper below the water than Mt. Everest is high. But don't write off peak oil yet By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/31/the_norwegian_iraqi/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/08/31/the_norwegian_iraqi/index.html?source=rss If not for a case of cerebral palsy, would the course of North Sea oil development be radically different? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/21/fixing_california_with_offshore_drilling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/07/21/fixing_california_with_offshore_drilling/index.html?source=rss Students, children, the frail and the poor are all hurt by the new budget deal. But a Houston oil company scores By Michael Klare Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/15/klare/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/06/15/klare/index.html?source=rss The world's shrinking supply of oil may have disastrous effects on the economy and our security. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/the_women_of_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/11/the_women_of_oil/index.html?source=rss Worried about upcoming energy legislation, the flacks come up with a fool-proof plan. Lipstick! By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/01/the_oil_price_boom_is_back/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/06/01/the_oil_price_boom_is_back/index.html?source=rss Been to the gas station lately? It's not pretty. This time, speculators might really be to blame By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/12/trade_oil_and_green_shoots/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/05/12/trade_oil_and_green_shoots/index.html?source=rss For the first time in six months, the price of crude is pushing $60. Sit back and watch the economic "green shoots" wither. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/10/oil_demand/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/04/10/oil_demand/index.html?source=rss For a second straight year, global demand is shrinking, but the IEA says the world won't match the four-year contraction of the early 1980s. What do they know? By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/27/gdp_and_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2009/02/27/gdp_and_oil/index.html?source=rss The economic collapse at the end of 2008 brought U.S. oil consumption to its lowest mark in ten years. But so what? That's still utterly unsustainable. By Robert Bryce Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/16/gaza_invasion/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/16/gaza_invasion/index.html?source=rss Taxpayers are spending over $1 billion to send refined fuel to the Israeli military -- at a time when Israel doesn't need it and America does. By Michael Klare Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/09/oil/index.html?source=rss The price may fall still farther in 2009. Be careful what you wish for. By Mark Benjamin Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/05/suv/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2009/01/05/suv/index.html?source=rss I didn't mean to. I am an environmentalist. Really. But before I knew it, there it was, in front of my house. By Vincent Rossmeier Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/03/obama_windfall/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/12/03/obama_windfall/index.html?source=rss Barack Obama promised to institute a windfall profits tax on oil companies, but the policy was quietly removed from his Web site. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/20/chavez_putin_and_ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/20/chavez_putin_and_ahmadinejad/index.html?source=rss For Hugo Chavez, Vladimir Putin, and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sub-$50 oil is a disaster. But don't cheer too loud By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/18/peril_of_cheap_oil/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/11/18/peril_of_cheap_oil/index.html?source=rss Enjoy your trips to the gas pump while you can. It won't be long until the energy crisis is back, bigger and better than ever. By Andrew Leonard Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/29/sarah_palin_on_energy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2008/10/29/sarah_palin_on_energy/index.html?source=rss Neither Alaska, nor its governor, has the answer to America's energy problems By Alex Koppelman Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/24/drilling/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/2008/09/24/drilling/index.html?source=rss Congressional Democrats are conceding on what had become a big issue in the campaign, and Republicans are rejoicing. By David Talbot Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/23/palin/index.html?source=rss Sarah Palin has a way of using "old boys" -- then dumping them when they become inconvenient.