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Ask the pilot: With oil prices soaring, airlines are struggling as never before. What's in store for fliers?; By Patrick Smith May 16, 2008
The peak oil culture wars: Do conservatives oppose conservation because they don't like taking the bus? Or because they're terrified that those dirty hippies were right all along?; Andrew Leonard May 12, 2008
Peak oil explains lack of UFOs: Why is there no evidence of alien space-faring civilizations? Maybe it's because the cost of jet-fuel got too high; Andrew Leonard May 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton throws economists off the bus: But it's not just the dismal scientists she is disavowing with her charges of oil market manipulation.; Andrew Leonard May 5, 2008
The education of an oil reporter: A year ago, the New York Times' Jad Mouawad pooh-poohed the theory of peak oil. But $120 a barrel for crude forces everyone to rethink their positions; Andrew Leonard Apr 29, 2008
The oil seesaw: Demand in the U.S. falls for the third straight quarter. But China's thirstier than ever, and it isn't alone.; Andrew Leonard Apr 22, 2008
How not to prepare for peak oil: Russia, Nigeria, Mexico: Please open your arms to foreign oil companies so we can pump out your black gold even faster; Andrew Leonard Apr 17, 2008
The decline and fall of the American empire of debt: Kevin Phillips' newest excoriation of the state of the union, "Bad Money," is the right book for the right time.; Andrew Leonard Apr 14, 2008
North Dakota -- the next Saudi Arabia: Anti-peak oilers are rejoicing at the news of huge oil reserves yearning to be drilled. But it won't be cheap, and it won't be easy. OPEC can relax.; Andrew Leonard Apr 9, 2008
Peak oil? Consider it solved: It won't be easy but we can fix our oil and climate problems at the same time.; By Joseph Romm Mar 28, 2008
The upside to peak fertilizer: Synthetic production of nitrogen consumes oodles of energy. Organic never looked so good; Andrew Leonard Feb 7, 2008
Has world oil production already peaked?: Tadeusz Patzek, biofuel critic supreme, says the numbers so far this year support a peak oil hypothesis; Andrew Leonard Oct 11, 2007
How global warming will save us from peak oil: A melting Arctic will make it easier to extract fossil fuels from the formerly frozen north.; Andrew Leonard Oct 9, 2007
Don't cry for Saudi Arabia: The Kingdom's petroleum minister claims that efforts to rein in the demand for oil are unfair to his country. But maybe the world has bigger problems?; Andrew Leonard Sep 27, 2007
The oil price paradox: As the price of crude surges again to new highs, even the CEO of Exxon says he can't figure out what's going on; Andrew Leonard Sep 12, 2007
Blaming labor for peak oil problems: Costs are booming in the Wild West oil sands territory of Alberta. Fie on those workers spoiling the party for everyone else; Andrew Leonard Aug 15, 2007
The day the drilling stopped: Yet another peak oil nightmare: The end of dentistry as we know it is nigh.; Andrew Leonard Jul 25, 2007
If it smells like peak oil, it probably is: A bleak new report from the International Energy Agency offers plenty of fodder for those who believe the era of cheap oil is over, forever.; Andrew Leonard Jul 9, 2007
The missing link in Mexico's declining oil production: The words the Wall Street Journal dare not speak: "Peak oil."; Andrew Leonard Apr 5, 2007
The not-so-final word on peak oil: The Government Accountability Office takes a hard look at the global energy crisis. Could be, we have a problem.; Andrew Leonard Mar 29, 2007
Peak oil -- the German techno-thriller: Who needs science fiction for a fantastic plot when a global energy crisis looms?; Andrew Leonard Mar 27, 2007
Bill McKibben says we're stuffed: We've eaten, developed and drilled to near oblivion, says the environmental writer. It's time to realize that having more stuff is not the road to paradise. Oh, really?; By Ira Boudway Mar 23, 2007
"Switchgrass is cool, dude": A House hearing on energy development shockingly features politicians asking experts substantive questions about ethanol and peak oil.; Andrew Leonard Mar 1, 2007
Mystery Cassandra: A prudent man offers a prescient warning on riotous living and peak oil.; Andrew Leonard Dec 5, 2006
Cheaper to buy than find: Peak oil sneaks into the Wall Street Journal.; Andrew Leonard Oct 24, 2006

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