Respected oil analyst Charles Maxwell has told Forbes – and with it the North American business establishment – to brace itself for peak oil by “2017 or 2018.” Maxwell is rapidly becoming the new Matthew Simmons, an establishment peak oil whistleblower.

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Respected oil analyst Charles Maxwell has told Forbes – and with it the North American business establishment – to brace itself for peak oil by “2017 or 2018.” Maxwell is rapidly becoming the new Matthew Simmons, an establishment peak oil whistleblower.

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- Peak oil article in Portuguese newspaper Expresso
- Japan to drill for controversial ‘fire ice’ (methane hydrate)
- Report for the French government: “The Effects of High and Volatile Oil Prices” (NEW)
- CAE: Les effets d’un prix du pétrole élevé et volatil
- World unprepared for “convergent crisis”, international force needed?

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- Peak oil article in Portuguese newspaper Expresso
- Japan to drill for controversial ‘fire ice’ (methane hydrate)
- Report for the French government: “The Effects of High and Volatile Oil Prices” (NEW)
- CAE: Les effets d’un prix du pétrole élevé et volatil
- World unprepared for “convergent crisis”, international force needed?

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The recent leak of a German military report on peak oil has generated much interest among peak oil analysts. This review examines the Bundeswehr report in the context of other publicly-available military analyses of peak oil and concludes that the new German report is highly significant for several reasons.

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The recent leak of a German military report on peak oil has generated much interest among peak oil analysts. This review examines the Bundeswehr report in the context of other publicly-available military analyses of peak oil and concludes that the new German report is highly significant for several reasons.

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The following is a selected list of studies of various aspects of energy security (including peak oil) which have either been conducted by members of the military/security research community, or which raise issues with direct military/security relevance.

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The following is a selected list of studies of various aspects of energy security (including peak oil) which have either been conducted by members of the military/security research community, or which raise issues with direct military/security relevance.

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