This is a must see documentary produced by Ronan Doyle. Do yourself a favor and take a 50 minute break and watch it now. It is that important.

If you're not in shock when it is finished, leave a comment on your thoughts about it. Have Fun!

The project “Asleep in America ” is a documentary that explores the topic of Peak Oil. Experts agree that Global Peak production will surely happen. They disagree only on when it will happen. Oil industry analysts predict the Global Peak could occur around 2020. Critics disagree and provide evidence suggesting the Peak will occur as early as 2010. Either way, the Peak is inevitable. See the promo here:

John Helmer, Mineweb
Russian energy and mining companies are preparing for the visit to Africa early next month of President Vladimir Putin. But the black backdrop of the visit, the first in half a century by a Russian head of state, is the increasingly aggressive reaction of the Bush administration in Washington to the combination of arms and business which the Russians are offering those whom the US considers to belong to its camp.

Canadian Press via Globe & Mail

Ottawa — Canada has agreed to negotiate a second phase of the Kyoto Protocol, dispelling concerns that the Conservative government would try to block progress at a major climate conference in Bonn.

Richard Kinley, acting head of the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat, hailed the international consensus at a final news conference Friday from Germany.

Stephen Leahy, Inter Press Service via Common Dreams
BROOKLIN, Canada - China, India and Brazil could cut their rapidly rising energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by more than 25 percent using existing energy efficient technologies.
Despite the potential cost savings, conservative bankers are reluctant to loan money to fund improvements in energy efficiency, an international study said Monday.

Simon Romero, NY Times via Planet Ark

...Coal, the nation's favorite fuel in much of the 19th century and early 20th century, could become so again in the 21st. The United States has enough to last at least two centuries at current use rates — reserves far greater than those of oil or natural gas. And for all the public interest in alternatives like wind and solar power, or ethanol from the heartland, coal will play a far bigger role.

By: Matthew Simmons, Simmons International

55 slides, including:

Questions We Should Have Asked:

• Could end to sustainablie energy supply growth be nearing?
• How soon could 'peak oil and gas' arrive?
• How long would peak stay at a plateau?
• How fast could supply then decline?
• Is peak oil more likely than peak natural gas?

Our Energy Gauges Are Broken