End of Major Combat Operations… 2 years Ago

Can you believe it was two years ago today that President Bush landed on the Abraham Lincoln and declared “major combat” to be over? According to a lucky find on Google. (at this server .Mil address so we know it’s from the US military: web1.whs.osd.mil/mmid/casualty/OIF-Deaths-After.pdf) there have been 1404 casualties (deaths) of US military personnel …

Peak Oil by 2006?

That’s what Colin Campbell says in a recent Guardian article: Campbell reckons global peak production of conventional oil – the kind associated with gushing oil wells – is approaching fast, perhaps even next year. His calculations are based on historical and present production data, published reserves and discoveries of companies and governments, estimates of reserves …