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January 02, 2013

Conservation Not Technology will be our Saviour Says Chris Martenson
London, UK (SPX) Jan 01, 2013
In the first part of this series Chris Martenson spoke about: Why we shouldn't be speaking about Energy Independence, why we could see $200 a barrel oil in the near future, why peak oil is not a defunct theory, what we aren't being told about the shale boom, and much more. In the concluding part Chris Martenson talks about how How tight oil is being oversold and other critical issues facing the global energy industries. b>James Stafford: /b>With cheap oil looking like a thing of the past, what o ... read more

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