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Monday, October 10, 2011

Peak Oil and the Financial Crisis: Where do Oil Prices Fit In?

Peak Oil and the Financial Crisis: Where do Oil Prices Fit In?

The Financial Times and Wall Street Journal have gone into full crisis mode with live blogs continuously reporting unfolding events.
Equity markets are falling and London oil prices have been flirting with $100 a barrel for the first time since February. Talk of recessions, depressions, and even collapse of the euro zone is everywhere. There seems to be general agreement that a Greek debt default is inevitable. This is to be followed by insolvency of many European banks, which in turn will lead to the possibility of debt defaults by Italy and Spain. These countries, of course, are too big to
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