Life After the Oil Crash

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Breaking News: Monday November 16th, 2009

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Editor's Note: Follow Up to Last Week's Bombshell Regarding the IEA's Intentional Obfuscation of Peak Oil, "Reality has become too dangerous"

By now, just about all of you have heard about the bombshell dropped by an IEA insider regarding the agency's fear of setting off panic should they issue accurate estimates of the world's oil reserves. If you missed it, just check last Wednesday's LATOC Breaking News Update.

Yesterday, the UK Guardian published a follow up regarding the World Energy Outlook report. An excerpt:

















This all seemed pretty gigantic news to me but . . . did it cause headlines around the world? No, no, no.

The fear is that panicky markets can cause enormous damage, panic buying that prompts fights over resources, which in turn could lead to power cuts in some places and other such mayhem. But so far in facing this huge challenge, our political/economic system seems unable to cope with reality. We are forced to carry on living in an illusion that we have so much time to adapt to post-oil that we don't even need to be talking or thinking much about what a world without plentiful oil would look like. Reality has become too dangerous. Source
For those of you interested, we're discussing the Guardian article over at the LATOC Forum.

War on the Middle Class:

Jim Kunstler: "Contest for table scraps of the 20th century has begun"

NY Times: Obama's Supporters Suffering as the Wealthy Elite Prosper

Zero Hedge: Record 35 Million Americans Subsisting on Food Stamps

London Times: U.S. Gun Sales Soar on Fears of Violence, Social Chaos

Charles Smith: State Governments Strip Mining Citizens for Fun, Profit

Collapse of Employment:

Mish Shedlock: Unemployment Projections Through 2020 Looking Grim

NY Times: Mexicans Now Sending Money to Unemployed Family in U.S.

AP: Being Unemployed in 2009 Much Tougher than in Any Previous Era

AP: Number of Jobs Saved by Sitmulus Funds Greatly Overestimated

Real Estate Collapse:

Contra Costa Times: Tsunami of Bank Owned Properties to Hit Market

Daily Markets: Wave of Alt-A, Option ARM Loan Resets Coming in 2010

London Times: Self Employed Face Obstacle Course to Get Home Loan

Financial Collapse:

Mish Shedlock: Budget Deficits Soar out of Control in US, UK, Eurozone

Washington Blog: Derivatives Laws Written by Goldman, JP Morgan

Calculated Risk: Unofficial "Problem Bank" List Has Swells to Over 500

Gold, Silver, Precious Metals:

Daily Finance: Gold to Stay Over $1,000 Forever, Says Swiss Dr. Doom

Financial Times: Gold Set for Production Decline Over the Long Term

Fortune: Investors Keep Putting Faith in Gold as Dollar Continues Fall

Most Important Articles from Yesterday's Update:

Market Watch: Savy Investors See Value in "Poor Man's Gold" (Silver)

London Times: Bank Crisis Means Booming Busines for Gold Smelters

Sprott Asset Management: Momentum of Gold Picking Up Dramatically

Articles from the last few months worth a second look:

MSN: "Peak Gold" Price Spikes Likely to be Far Sharper Than "Peak Oil"

Minyanville: Why Gold Prices Could Triple (to Over $3,000) from Here

Byron King: Peak Gold plus a Weak Dollar Equals Gold at $2,000/Ounce

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