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Pressure – And Oil Prices – Rise Around Fiscal Cliff Danger

CP | Sandy Shore, The Associated Press | Posted 01.14.2013 | Canada Business
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The price of oil rose Wednesday on new concerns about possible supply disruptions in the Middle East after Israel launched airstrikes in Gaza.Benchmar...

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Oil Price Slip Slides Away On IMF's Gloomy Prediction

CP | The Associated Press | Posted 12.10.2012 | Canada Business
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LONDON - The price of oil edged down toward US$92 a barrel on Wednesday amid gloomy forecasts for world economic growth.By early afternoon in Europe, ...

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Peak Oil Is About Price, Not Supply

Jeffrey Rubin | Posted 12.21.2011 | Canada Business
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Jeffrey Rubin

Peak oil as it turns out isn't about supply but rather demand. It is a concept rooted more in economics than geology. It doesn't matter if there are billions of barrels of oil waiting to be tapped from oil sands or oil shales if the prices to extract them are beyond our economies' capacity to pay.

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Canada's Oil Sands Boondoggle

John Vaillant | Posted 12.15.2011 | Canada Politics
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John Vaillant

The Keystone pipeline will not serve American interests, but delight the Canadian government and its oil lobby. In addition to draining your pocketbooks and further compromising your environmental health, it will enrich Canadian politicians who don't believe in climate change.

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