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Author predicts peaking oil supplies will drive “stagflation”

By Dan Haugen | 03.05.08 | 5:27 pm

An NPR segment yesterday about rising concerns over “stagflation” in the nation’s economy reminded me of a book I read last summer called The Coming Economic Collapse, by investor and peak-oil-proponent Stephen Leeb. I checked it out at the…

How the anti-immigration movement paints itself green

By Dan Haugen | 02.08.08 | 1:41 pm

A man named Norm, representing a group called Minnesotans United for Immigration Reduction, offered a novel explanation for the world’s fossil fuel and peak-oil problems at a legislative hearing on Monday.

“We now have about 303 million people in this…

Legislators hear from peak-oil expert

By Dan Haugen | 02.05.08 | 11:03 am

Matthew SimmonsOne of the world’s leading peak-oil experts testified Monday before a Minnesota legislative energy committee.

Matthew Simmons, a Houston oil investment banker and former energy adviser to President Bush, is author…

Peak Oil: Houston, we have a problem

By Dan Haugen | 01.17.08 | 3:00 pm

Matthew SimmonsA Houston oil-industry banker who’s served as energy adviser to President Bush is scheduled to address Minnesota legislators next month on “peak oil” and the importance of planning for a post-fossil-fuels…