Greenpeace study finds oil companies may be doomed

Environmental activist network argues that the oil industry might be approaching a tipping point from fall in the price, advances in technology and policies on climate change A long-term decline in the demand for oil could undermine the huge investments in Canadian tar sands, which have been heavily opposed by environmentalists, according to a report published today. The report, by Greenpeace, will make uncomfortable reading for the companies that are ... Full Story »

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by Dwight Rousu - Jul. 29, 2009

The story puts forward the idea that peak oil supply will be paralleled with a peak oil demand that will limit pricing and limit the viability of further expensive efforts to produce more oil.

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