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Title
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12/31/2008
A World Without Money?
Nate Hagens
136
12/31/2008
Will the US Electric Grid Be Our Undoing?
Gail the Actuary
205
12/31/2008
DrumBeat: December 31, 2008
Leanan
111
12/30/2008
In this house, we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Libelle
160
12/30/2008
New SEC Oil Accounting Rules
Gail the Actuary
40
12/30/2008
DrumBeat: December 30, 2008
Leanan
231
12/29/2008
My Top 10 Energy Stories of 2008
Robert Rapier
27
12/29/2008
Nate Hagens : Natural Gas Cliff and Credit Situation on Global Public Media
Gail the Actuary
10
12/29/2008
DrumBeat: December 29, 2008
Leanan
209
12/28/2008
Ignoring intrayear volatility, where do you expect WTI crude oil futures to close 2009?
Nate Hagens
22
12/28/2008
Welcome to The Oil Drum: EROI
David Murphy
108
12/28/2008
Thanks to the TOD Staff, and to the TOD Community. (Social Capital is Alive and Well...)
Nate Hagens
53
12/28/2008
DrumBeat: December 28, 2008
Leanan
104
12/27/2008
Guerilla Gardening: Eating The Suburbs
Big Gav
66
12/27/2008
DrumBeat: December 27, 2008
Leanan
147
12/26/2008
Rail Efficiencies
Gail the Actuary
175
12/26/2008
DrumBeat: December 26, 2008
Leanan
153
12/25/2008
Herman Daly: The Disconnection Between Financial Assets and Real Asssets
Nate Hagens
107
12/25/2008
DrumBeat: December 25, 2008
Leanan
82
12/25/2008
Software upgrade
Super G
15
12/24/2008
A National Renewable Ammonia Architecture
Nate Hagens
129
12/24/2008
DrumBeat: December 24, 2008
Leanan
118
12/23/2008
How to keep on financing wind farms when banks have no money left.
Jerome a Paris
67
12/23/2008
DrumBeat: December 23, 2008
Leanan
191
12/22/2008
Thoughts on the New Energy Team
Robert Rapier
98
12/22/2008
DrumBeat: December 22, 2008
Leanan
249
12/21/2008
Limits to Growth: A View from Planet Talos
Nate Hagens
91
12/21/2008
DrumBeat: December 21, 2008
Leanan
103
12/20/2008
From Cubicle Nerd to Cucumber Vendor: Learning Small Scale Farming in Mid-life
Jason Bradford
210
12/20/2008
DrumBeat: December 20, 2008
Leanan
119
12/19/2008
I Sequester Carbon for a Living
Robert Rapier
152
12/19/2008
DrumBeat: December 19, 2008
Leanan
293
12/19/2008
Will the UK Face a Natural Gas Crisis this Winter? (Part 2 of 2)
Rune Likvern
107
12/18/2008
Peak Oil Media IEA 2008 WEO Edition
JoulesBurn
22
12/18/2008
DrumBeat: December 18, 2008
Leanan
186
12/17/2008
TOD:Campfire Overview and Guidelines
Nate Hagens
50
12/17/2008
Preserving Produce without Heat
Jason Bradford
125
12/17/2008
Oilwatch Monthly December 2008
Rembrandt
63
12/17/2008
DrumBeat: December 17, 2008
Leanan
230
12/16/2008
FOMC: The Chicken, The Egg or The Kitchen Sink?
Nate Hagens
117
12/16/2008
Oil Prices Below $40 per Barrel
Luis de Sousa
89
12/16/2008
DrumBeat: December 16, 2008
Leanan
152
12/15/2008
The Case for Higher Gas Taxes (and Lower Income Taxes)
Robert Rapier
156
12/15/2008
DrumBeat: December 15, 2008
Leanan
216
12/14/2008
The Problem with Making Predictions - Oil or Climate
Heading Out
466
12/14/2008
DrumBeat: December 14, 2008
Leanan
146
12/13/2008
Hubbert: King Of The Technocrats
Big Gav
81
12/13/2008
DrumBeat: December 13, 2008
Leanan
166
12/12/2008
A distant mirror: Ireland's great famine
Ugo Bardi
158
12/12/2008
DrumBeat: December 12, 2008
Leanan
194
12/11/2008
What should OPEC do?
Euan Mearns
85
12/11/2008
Nobel Prize-Winning Physicist Steven Chu Is Obama's Choice For Energy Secretary
JoulesBurn
71
12/11/2008
DrumBeat: December 11, 2008
Leanan
196
12/10/2008
Introducing: TOD: 'Campfire'
Nate Hagens
105
12/10/2008
A Resilient Suburbia 4: Accounting for the Value of Decentralization
jeffvail
103
12/10/2008
DrumBeat: December 10, 2008
Leanan
170
12/09/2008
Floating Offshore Wind Power
Big Gav
229
12/09/2008
DrumBeat: December 9, 2008
Leanan
294
12/08/2008
Saudi Aramco on 60 Minutes
JoulesBurn
111
12/08/2008
Why are gasoline (and oil) prices so low -- and where are they headed?
Gail the Actuary
253
12/08/2008
DrumBeat: December 8, 2008
Leanan
183
12/07/2008
EU energy consensus - trending in the right direction
Jerome a Paris
33
12/07/2008
Sustainability, Energy, and Health
Gail the Actuary
74
12/07/2008
DrumBeat: December 7, 2008
Leanan
178
12/06/2008
Home Buyers Demand Short Commutes, Efficient Homes (with Backyards, Parking, Lots of Square Feet)
Glenn
36
12/06/2008
DrumBeat: December 6, 2008
Leanan
142
12/05/2008
Rank the Top 10 Oil Stories of 2008
Robert Rapier
49
12/05/2008
IEA WEO 2008 - NGLs to the Rescue?
Rune Likvern
31
12/05/2008
DrumBeat: December 5, 2008
Leanan
233
12/04/2008
The IEA WEO 2008: Long term prospects for coal production
Rembrandt
93
12/04/2008
DrumBeat: December 4, 2008
Leanan
283
12/03/2008
The 2008 IEA WEO - Renewable Energy
Robert Rapier
77
12/03/2008
DrumBeat: December 3, 2008
Leanan
242
12/02/2008
IEA WEO 2008 - Fossil Fuel Ultimates and CO2 Emissions Scenarios
Luis de Sousa
243
12/02/2008
DrumBeat: December 2, 2008
Leanan
239
12/01/2008
IEA WEO 2008 - World Oil Forecasts using Wikipedia Megaprojects, Dec 2008
ace
96
12/01/2008
Impact of Credit Crisis on the Energy Industry - Where Are We Now?
Gail the Actuary
222
12/01/2008
DrumBeat: December 1, 2008
Leanan
186
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