The 2008 World Energy Outlook recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) continues to garner comments. The Energy Bulletin pointed to a video of George Monbiot interviewing Fatih Birol, the Chief Economist for the IEA, on the 2008 WEO. Monbiot asks some rather pointed question about why the outlook presented this year is so much more dire than last year. He asks for an apology. Next is an audio roundtable with host Jim Puplava interviewing Matt Simmons and Robert Hirsch. Topics include the 2008 WEO as well as the current financial malaise and its implications for oil production and prices. Direct links to these are below the fold.