Russia flexes its military muscle
Arab News: Why should we bail out US automobile industry
New Year, New Outlook For Oil

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Nate Hagens on the financial meltdown and fossil fuels
Peak Oil - Politics, Geopolitics, and Choke Points
Radical Retrenchment -- A reference model

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Russia-Ukraine: A market dispute
The carbon footprint of nuclear war
Michael Klare: Time to kill the oil beast

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Worries about Russia or Gazprom using the "gas weapon" against Europe are misplaced. In their official capacity, both are keenly aware of their absolute dependency on exports to Europe for a huge chunk of the country's income, and on the need for stable, reliable long term relationships to finance the investments needed in gas infrastructure (and they know their clients share that need). They are happy to play power politics with the West's worries as this goes down well with their own domestic audiences, but fundamentally they will not rock the gas boat.

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The struggle to reduce dependence on Gazprom
Jitters across EU as Russia cuts Ukraine fuel supply
Russian gas row may cost UK customers

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