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sustainability

Turning Oil Into Water: The Middle Eastern Resource Accident Waiting To Happen?

July 10, 2009 · 1 comment

in Middle East , OPEC , agriculture , commodities , energy , oil , sustainability , water

“Saudi Arabia isn’t just running out of oil — it’s running out of water.  So is the whole region.”  So explains Jeff Rubin in his latest book, Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller (2009) (read my review of Jeff Rubin here).
If you thought it was bad enough to see the [...]

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Why Your World Is About To Get A Whole Lot Smaller - Jeff Rubin (Review)

July 6, 2009 · 10 comments

in books , commodities , energy , environment , international economy , oil , reviews , sustainability

Are you liking the new frugality trend?  Get used to it.  Frugality is “in” and here to stay - but not because the U.S. housing and credit markets collapsed and 30% of everyone’s savings have disappeared.  According to Jeff Rubin, ex-senior economist at CIBC World Markets, the growing scarcity in the world’s fossil fuels supply [...]

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