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Oil over $126, new peak for 5th straight day - Forbes.com: May 10, 2:57am 1 review peak-oil •http://www.forbes.com/reuters/feeds/r...; From the page: "LONDON, May 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices leapt to a new peak of more than $126 a barrel on Friday, hitting a record for the fifth straight session, in a market given an additional spur by tight supplies of diesel.

U.S. crude for June delivery rose $1.87 to $125.56 by 1335 GMT, off a record high of $126.20 a barrel. London Brent crude rose $2.81 to $125.65 per barrel."

Wall Street tumbles as oil price soars | The Australian: May 9, 6:25pm 1 review peak-oil •http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...; Hold on to your hats - the oil crunch is gathering pace. We'll see prices over US$200 pbl by the end of the year if this continues.

Oil prices may super-spike to $US200 | The Australian: May 9, 4:22am 1 review petroleum, peak-oil •http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...; From the page: "TIGHTENING supplies of crude oil make it increasingly likely that prices will "super-spike" to between $US150 and $US200 a barrel within the next six to 24 months, Goldman Sachs said.

"We believe the current energy crisis may be coming to a head, as a lack of adequate supply growth is becoming apparent and resulting in needed demand rationing" in the West and especially in the United States, a team of Goldman analysts led by Arjun Murti told clients.

Light, sweet crude for June delivery climbed $US1.87, or 1.6 per cent, to settle at $US121.84 a barrel in New York overnight - after rising as high as $US122.73"

Bangkoks Independent Newspaper: May 3, 6:29pm 1 review thailand, climate-change •http://nationmultimedia.com/2008/05/0...; From the page: "
If you asked Dr Bhichit Rattakul, one of Thailand's earliest campaigners for environmental protection, he would not hesitate to point to HM the King's initiatives on sufficiency economy as a solution to today's problems."

Peak Water: Aquifers and Rivers Are Running Dry. How Three Regions Are Coping.: Apr 26, 12:08am 3 reviews environment, peak-everything •http://www.wired.com/science/planetea...; From the page: "That the news is familiar makes it no less alarming: 1.1 billion people, about one-sixth of the world's population, lack access to safe drinking water. Aquifers under Beijing, Delhi, Bangkok, and dozens of other rapidly growing urban areas are drying up. The rivers Ganges, Jordan, Nile, and Yangtze тА" all dwindle to a trickle for much of the year. In the former Soviet Union, the Aral Sea has shrunk to a quarter of its former size, leaving behind a salt-crusted waste."

Food crisis could boom for farmers | The Australian: Apr 25, 7:41pm 1 review economics, food-scarcity •http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/...; From the page: "THE global food crisis has been described as a silent tsunami. It has rolled over the world rice trade, lifted the Australian CPI on a rising tide and sent shudders through US futures markets.

The World Food Program says the food crisis threatens to leave more than 100 million people hungry. "

BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Beijing to talk to Dalai aides: Apr 25, 1:42am 1 review news, tibet •http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacif...; From BBC News: Chinese officials will hold talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives, state media says, in the first meeting since rioting broke out in Tibet last month.

Xinhua news agency quoted an official as saying a meeting would take place "in coming days".

BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Del Toro to direct Hobbit movies: Apr 25, 1:41am 1 review uk, film •http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainm...; Mexican born film director Guillermo del Toro has been selected by New Line to direct the film adaptation of J.R.R. Tokein's "The Hobbit". The film will be shot in New Zealand and produced by acclaimed "Lord of the Rings" director Peter Jackson.

BBC NEWS | Business | Bangladesh faces food crisis: Apr 10, 4:32pm 2 reviews ecommerce, famine, peak-foods •http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7...; From the page: "There is a simple enough way of judging how serious Bangladesh's food crisis has become this year - it is to count the changing number of people queuing up to buy government-subsidised rice each day."

BBC NEWS | Americas | View from Haiti: Aid worker: Apr 10, 4:31pm 1 review caribbean, famine, collapse, peak-everything •http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7...; As the European Union begins the debate about banning certain food colourings, Haiti begins the process of economic and societal collapse. As the article states, the average wage - for those who have one - is 35 gourds and a cup of rice costs 50 gourds. And the farmers cannot begin planting because all they've eaten their own seed stock.

Haiti is the canary in the coal mine and an example to the world of what lies in store for much of the rest of the world as fuel and food prices continue to spiral.

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