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[timwinton]

News from Thomas Homer-Dixon  A great post carbon resource from Thomas 
Homer-Dixon. I am attending a roundtable discussion in Brisbane with THD 
next Wednesday. I'll write a report and post it to this list.

Tim


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            No. 8, August 23, 2007





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            IN THIS ISSUE:
            1. UNDERSTANDING THE LIQUIDITY SQUEEZE

            I published an op-ed titled "Unbounded Uncertainty" in The 
Toronto Globe and Mail on August 14. The article provides three pointers to 
help people track the unfolding subprime mortgage crisis.

            "Spreading the risk has simply created unbounded uncertainty. 
The superb credit ratings given mortgage-backed securities were often 
justified on the basis that securitization spread the risk around the world 
and across many classes of investors. But now we're finding that it's almost 
impossible to tell who is exposed to the downgrading of the value of these 
securities and who isn't."

            Link to "Unbounded Uncertainty"

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            2. TWO REPORTS ON OIL
            I published an op-ed titled "The Age of Cheap Oil is Ending" in 
The Toronto Globe and Mail on August 6. The article discusses recent reports 
by the National Petroleum Council and International Energy Agency on 
emerging constraints on global oil supply.

            "On July 18, the National Petroleum Council delivered a 
blockbuster report to the US Secretary of Energy. The report - entitled 
Facing Hard Truths about Energy - assesses the future of oil and natural gas 
to 2030 in the context of the global energy system. Its 400 pages reveal a 
major shift in the energy industry's publicly stated views about humankind's 
energy prospects: We're running out of cheap oil. The same shift is apparent 
in another report also issued in mid-June by the Paris-based International 
Energy Agency. This one covers trends in oil supply and demand till 2012."

            Link to "The Age of Cheap Oil is Ending"

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            3. NOTABLE READINGS:
            The executive summary of the National Petroleum Council's report 
"Facing Hard Truths about Energy" is available at the following URL:

            Executive Summary, NPC Report

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