Peak Oil Passnotes: $80 Oil Beckons
(Resource Investor: Fri, 06 Jul) A combination of factors is building up on the horizon like a bad storm. Of course none of them may make landfall, but then again, what happens if they all do?

Raymond J. Learsy: Peak Oil Theorists Gush Obfuscation!
(HuffingtonPost: Fri, 29 Jun) I know its too much to expect that determined peak oil theorists like ASPO co-founder Steve Andrews will suddenly admit they're wrong-no matter how many times their predictions of doomsday come and go without the world coming to an end....

Church briefs
(Waco Tribune-Herald: Sat, 07 Jul) Mooreville United Methodist Church will sponsor a Mooreville barbecue with activities beginning at 2 p.m. today at Mooreville Community Center, 206 Farm-to-Market Road 2643. Plates will cost $7.50, eat in or take out, and will be served from 5 to 8 p.m. An auction is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. For more information, call 546-0707.

World 'building up risks over energy supplies'
(Gulf Daily News: Sat, 07 Jul) Washington: The world is not running out of crude oil and natural gas but there are 'accumulating risks' to securing global supplies through 2030, a high-level board of US oil company executives found in a report.Those risks include "political hurdles, infrastructure requirements and availability of trained workforce," according to the study by the US National Petroleum Council, conducted at the ...