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A Crude Awakening

The Association for the Study of Peak Oil in Melbourne is hosting the opening night of a new, award winning peak oil movie:

A CRUDE AWAKENING: THE OIL CRASH

OPENING NIGHT: CINEMA NOVA
380 Lygon St Carlton
7pm Tuesday 5th June

Book Now at www.cinemanova.com.au or Phone 03 9349 5201.

Tickets $20, $18 Concession
Includes glass of wine on arrival

Join Kenneth Davidson (The Age Senior Economics Journalist), Phil Hart (that's me!) and Elliot Fishman (Institue for Sensible Transport) in a panel discussion following the film on the phenomenon of Peak Oil.

You can also download and distribute a PDF for this event.

MEDIA RELEASE: TUESDAY 29th MAY 2007

Everybody is feeling a little short changed when it comes to petrol prices.

But Phil Hart, from the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil, is not upset with the price at the pump. Instead, he is wound up by the economists and their explanation that high prices are the fault of refineries in the United States. While there is a grain of truth to that argument, the US has for a long time required imports to make up for a shortfall in refining capacity.

To meet insatiable demand, Asian refineries are crying out for oil but producers in the Middle East can't keep up, Hart says. “Crude oil production is lower than at any time in the previous two years so somebody has to lose out. We are amongst the winners because, so far, consumers have been prepared to pay the price”.