Dow Chemical, Ras Tanura, the deadly duo, Hank Paulson, Ben Bernanke, financial meltdown, financial rescue package, Saudi Aramco
Asian Chemical Connections
Did Paulson’s wife have to get up early?
Hank Paulson, Bruce Springsteen, Britain’s Labour Party, socialism, financial meltdown, US financial rescue package
Changing nature of demand
green homes, the Economist, Peak Oil, speculators, changing demand growth
History will repeat itself
Peak Oil, carbon credits, carbon capture and storage, collaterised green obligations, property prices, financial meltdown
The world is round after all
Thomas Friedman, globalisation, global warming, Peak Oil, Hot, Flat and Crowded, climate change, SABIC
Go on, stick your head in deeper
Lehman Brothers, Great Depression, SUVs, ostriches, beer
Uncle Sam back from the dead?
Shell Chemicals, oil price, McKinsey, shipping costs,
The ultimate consumption tax
Alabama, obesity, living beyond our means, fat tax
Do you ever get that sinking feeling?
polar bears, camels, New Scientist, climate change, light bulbs, camels, uptight neighbours, American Pyschological Association, US National Research Council
Gustav points to a much bigger problem
Gustav, Hana, US Gulf, Mexico, demand destrruction, demand relocation, Jeffrey Rubin, BP, CIBC World Markets,