OilPrices:ItGetsWorseOilpriceshitarecordhighofUS$97abarrelonTuesday,butthenextgenerationofconsumerscouldlookbackonthatpricewithenvy.TheseverepredictionsofakeyreportoninternationaloilsuppliesreleasedWednesdaysuggestthatoilpricescouldmoveirreversiblyovertheUS$100-a-barrelthresholdinthenottoodistantfuture,astheglobaleconomyfacesaseriousenergyshortage.ThisgloomyassessmentcomesfromtheInternationalEnergyAgency(IEA),theParis-basedorganizationrepresentingthe26richmembernationsoftheOrganizationforEconomicCooperationandDevelopment(OECD).Theagencyisnotknownforalarmistwarnings,anditsWorldEnergyOutlookistypicallyviewedbypolicyobserversasasolidindicatorofglobalenergysupplies.Inamarkedchangefromitstraditionallymonotonous,measuredtones,theIEA's2007reportsaysgovernmentsneedtomakeurgent,bolddecisionsonenergypolicy,orriskmassiveenvironmentalandenergy-supplycriseswithintwodecades—crisesandshortagesthatcouldsparkseriousglobalconflicts.ThereasonfortheIEA'salarmisitsexpectationthateconomicdevelopmentwillraiseglobalenergydemandsbyabout50%inageneration,fromtoday's85millionbarrelsadaytoabout116millionbarrelsadayin2030.Nearlyhalfthatincreaseindemandwillcomefromjusttwocountries—ChinaandIndia,whichareelectrifyinghundredsofcitiesandputtingmillionsofnewcarsontheirroads,mostdrivenbypeoplewhooncewalked,orrodebicyclesandbuses.By2030,thosetwocountrieswillberesponsiblefortwo-thirdsoftheworld'scarbondioxideemissions,whicharetheprimaryhumanactivitycausingglobalwarming....Showmore
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