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"ref": "2004 April 4, Daniel Yergin, “Imagining a $7-a-Gallon Future”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2005 September 4, Carrie Abels Brattleboro, “The Breaking Point”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2005 March 13, Natalie Canavor, “Running on Empty”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2009 April 16, Jon Mooallem, “The End Is Near! (Yay!)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN",
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"ref": "2012 July 2, George Monbiot, “We were wrong on peak oil. There's enough to fry us all”, in The Guardian",
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"ref": "2012 November 12, Damian Carrington, “IEA report reminds us peak oil idea has gone up in flames”, in the Guardian",
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