Tema destacado del Viernes, 4. Enero 2008

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Record price for crude oil

The price of oil has risen to more than 100 dollars per barrel, its highest level ever. What caused this increase? How does the high cost of energy affect Europe?

The Times - Gran Bretaña

"There are good reasons not to fear $100 oil and even a case for mild celebration", notes Gerard Baker. "This time [compared to the 1970s crisis] the principal reason for rising prices is less to do with supply than with demand. For all the talk of imminent global recession, 2007 was another bumper year. The continuing advance of China and emerging markets, solid growth in the US and a sprightly performance by those old laggards Europe and Japan meant that available oil production could not keep pace with demand. Now, of course, the rising price is the mechanism by which that demand will be restrained a little - but that is no reason to think a slump is on the cards. ... Another good reason for mild optimism today is simply that our policymakers have already lived through the experience of the 1970s and know what to do to avoid repeating it. ... The third good reason for suppressing our misery at $100 oil is that we are much less dependent on that baleful commodity than we were." (04/01/2008)

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Le Temps - Suiza

The editorialist Pierre Veya considers that this is not a question of a "classic petrol shock, but it could become one if it were to last several months and exceed 110 or 120 dollars a barrel. This may seem like very little on the surface, but it is the little grain of sand that could trigger an inflationist spiral and stymie global growth. ... A highly inflammable cocktail is being concocted by the feeble dollar, a risk of an American recession and political crises in the heart of and on the borders of petrol-producing countries. ... The skyrocketing prices of raw energy should therefore not be interpreted as the benign symptom of a critical global situation, but rather as an alarm bell. The world of raw energy is versatile, opaque, dangerous even, and should incite us to swiftly rid ourselves of too great a dependence on the strongest raw energy of all, i.e. petrol." (04/01/2008)

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Die Presse - Austria

Martin Kugler considers the consequences of "oil shock." "First of all, we have to make better use of the available fossil fuels. The keyword is efficiency – and it's been pronounced already by energy producers and politicians. Everyone benefits from greater efficiency (except for energy suppliers). Even international politics would look completely different if efficiency were taken seriously. ... Simultaneously, there must be a mandatory search for alternatives. These days there are dozens of new ideas, new approaches, new technologies. It takes a long time to execute them – we have to start immediately. Undoubtedly, we will need all possible technologies to be able to satisfy the world's hunger for energy. And that regardless of the price of oil." (04/01/2008)

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taz - Alemania

Neither speculation on the energy market nor "geopolitical distortions" were primarily responsible for pushing oil prices sky high, says Manfred Kriener. "Oil providers are having trouble keeping up with rising demand. This assessment is now also shared by the conservative International Energy Agency, the most important energy address for states in the OECD. ... It's high time to pronounce a word that economists avoid the way the devil avoids evening prayers: 'Finiteness!'... Delivery cannot be increased arbitrarily. It stands close to its high-point – the infamous peak – and it will drop after 2010. The world is not prepared for this eventuality. Oil prices will climb to 200 dollars - a number that seems just as inconceivable to us today as 100 dollars seemed twelve months ago. " (04/01/2008)

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