Talk:Energy crisis 2005

Yes! Please merge and redirect to oil increases article. It's far to early to be calling this the energy crisis of 2005, we need to wait to see what emerges. Also much duplication with the oil increases article Lexor|Talk 16:34, September 4, 2005 (UTC)
 * I agree. The oil price increase article was originally titled 2004 energy crisis and later was extended to cover 2005. Calling the 2005 situation a crisis is just as premature as was calling the fall 2004 price spikes a crisis. - SimonP 18:23, September 4, 2005 (UTC)

The effects of hurricane Katrina are making the public aware of the shortage of global energy. In specific, how tight energy supplies are. Based on evidence from the experts, and the President, energy is going to be in very short supply for at least the next month. Numerous newspaper articles support this concern, just take a look at Google News, over 1600 recent articles referring to the energy crisis. Americanus 21:55, 4 September 2005 (UTC)
 * Crisis is a pejorative term, it implies something that is not universally agreed. If you read those Google news hits the majority of them are about fears of an energy crisis and do not claim that one is underway. Also none of this changes the most important fact, which is that this article duplicates Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005. Duplicate articles are inherently a bad thing. If you feel the word crisis is essential, you should lobby to change the name of Oil price increases of 2004 and 2005, not create a fork using the terminology that you prefer. - SimonP 15:06, September 5, 2005 (UTC)