The U.K. Peak Oil Task Force is a small and surprisingly motley crew of businesses.

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Alternative energy only accounts for a small percentage of energy sources, but the onset of peak oil will force society to look elsewhere to meet its energy needs.

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During peak holidays its sales force balloons to 15, 000.

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The Waldo Canyon Fire captured attention because of its proximity to landmarks such as Pikes Peak and the Air Force Academy, and also to Colorado Springs, a city of about 400, 000, the state's second largest.

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The highlight is iconic Morro do Pico a thin, 1, 023-foot-high peak that surely wowed the Portuguese expeditionary force that discovered it in 1503.

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Labour-force participation remains well below its 2000 peak, and payroll headcounts have only this year returned to their 2001 levels.

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Despite recent troubles, Netflix is a major force on the Internet, accounting for 32.7% of peak U.S. downstream traffic, according to a new report.

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Its decline from a peak of 10% in October 2009 has been helped by unusually stagnant growth in the labour force.

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