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PhD thesis develops a model to forecast future production from giant fields, which is then used to predict future oil production. In all scenarios, peak oil occurs at about the same time as the giant fields peak. Worst case: 2008. Best case: 2018.
The Auto Empire Rolls On
Probe launched after thousands trapped on Sydney trains
EU Open skies pact to worsen climate change
Parking plan is ‘discriminatory’
Faith schools fight to keep free transport
“There’s a lot to chew over here. My initial reaction is that Gore is going for the whole enchilada. He’s pushing the envelope. These are radical proposals.” Also, an exchange between Gore and Rep. Roscoe Bartlett.
Gore warns Congress of ‘planetary emergency’
Next big thing in environmental law: climate change
A technology competition to save the planet
Global boom in coal power – and emissions
Germany plans coal power plants
The precarious future of coal
TOD: Entropy and Empire
Meacher:
The rape of Iraq’s oil
Iran conflict would push oil above $100, Yamani says
Non-partisan Congressional think tank concludes: “…there are limits to the amount of biofuels that can be produced and questions about the net energy and environmental benefits they would provide. Further, rapid expansion of biofuel production may have many unintended and undesirable consequences for agricultural commodity costs, fossil energy use, and environmental degradation.”
Classical economists still insist higher prices will bring out increased production sufficient to give us the oil we humans need. What’s the hitch?
The Oil Drum is terribly two today
Grist in Outside magazine: What’s so funny?
Conserve: News & analysis for a lasting society
In Canada – Granville magazine
New Irish magazine: Sustainabiity
Ariz. professor thinks oil crisis is imminent
Does the Hubbert Linearization ever work?
Schlesinger on the energy crisis
Transcription of Simmons interview
Much of what is required to prevent [disaster] is simply coming to terms with the notion that a radical change in your way of life is not the same thing as the end of the world.
Evidence is mounting that oil prices will soon climb to new, perhaps unaffordable for many, highs. Some think “soon” is three, four, or five years away. Others think “soon” may be as close as three, four, five, or six months. It is this latter scenario that we look at today.
