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CERA seeks a sober dialogue to identify “clear signposts that will herald the onset” of either the peak or their “undulating plateau” of world oil production. Here are ten reasons why this turning point is likely between now and 2015.
CERA claims to thoroughly debunk the theory of peak oil. Except that the press release for the report includes the following graph… Kinda looks peaky, doesn’t it?
The first of three glimpses of what life might be like for an average American family in the post-peak deindustrial future.
Congressional Peak Oil Caucus co-chairmen Reps. Roscoe Bartlett and Tom Udall say the CERA study of peak oil confirms the urgency for a crash mitigation program by the U.S. Government
In contrast to [peak oil theory], a new analysis by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) finds that the remaining global oil resource base is actually 3.74 trillion barrels — three times as large as the 1.2 trillion barrels estimated by the theory’s proponents — and that the “peak oil” argument is based on faulty analysis which could, if accepted, distort critical policy and investment decisions and cloud the debate over the energy future.
Ex-CIA chief: ‘Oil dependence threatens US, Israel’ /
Ex-energy secty sees rise in oil prices /
Oil revenues fuel resistance to U.S. /
Bill allowing more drilling along coasts appears dead /
Environment, global warming seen as factors in ’08 elections
Australia PM Howard, Bush’s only big ally on global warming, shifts stand /
Australian drought: goin’ under /
Direct-action protesters in the U.K. /
French PM proposes taxing states that shun Kyoto /
Sweden tops climate change efforts, U.S. near bottom
Dr Paul Roth reports on a presentation by Mary McKeem, Director of Public Health Practice at the Marion County Health Department: “The effects of oil depletion on public health systems will be profound and we must plan to prepare for this impending crisis.”
Viscount Monckton: Climate chaos? Don’t believe it /
Monbiot: Believe it! /
RealClimate: Cuckoo science
If we look two or three or four decades into the future, we know that hydrocarbons alone will not meet the needs of a growing world economy. Even with all the technical expertise the world could offer and all the political will it could muster, eventually, we will run out of oil. And, even before then, the price of a dwindling supply will be prohibitive. At present, our world is overly focused on, and overly dependent upon, one source of energy. And that path is unsustainable.
ASPO-Australia member James Ward reports that peak oil is reaching acceptance amongst many of Australia’s business and government elites.
A voice for change echoes across the land. Energy policy even earned more than lip service in many races. Yet the ink on the e-vote tally wasn’t even dry when Detroit’s own Rep. John Dingell (D-MI), ranking member in line to chair the House Energy and Commerce Committee, declared that he wouldn’t raise fuel-efficiency standards for U.S. automobiles. …This is nuts.
