Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
A good many of the things that Mr. Esser [from CERA] said to the subcommittee of the U.S. Congress are technically correct… They are also part of the very intelligent discussion that occurs whenever a group of Peak Oil aficionados gets together. It is not as if CERA has some monopoly on the magic elixir of understanding oil depletion issues, or the secret-decoder ring without which all others are flailing about in the dark.
The first of a comprehensive and in-depth set of rebuttals to the CERA report from The Oil Drum.
Perhaps in a perfect Platonic world of policy, a “peak oil is today” strategy would look different from [CERA’s] “peak oil in 2040” strategy. But back down here on earth, we’re stuck with the blunt instrument of representative democracy. Our choice is far closer to binary than most oil geeks are willing to acknowledge. The choice before us is: mobilize and start pushing, or don’t.
Pulitzer winner suggests world has plenty of oil
Firm: Peak oil theory is bogus
A world awash in oil?
Attempt to discredit theory falls short
New study: Oil depletion in the world /
November ASPO Newsletter online /
TOD:UK to become TOD:Europe /
Report on the Energy Institute (UK) oil depletion conference /
Energy Independence: Kunstler’s advice to the Democrats
Georgia warns EU it could face Russia gas hikes too
Oil deals enhance China-Russia energy links
Gazprom extends deal with Italy’s ENI
Russia faces gas shortfall, leaked report claims
Nato fears Russian plans for ‘gas Opec’
US concerned Russia conserving oil reserves
Tsunami alert
Two major studies of the prospects for world energy supplies are underway in Washington. The first, dealing with peak oil, is being done by the Government Accountability Office and is to be released on February 28. The second and what on the surface sounds the most in-depth study of world energy resources ever undertaken is being done under the auspices of the National Petroleum Council (NPC).
CERA is welcome to join the ASPO discussion, but to date has declined to do so. And if CERA has things wrong, then a lot of people might just follow its advice and do the wrong thing and get hurt.
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.
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.”
