In this week’s episode of R-Squared Energy TV, I discuss the recently released paper by former Eni executive Leonardo Maugeri — in which he suggests global oil supplies will increase by 17 million barrels per day by the end of the decade — as well as George Monbiot’s highly publicized reaction to the report.
Enough oil to fry the planet?
By Robert Rapier, originally published by R-Squared Energy Blog
July 12, 2012
Tags: Fossil Fuels, Media & Communications, Oil
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