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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.
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.
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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.”
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RealClimate: Cuckoo science
