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One of the vexing parts of the runup in oil prices is Saudi Arabia. No, not that it has so much oil and the world is sending so much money over there to buy it. Instead, it’s that almost the sum total of our knowledge that the Saudis can keep supplying the oil is that they say they can.
The Olduvai Theory is about the declining total world energy supplies and the catastrophic consequences. Peak Oil is a more confined thesis about oil supply declining due to the looming exhaustion of oil reserves in the ground. So Olduvai addresses all energy sources, but Peak Oil is only about one of the energy sources – oil.
In a recent article (Leigh, 2008), I failed to explain the Olduvai and Peak Oil relationship fully and clearly, and I would like to do so in this brief article. So what is the relationship between Olduvai and Peak Oil? Indeed, is there one at all?
SUVs and big pickups are waddling off into the sunset, leaving Americans with no more excuses for the nation’s profligate oil use.
Congress feels pressure for action on oil prices
Delta, other airlines urge fliers to lobby Congress about oil
Kunstler: where we’re at
Greensboro urged to prepare for oil crisis
A British town’s attempt to kick the oil habit
Vancouver debates zero waste
Get ready for the post-SUV world!
This love that cranks my motor
California to shame the owners of gas-guzzlers
Emissions deal may add to cost of long-haul flights
Peak oil: it doesn’t translate into Kurdish
Pemex Cantarell output drops 34%
Why isn’t the price of gasoline even higher?
We’re not yet running on empty
A mid-week update on peak oil, including:
– Stockpiles & Prices
– China facing power shortages.
Let’s talk about oil speculation, NAFTA and energy policy.
Gambia: Biofuel – A ploy, says President Jammeh
Nigeria: Yar’Adua seeks concerted efforts against trade in stolen oil
Nigeria: Nationwide blackout: PHCN begins power rationing today
Ian Dunlop of ASPO-Australia on “Insight”
ASPO’s Bell says world must adjust to higher oil prices – video
A critical review of IEA’s oil demand forecast for China
Are We in the peak of an oil bubble?
Are big bets by speculators driving up oil?
Oil majors: Oil price hike due to fundamentals, not speculation
Analyzing the analysts (Part 1 of 2)
Oil: the new reality
