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Net Energy Cliff Will Lead to Collapse of Civilization by 2030
Source: 22 June 2009. David Murphy. The Net Hubbert Curve: What Does It Mean? theoildrum. This is the scariest chart I’ve ever seen. And also the most important. I put it on my refrigerator to remind myself what the future … Continue reading
Robert Hirsch: Peak Transportation Fuel describes problem better than peak oil
Excerpts below are from Identifying the “Oil” We’re Most Worried About, 3 Dec 2012 ASPO Peak Oil Review. Hirsch says the tragedies that the Peak Oil community is concerned about will begin when transportation fuel declines, and that this concept … Continue reading
David Korowicz : Tipping Point Near-Term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production
David Korowicz. 15 Mar 2010. Tipping Point Near-Term Systemic Implications of a Peak in Global Oil Production. Feasta & The Risk/Resilience Network. A decline in energy flows will reduce global economic production; reduced global production will undermine our ability to … Continue reading
Tariel Mórrígan: Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization.
Morrigan, Tariel. Oct 2010. Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization. The current peak oil Crisis. University of California, Santa Barbara. Peak oil is happening now. The era of cheap and abundant oil is over. • Global … Continue reading
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Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study
A summary of: PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPACTS, MITIGATION, & RISK MANAGEMENT, February 2005 Robert L. Hirsch, SAIC, Project Leader Roger Bezdek, MISI, Robert Wendling, MISI The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with … Continue reading
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Robert Hirsch: Oil Shock coming soon, depression won’t delay it
Robert Hirsch was the author of the first US government report on peak oil 10 Jul 2012. Peak Oil Guru Robert Hirsch Gives A Dire Outlook For The Future slide 25: The world has never faced a problem like the … Continue reading
Tad Patzek: Our complex civilization will cease to exist 20-30 years from now
9 July 2012. What to do? Without the high energy density, fungible fuels flowing at high rates through our complex civilization, our society will cease to exist within 20-30 years from today. A Public Agenda survey in 2009 found Nearly … Continue reading
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Gail Tverberg (Gail the Actuary)
Gail the Actuary at ourfiniteworld.com and theoildrum.com writes outstanding columns on peak oil and finance. There are so many graphs that I’m not going to summarize all of this article, you need to read it! Most people assume that … Continue reading
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Nicole Foss
Nicole Foss, at theautomaticearth.com, writes about the intersection of Peak Oil and the economic system. Harvard recently wrote a study that got a lot of coverage and convinced some people, like George Monbiot, that Peak Oil isn’t an issue to … Continue reading
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William Rees
Professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) He is the originator of ‘ecological footprint analysis.’ He is a Fellow of the Post-Carbon Institute and a Founding Fellow of the One Earth Initiative. 23 … Continue reading
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