Category Archives: Oil

Flow Rate by Kurt Cobb at Resource Insights

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

Sunday, April 28, 2013 http://resourceinsights.blogspot.com/2013/04/the-only-true-metric-of-energy_28.html The only true metric of energy abundance: The rate of flow Okay, I’m going to give you the shortest course ever in energy abundance: Energy abundance depends entirely on the RATE of energy flow. Let … Continue reading →

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Oil can never be replaced with alternative energy

Posted on April 28, 2013 by

People who think that wind, solar, biofuels, hydrogen, batteries, and so on will save us simply don’t understand how much energy is contained in oil and other fossil fuels, how much we rely on it, how it is at the … Continue reading →

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Peak Oil Acknowledged by Middle Eastern countries — they’re scared

Posted on April 16, 2013 by

Very interesting reflections on a peak oil conference in the Middle east of the countries that export oil.  I think it must mean we’re past peak, don’t believe “the near future”. Peak Oil as seen through the eyes of Arab … Continue reading →

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Oil Statistics

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Source: 6 Aug 2012. Lou Gagliardi. Energy Stock for the Short Term. Cabot Wealth Advisory.

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Professor Tad Patzek on Oil in the Arctic

Posted on January 4, 2013 by

Tad Patzek. 29 Dec 2012. Oil in the Arctic. LifeItself blog. Tad Patzek is a Professor and Chairman of the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department at The University of Texas at Austin. Here are some of the difficulties with drilling … Continue reading →

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Robert Hirsch: Peak Transportation Fuel describes problem better than peak oil

Posted on December 9, 2012 by

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 →

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Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study

Posted on August 27, 2012 by

A summary of the Department of Energy report: 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 … Continue reading →

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How much oil is left?

Posted on July 11, 2012 by

This is a complex question, because the quality of the oil matters as well.  We’ve gotten the good stuff, the light, easy oil, and a lot of the remaining oil will take a lot more energy and complex refineries to … Continue reading →

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Don’t worry, be happy, there’s plenty of oil, natural gas, & coal left

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

These posts and links rebut the studies of cornucopians like Magueri and CERA, who say there’s lots of oil left. Richard Kerr. 10 Aug 2012. Are World Oil’s Prospects Not Declining All That Fast? Science vol 337 p633. Magueri’s “upbeat … Continue reading →

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Bunker Fuel supplies declining

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

I had always assumed large container ships would be the last to go in the oil age since hauling cargo in them is more efficient than even trains, but it looks like that isn’t as true any more. Ships use … Continue reading →

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