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Tag Archives: peak oil
Why tar sands, a toxic ecosystem-destroying asphalt, can’t fill in for declining conventional oil
This is a book review of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent by Andrew Nikiforuk. Many “energy experts” have said that a Manhattan tar sands project could prevent oil decline in the future. But that’s not … Continue reading
Peak Oil, Coal and Natural gas in China
Preface. Below are excerpts from 2 articles. You may want to read Tverberg’s article here since I left out the charts and included just a few excerpts. Some key points: The world needs growing energy supply to support the world … Continue reading
Posted in EROEI Energy Returned on Energy Invested, Peak Coal, Peak Natural Gas, Peak Oil
Tagged china, EROEI, EROI, peak coal, peak natural gas, peak oil
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Robert Rapier: Oil demand is growing, not shrinking. There is no peak oil demand in sight.
[ Yes, this article was published 10 months ago, but with all the attention to fake news today, I thought it would be worthwhile pointing out that peak demand is propaganda, not based on facts. Since the goal of fake … Continue reading
Posted in Dependence on Oil, Electric Vehicles, Other Experts, Peak Oil, Transportation
Tagged electric cars, peak demand, peak oil
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Korowicz: A study of global system collapse
Preface. I’ve extracted about half of Korowicz’s paper, left out the references, math, charts, and tables, so you might want to read the original document yourself. This is a great explanation – one of the best – of the intertwined … Continue reading
Royal Society on peak oil and how much oil is left
[ This is a great introduction to the whole topic of oil, reserves, resources, and so on. It’s very long so I’ve only excerpted bits of it and reworded some of it. I can’t say there’s anything new in here … Continue reading
Posted in How Much Left
Tagged conventional, oil, peak oil, unconventional
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America’s energy security, jobs & climate challenges
Preface. In this 2010 House of Representatives hearing, General Wesley Clark foresaw in 1973 “that US military forces might have to become engaged to defend or protect oil-producer governments”. Today “we can look back on the continuing failures of American … Continue reading
By 2020 it may be clear to everyone that oil decline has begun
Preface. There are two parts to Dittmar’s study. The first one concerns production, based on the most recent years of oil production. Dittmar found a strong pattern of oil decline after the plateau of 3% a year for five years, … Continue reading
Posted in Exports decline to ZERO, How Much Left, Peak Oil
Tagged collapse, decline, peak oil
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Nate Hagens “Peak Oil” – Why Smart Folks Disagree – Part II
[ There’s a great deal of interest in the Hill’s Group report, but Nate Hagens came up with similar results back in 2007 and he explains his ideas far more eloquently. Although much production of U.S. oil and gas may … Continue reading
Kurt Cobb: Peak oil production has been hidden by the EIA by including condensate and other non-transportation fuels
[ The Energy Information Administration has done what they can to hide peak oil production by adding in everything but the kitchen sink to overall oil production numbers, such as ethanol and natural gas liquids, which are not true transportation … Continue reading
Posted in How Much Left, Kurt Cobb, Peak Oil
Tagged API, how much oil left, kurt cobb, lease condensate, peak oil
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Transportation: How long can we adapt before we fall off the Net Energy Cliff?
Preface. There are too many factors besides geological depletion to predict a future timeline of collapse. Plus each region will be more or less affected by each factor, sooner or later as well. This is a unique crash – there … Continue reading