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Peak Oil
Index of resources relating to Hubbert's Peak model
which says that once the maximum amount of oil extraction is reached, the back
side of the curve wills spell much higher prices as extraction becomes more
and more difficult.
News Service
Skeptics
- Magma
Oil - Addressing the theory in circulation that oil is not solely of
organic origin, but that there may be another mode of origin as well from
deeper in the crust, involving magma.
Movies
- Oil,
Smoke and Mirrors (50 mins) - Online documentary by Ronan
Doyle addresses the pending scarcity in energy due to peak oil, and
postulates the intentional spawning of 9/11 as a reason to establish a
more controlling presence in the middle east. (MyPeakOil.org;
Oct. 12, 2006) [Contains no alt. energy vision.]
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- Shell
Oil Film: Eureka - "Where ideas come from the most
unlikely places." Surprisingly candid movie short on Shell
website addresses dwindling oil supply and need for renewables, while
noting the existing need to continue the oil supply whilst
alternatives are developed, such as the ability to reach more pockets
with the same wells through horizontal drilling. (Shell; ~July
2007)
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Stories
- There
is no Plan "B" - "With 12 refineries and 21 gas
processing plants still out of commission, 90% of our Gulf oil
production shut in, 72% of our natural gas production offline, 503 oil
platforms destroyed, heavily damaged, or abandoned, energy imports
soaring, and a rapid decline in non-OPEC oil production...". (FinancialSense;
Oct. 14) (Thanks Bill Alek)
[Let's hear it for Plan "C" -- clean energy]
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- New
Report on Peak Oil (pdf, 10 pp.) - Robert Hirsch gives
and introduction to peak oil for a general, educated audience.
Discussed end of plentiful, low-cost petroleum; and opportunity for
those who act decisively. (Atlantic Council (US); Oct. 2005) (Thanks
ZPEnergy;
Oct. 16)
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- The
End of Oil? - Oil industry manifestations are confirming
Hubbert's Peak. Will alternatives be able to come online fast enough
to pick up the slack? (MIT Technology Review; Jan.
11, 2005)
- Filmmaker
says rude awakening about oil is coming - Canadian filmmaker Greg
Greene, who filmed "The End of Suburbia," said "We're not
going to find some sort of free energy in the next few years that will save
our bacon." (North Adams Transcript, Massachusetts; Feb. 25,
2005)
- After
Peak Oil - Reflecting on Rolling Stone
article about the "Long Emergency" -- how the world is going to
get by after "Peak Oil," that point in the future when worldwide
oil production peaks and then begins to decline, and as fuel prices climb
ever higher. (MIT Technology Review; April 10, 2005)
- Peak Oil:
Can 3D Exploration Postpone The Peak? - Ability to find reserves
more readily may postpone the "peak" phenomenon; general
discussion of "peak oil" factors. (MSNBC; Sept. 23, 2004) (Alt
Energy Blog)
- Fear
and Irrationality in the Oilpatch - Profit-taking and stock
prices rise and fall, but fears seem to be unfounded. Is the oil
shortage real? Facts are hard to come by, and philosophical arguments
rage. (PESN; July 11, 2005)
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- LifeAftertheOilCrash.net
- Matt Savinar says "Peak Oil" point of no return has arrived,
that the peak happened long ago and that the inevitable economic crash will
render consumers unable to invest in, develop, or purchase alt energy
devices. (Feet
to the Fire interview; Sept. 26)
[Comment: bottom line is that it is up to people, do we have
the will to see a different world?]
- Chart
watchers eye $70 peak for oil (Reuters; Oct. 13, 2004)
Solutions
- Microbial
Enhanced Oil Recovery - Allows the recovery of a significant
percentage of the 67% of oil trapped in oil fields. The added cost to
recover trapped oil is very low and affordable. (PESWiki)
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For Further Study
See also
- Oil - Resources
pertaining to oil energy and its consequences of impact on the earth, both
environmental as well as geopolitical; and why we need to seek alternative
energy sources.
- Magma
Oil - Addressing the theory in circulation that oil is not solely of
organic origin, but that there may be another mode of origin as well from
deeper in the crust, involving magma.
- Fossil
fuel - PowerPedia index at PESWiki
Page posted by Sterling
D. Allan, July 10, 2004
Last updated February 13, 2008
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