Publication date: 2008-10-29 First published in: UK Industry Taskforce Authors: UK Industry Taskforce on Peak Oil and Energy Security Abstract: The main conclusions of the Taskforce are: 1. The effects of peak oil will be felt in the next five years…
Publication date: 2002-12-01 First Published in: Energy Exploration & Exploitation Authors: A.M.S. Bakhtiari Abstract: Seen from a Middle Eastern perspective, the present global oil situation can be summarized within five major and inescapable trends: The world’s supergiant and giant oil…
Publication date: 2003-06-01 First published in: Applied Energy Authors: Mamdouh G. Salameh Abstract: Energy experts project that global oil supplies will only meet demand until global oil production has peaked sometime between 2013 and 2020. Declining oil production after peak…
Publication date: 2008-07-01 First published in: International Journal of Hydrogen Energy Authors: M. Zerta et al Abstract: The global energy situation is about to change at an accelerating pace and society is largely unprepared. Common energy analyses, such as the…
Publication date: 2008-07-01 First published in: Public Health Authors: G. McCartney & P. Hanlon Abstract: Health problems caused by overconsumption, growing inequalities, and diminished well-being are issues that have been attributed to the prioritization of economic growth as the central…
Publication date: 2008-09-13 First Published in Energy Policy Authors: Feng Lianyong et al Abstract: To forecast future oil production, it is necessary to know the size of the reserves and use models. In this article, we use the typical Peak…
Publication date: 2007-07-01 First published in: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics Authors: T.R. Michl, D.K. Foley Abstract: This paper elaborates a two-class growth model with an exhaustible resource (“oil”) and an alternative technique (“solar”). Bequest savers accumulate wealth, consisting of…
Publication date: 2003-08-11 First Published In: Book Authors: Kenneth S. Deffeyes Abstract: Review from Scientific American: You have to wonder about the judgment of a man who writes, “As I drive by those smelly refineries on the New Jersey Turnpike,…
Publication date: 2008-06-04 First published in: www.peakoil.net Authors: H. Palmer, M. Dudley Abstract: The catch-word of the day is Sustainability. It’s been used so much lately that it has become legitimate to preface any discussion about it by stating that…
Publication date: 2007-07-07 First Published in: University of Liverpool Authors: James Young Abstract: The UK faces long-term challenges to the reliability of its energy supplies, arising from a combination of domestic resource depletion, subsequent dependence on eroding global raw fuel…