Publication date: 2008-07-02 First published in: Journal of Transport Geography Authors: M. May et al Abstract: Current road safety programs and thinking in Australia are constructed within a paradigm that tends to accept existing cultural arrangements. Such programs, therefore, favor…
Publication date: 2008-03-05 First published in: The Guardian Authors: David Strahan Abstract: Oil production may soon ‘peak’, but what about coal? David Strahan reports on the recent figures that suggest global reserves may not be nearly as plentiful as the…
Publication date: 2008-03-01 First Published in Energy Policy Authors: W. Nel & C. Cooper Abstract: China has a rapidly growing economy with a rapidly increasing demand for oil. The International Energy Agency (IEA) investigated possible future oil demand scenarios for…
Publication date: 2004-01-01 First published in: Uppsala University Authors: Anders Sivertsson Abstract: Our society today is very dependent on oil and gas, almost 65% of the total primary energy consumption in the world is produced from oil and gas. Due…
Publication date: 2007-10-01 First published in: Uppsala University Authors: Aram Mäkivierikko Abstract: Oil is a heavily used natural resource with a limited supply. Russia is one of the largest oil producers and the second largest oil-exporting country in the world.…
Publication date: 1998-08-01 First published in Science Authors: R. A. Kerr Abstract: Many economists foresee another half-century of cheap oil, but a growing contingent of geologists warns that oil will begin to run out much sooner–perhaps in only ten years.…
Publication date: 2005-02-28 First Published in: Book Authors: David Goodstein Abstract: Review from Publishers Weekly: Everyone agrees we will run out of fossil fuels someday-Goodstein, a Caltech professor, argues it will be sooner rather than later based on the petrochemical…
A framework is developed for planning the mitigation of the oil shortages that will be caused by world oil production reaching a maximum and going into decline. To estimate potential economic impacts, a reasonable relationship between percent decline in global…
Publication date: 2008-02-13 First Published in: Ecological Economics Authors: R. Kaufmann & L. Shiers Abstract: We examine the effect of uncertainty concerning remaining supplies of conventional crude oil and its production path on the date alternative fuels will be needed,…
Publication date: 2008-03-05 First Published in: Energy Authors: M. Robert et al Abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the potential for a full transition to domestically produced biofuels in the Stockholm County transport system in 2030, without…