(This is the final reply in the discussion on “The falling oil price may presage a future recession.”) In reply to my previous contribution, “The falling oil price may presage a future recession,” Civil Economist Magnus Grill (19 October in…
Publication date: 2012-01-30 First published in: Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy Authors: W.B. Carlson Abstract: The Hubbert linearization and normalizations for the rate of change of production have been used to depict the trends of oil production…
Publication date: 2008-10-01 First published in: The Open Geography Journal Authors: J. Leigh Abstract: Oil has stoked the industrial society for the last century as the cheap energy source. However, ominous signs of oil depletion, in fulfillment of M. King…
Publication date: 2009-07-29 First published in International Journal of Energy Research Authors: M. Höök, K. Aleklett Abstract: Continued reliance on oil is unsustainable, and this has resulted in interest in alternative fuels. Coal-to-liquids (CTL) can supply liquid fuels and have…
Publication date: 2009-04-01 First published in: Energy Policy Authors: P. Fairey Abstract: Perhaps the most daunting challenge the next generation of Americans will face is what President Bush called our “addiction to oil.” The challenge is to find the means…
Publication date: 2010-04-27 First published in: Energy Policy Authors: J. Friedrichs Abstract: Peak oil theory predicts that oil production will soon start a terminal decline. Most authors imply that no adequate alternate resource and technology will be available to replace…
The Lloyd’s insurance market and the highly regarded Institute of Strategic Studies (ISS, known as Chatham House) says Britain needs to be ready for “peak oil” and disrupted energy supplies at a time of soaring fuel demand in China and…
Publication date: 2008-07-31 First published in: Washington University in St. Louis Authors: Jonah J. Ralston Abstract: Humanity’s dependence upon a reliable and easily obtainable supply of oil places the modern lifestyle in a precarious position. Will this source of energy…
There is a “significant risk” that global production of conventional oil could “peak” and decline by 2020, a report has warned. The UK Energy Research Council study says there is a consensus that the era of cheap oil is at…
Publication date: 2007-06-01 First Published In: The International Journal of Children’s Rights Authors: P. Tranter, S. Sharpe Abstract: Major social upheavals and crises are notorious as catalysts for the re-evaluation of values and the erosion or augmentation of human rights.…