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salon.com - 19 days ago
Peak Oil
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What if, as a result of efforts to fight climate change and boost energy efficiency, global oil demand peaked in the foreseeable future? You could argue that such an achievement would be one of the most historic accomplishments of human civilization to date, proof, indeed, that we are civilized. ...
energybulletin.net - 14 days ago
The Peak of the Oil Age - The Uppsala World Energy Outlook
— energybulletin.net — A new study, accepted for publication in the journal Energy Policy , analyzes the oil production forecast... done by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in 2008. It highlights several shortcomings as well as confirms other parts. It concludes: "our ... (more) The Peak of the Oil Age - The Uppsala World Energy Outlook

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Drumbeat: November 5, 2009
The Oil Drum — ... methods. This reworking, of course is already being done, and has been for years wherever it is economically feasible. To claim that the world can be saved if only we tried harder to get more oil out of old fields has long been discarded as a panacea. Anyway, this month Scientific America is back on track with a cover story entitled "A Plan for a Sustainable Future - How to get all energy from wind, water and solar power by 2030." Now this is more like it. Peak oil? Don't worry - Obama's on the job What if, as a result of efforts to fight ...

Peak oil? Don't worry - Obama's on the job
Peak Oil News — ... of office, in the United States, we have made real progress toward that goal. ...Swartz reports that Deutsche Bank is bold enough to predict that "global demand will peak by 2016 ... due to efficiency gains and technology improvements in electric vehicles." This kind of thing doesn't happen by accident. Yesterday Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced $38 million worth of grants to Alaska, Kansas, Utah and West Virginia to "support energy efficiency and conservation activities." Salon.com

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