lifeaftertheoilcrash.net - 7/1/2009
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Peak Oil is also called "Hubbert's Peak," named for the Shell geologist Dr. Marion King Hubbert. In 1956, Hubbert accurately predicted that US domestic oil production would peak in 1970. Source#1 Source #2 He also predicted global production would peak around the year 2000, which it would have ...
news.cnet.com - 6/24/2009
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A Boulder, Colo., group called Transition Boulder County
is helping to spread the word about what communities...
need to do to prepare for a post-peak oil world. (Credit: Transition Boulder County) BOULDER, Colo.--The age of peak oil is coming, and ...
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Transitioning to a post-peak oil world
postcarbon.org - 7/7/2009
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postcarbon.org —
peak oil day On July 11, 2008, the
price of a barrel of oil hit a record...
$147.27 in daily trading. That same month, world crude oil production achieved a record 74.8 million barrels per day. For years prior to this, a growing legion of analysts had ...
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Peak Oil Day | Post Carbon Institute
grinzo.com - 7/1/2009
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grinzo.com —
Laurel Graefe, a senior economic researcher working for
the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta has written an...
excellent overview of peak oil, "The Peak Oil Debate" [16page, 1.6MB PDF]. I consider this a must-read piece, as much for armchair oil experts ...
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The Fed and peak oil
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