Open Letter To: Staff of the School of Public Health, Re: The looming Net Energy Cliff, Global Economic/Industrial collapse and Human Die-off “infinite consumption from a finite resource base is Continue Reading
I was first introduced to the concept of “peak oil” 15 years ago. It was a simple theory: Oil is a finite resource. At some point in time, the world’s Continue Reading
How the world uses energy is a hot topic for a warming planet, and fears of pollution and resource strain have produced a virtual arms race of energy-efficiency strategies. From Continue Reading
Forget a peak – falling production from existing fields should be the market’s immediate focus Peak oil demand has swiftly moved from concept to potential to symbolic talisman— and it Continue Reading
It’s possible that 2017 may go down as the year when the concept of peak oil demand went from speculation to potential reality, as companies and energy analysts began estimating Continue Reading
There are four or five factors indicating that the oil supply situation is likely to become extremely problematic within a decade. There is no recognition of this within the mainstream. Continue Reading
Ugo Bardi explains his idea of an impending “ Seneca Collapse ” of the world’s oil industry at the session on climate change of the meeting of the Club of Continue Reading
We haven’t reached peak oil consumption globally, also known as peak demand. We are likely to reach it globally by 2050, but it’s unlikely to occur before 2030 at the Continue Reading
Over the next few decades we’ll be plugging in more cars, hailing and sharing them, and reminiscing about the good ol’ days of the steering wheel. To be sure, these Continue Reading
A seismic shift It seems like we’ve been talking about “peak oil” for a long time, but the meaning has shifted radically in the last few years. Historically the phrase Continue Reading
