Mon, 20 May 2013 16:30:05 CDT yahoo.com
A report released today by the US Geological Survey (USGS) today shows that Americans are sucking dry the aquifers that irrigate their crops and supply their drinking water.
Sun, 12 May 2013 14:25:13 CDT forbes.com
With U.S. oil imports hitting a 17-year low, the mainstream media has awoken to the fact that, as I pointed out three years ago, peak oil is not happening anytime soon. Charles Mann's excellent cover story in this month's Atlantic, "What If We Never Run Out of Oil?" focuses on an obscure, exotic, though potentially vast source of energy: methane hydrates, or crystalline natural gas trapped below the seabed.
Wed, 01 May 2013 05:30:00 CDT resilience.org
As I wrote in my post about the Pulse, "Howard Odum was of the opinion that all systems on all scales pulse. Storages gradually accumulate, consumers consume and develop, and eventually decline, and then dispersing materials that will be used in the next pulse." And if "energy flows, storages, transformations, feedbacks, and sinks" are central to any system, man-made or otherwise, we can see that the peaking of world oil production is going to have a huge effect.
Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:40:36 CDT seekingalpha.com
Jim Letourneau: It went really well . There are a lot of professional engineers and geologists there who work in the oil business, and most of them were agreeing that technology is a big factor that pushes out when peak oil is going to occur.
Tue, 16 Apr 2013 16:12:36 CDT knovel.com
That company manufactures a variety of tools used to help increase pressure in aging oil and gas fields, helping to eke out a bit more production from reserves that are losing their internal pressure.
Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:53:00 CDT resilience.org
Nate Hagens draws my attention to this recent interview with Dennis Meadows, lead author of the famous Limits to Growth series of books. Meadows is very pessimistic.
Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:35:29 CDT fool.com
Peak oil theory has gained widespread recognition at various points over the past several decades, usually during times when fears about oil supply shortages have been at their highest.
Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:58:42 CDT moneymorning.com
Moors points out what most other analysts seem to be missing - that all of the new oil finds present many challenges that will add to the cost of extraction. "None of this new volume is light, sweet crude," Moors said.
Thu, 14 Mar 2013 14:53:03 CDT msn.com
Sure, Exxon is eying the Gulf of Mexico for increased drilling, but it's those Canadian oil sands in Alberta that are making the "peak oil" folks revise their numbers a bit.
Fri, 08 Mar 2013 14:36:27 CDT fastcoexist.com
Peak oil is the concept that new discoveries of commercially exploitable oil resources do not keep pace with growing demand. By extrapolating the data, you can estimate when we will run out of it for all practical purposes.