Comments on: Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon - the issue of Peak Oil http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/03/23/civilization-as-we-know-it-is-coming-to-an-end-soon/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sun, 21 Mar 2010 01:40:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/03/23/civilization-as-we-know-it-is-coming-to-an-end-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-14459 Erich Vieth Sun, 23 Sep 2007 04:39:49 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=46#comment-14459 Here's a site that lists numerous other websites that seriously address the issue of peak oil. http://www.saveandconserve.com/2006/12/top_25_peak_oil_websites.html Here’s a site that lists numerous other websites that seriously address the issue of peak oil. http://www.saveandconserve.com/2006/12/top_25_peak_oil_websites.html

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/03/23/civilization-as-we-know-it-is-coming-to-an-end-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-13761 Erich Vieth Fri, 03 Aug 2007 06:05:27 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=46#comment-13761 At a press briefing last week, members of the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus criticized a recent report from the National Petroleum Council (NPC) for obscuring the truth about peak oil. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) accused the NPC of fostering "a false sense of complacency" about oil supplies. He contrasted the NPC report with one from the International Energy Agency that was released at about the same time. That report, Udall said, sounded a "clarion call" and "said what needs to be said, that we're probably going to peak in the next couple of years. This could cause some very severe economic consequences and the world needs to start organizing and dealing with this." http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080207J.shtml At a press briefing last week, members of the Congressional Peak Oil Caucus criticized a recent report from the National Petroleum Council (NPC) for obscuring the truth about peak oil. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) accused the NPC of fostering “a false sense of complacency” about oil supplies. He contrasted the NPC report with one from the International Energy Agency that was released at about the same time. That report, Udall said, sounded a “clarion call” and “said what needs to be said, that we’re probably going to peak in the next couple of years. This could cause some very severe economic consequences and the world needs to start organizing and dealing with this.”

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/080207J.shtml

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/03/23/civilization-as-we-know-it-is-coming-to-an-end-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-11552 Erich Vieth Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:06:39 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=46#comment-11552 Here is a thorough non-doomsday report on peak oil by Omninerd. <blockquote>The exact timing of Peak Oil is debatable, as is the extent of the consequences. Many countries around the world, including the United States, have already documented a peak in oil production and a worldwide peak is likely to happen in the not too distant future, affecting the lives of most people living today. Cost-competitive alternatives to petroleum can not be counted on to meet the projected demand shortfall, but alternatives do have the potential for meeting a portion of our fuel demands. Given the inevitability of a peak in oil production, the current climate of escalating oil and gasoline prices, and the warnings of the Hirsch report, a move by individuals to reduce personal dependence on fossil fuels should help prepare them for potential petroleum shortages. Governments can take actions to prepare society as a whole for the transition to a "post-petroleum" world. Those who fail to prepare will be hit the hardest from the onset of Peak Oil, as they are now being hit hard by escalating gasoline prices.</blockquote> Click here for the <a href="http://www.omninerd.com/2006/05/17/articles/52">Omninerd</a>. Another site that has been well-recommended by others on this issue is <a href="http://i-r-squared.blogspot.com/ ">R-Squared Energy Blog.</a> Here is a thorough non-doomsday report on peak oil by Omninerd.

The exact timing of Peak Oil is debatable, as is the extent of the consequences. Many countries around the world, including the United States, have already documented a peak in oil production and a worldwide peak is likely to happen in the not too distant future, affecting the lives of most people living today. Cost-competitive alternatives to petroleum can not be counted on to meet the projected demand shortfall, but alternatives do have the potential for meeting a portion of our fuel demands. Given the inevitability of a peak in oil production, the current climate of escalating oil and gasoline prices, and the warnings of the Hirsch report, a move by individuals to reduce personal dependence on fossil fuels should help prepare them for potential petroleum shortages. Governments can take actions to prepare society as a whole for the transition to a “post-petroleum” world. Those who fail to prepare will be hit the hardest from the onset of Peak Oil, as they are now being hit hard by escalating gasoline prices.

Click here for the Omninerd.

Another site that has been well-recommended by others on this issue is R-Squared Energy Blog.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2006/03/23/civilization-as-we-know-it-is-coming-to-an-end-soon/comment-page-1/#comment-9236 Erich Vieth Tue, 26 Dec 2006 04:55:37 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=46#comment-9236 "It was an incredible revelation last week that the second largest oil field in the world is exhausted and past its peak output. Yet that is what the Kuwait Oil Company revealed about its Burgan field." See http://www.kuwaittimes.net/localnews.asp?dismode=article&artid=37595069 “It was an incredible revelation last week that the second largest oil field in the world is exhausted and past its peak output. Yet that is what the Kuwait Oil Company revealed about its Burgan field.” See http://www.kuwaittimes.net/localnews.asp?dismode=article&artid=37595069

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