Hubbert's peak : the impending world oil shortage

著者

• Deffeyes, Kenneth S.

書誌事項

Hubbert's peak : the impending world oil shortage

with a new preface by the author, Kenneth S. Deffeyes

Princeton University Press, 2003, c2001

• : pbk

注記

"Revised and updated paperback edition"--Cover

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticized by oil experts and economists, Hubbert's prediction came true in 1970. In this revised and updated edition reflecting the latest information on the world supply of oil, Kenneth Deffeyes uses Hubbert's methods to find that world oil production will peak in this decade - and there isn't anything we can do to stop it. While long-term solutions exist in the form of conservation and alternative energy sources, they probably cannot - and almost certainly will not - be enacted in time to evade a short-term catastrophe.

目次

Acknowledgments ix CHAPTER 1 Overview 1 CHAPTER 2 The Origin of Oil 14 CHAPTER 3 Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps 40 CHAPTER 4 Finding It 70 CHAPTER 5 Drilling Methods 88 CHAPTER 6 Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields 113 CHAPTER 7 Hubbert Revisited 133 CHAPTER 8 Rate Plots 150 CHAPTER 9 The Future of Fossil Fuels 159 CHAPTER 10 Alternative Energy Sources 176 CHAPTER 11 A New Outlook 186 Notes 191 Index 205

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA64449114
• ISBN:
  • 0691116253
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Princeton, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 208 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm