Hubbert's peak : the impending world oil shortage
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Hubbert's peak : the impending world oil shortage
Princeton University Press, 2003, c2001
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"Revised and updated paperback edition"--Cover
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
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.
Table of Contents
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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