A reader asked for my thoughts on this article that predicts a coming shortage of copper, an element that is vital to the sucess of “electrifying everything.” I hate to sound so cavalier, but random reports on apparent shortages don’t …
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Peak Oil Didn’t Happen, But….
From this week’s newsletter from the American Energy Society: Conventional oil discoveries have been declining; however, there were three large oil discoveries in 2019:
Royal Dutch Shell Sees Electric Transportation Coming, Won’t Be Caught Flatfooted
As we’ve noted a few times over the years here, Royal Dutch Shell seems to be by far the most progressive of the world’s major oil companies. Here’s an article discussing Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden (who recently traded in …
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Peak Oil Is a Defunct Idea–But Does It Really Matter?
As shown in the graphic below, the concept of peak oil is pretty much dead and buried. In fact, there are supplies of all three fossil fuels to last indefinitely, as our technologies for extraction become more sophisticated.
Peak Oil: A Theory Relegated to History
Of all the three +/- million words I’ve written since I started 2GreenEnergy, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten anything more glaringly wrong than peak oil. The first chapter of my first book, in fact, was an interview with the …
Energy Policy: Taking a Stand Against Fossil Fuels–Additional Discussion
Re: My piece called Energy Policy: Taking a Stand Against Fossil Fuels, frequent commenter MarcoPolo writes: Joe Public has grown weary of endless doomsday predictions that just don’t occur.
Peak Oil and Its Relevance To Today’s Energy Picture
Frequent commenter Glenn Doty notes: Peak oil, or peak anything for that matter, is about production peaking, not about production running out. There’s nothing uncertain in this, there’s just misunderstanding. Hubbert’s peak (his prediction that the production of oil would …
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Could the Price of Climate Change REALLY Be $60 Trillion?
What’s the real imperative of the migration to renewable energy and cutting back our consumption of fossil fuels via efficiency and conservation? Might you say: Climate change? We’ll, that certainly one good answer. Of course, there are half a dozen …
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What If We Never Run Out of Oil?
Here’s a lengthy but excellent article from The Atlantic: “What If We Never Run Out of Oil?” It certainly is an interesting concept – one that I find quite credible. For instance, we have recently discovered untapped reservoirs of methane …
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Bill McKibben on Peak Oil and Environmental Activism
My friend Cameron Atwood sent me this masterpiece on environmental activism by Bill McKibben, and asked me to comment on what he writes about peak oil. I believe he’s correct; I think money and technology will converge to keep the …
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