Could Peak Oil Actually Worsen Climate Change?
(Fast Company Magazine: Mon, 29 Dec) A couple of weeks ago the usually conservative International Energy Agency predicted that world oil production would peak by 2020. Peak oil has moved in a short time from an obsession somewhere between the Warren Commission and the Yeti in ... |
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Gwynne Dyer: 'Peak oil' gloom probably just a load of horse manure
(The New Zealand Herald: Sun, 28 Dec) Worried about "peak oil"? The International Energy Agency's annual report, The World Energy Outlook 2008 , admits for the first time that "although global oil production in total is not expected to peak before 2030, production of conventional oil ... is projected to level off towards the end of the projection period". |
NASA Study Illustrates How Global Peak Oil Could Impact Climate
(North Denver News: Tue, 30 Dec) The burning of fossil fuels — notably coal, oil and gas — has accounted for about 80 percent of the rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide since the pre-industrial era. Now, NASA researchers have identified feasible emission scenarios that could keep carbon dioxide below levels that some scientists have called dangerous for climate. When and how global oil production will peak has been debated, ... |
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