Item of General Interest
July 25. I received notice today that an article I helped write is available for free download for the next fifty days. The corrected free link for the article is "An Oil Production Forecast for China Considering Economic Limits." The article discusses the possibility that oil prices may not rise endlessly, and evaluates three future price scenarios. Under the "low" scenario (prices remain under $50 per barrel), oil production in China has already peaked.
Tag Archives: CO2 emissions
BP Data Suggests We Are Reaching Peak Energy Demand
Some people talk about peak energy (or oil) supply. They expect high prices and more demand than supply. Other people talk about energy demand hitting a peak many years from now, perhaps when most of us have electric cars. Neither of … Continue reading
Oil Limits and Climate Change – How They Fit Together
We hear a lot about climate change, especially now that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has recently published another report. At the same time, oil is reaching limits, and this has an effect as well. How do the … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, CO2 emissions, collapse, IPCC, oil limits, peak oil
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Peak Oil Demand is Already a Huge Problem
We in the United States, the Euro-zone, and Japan are already past peak oil demand. Oil demand has to do with how much oil we can afford. Many of the developed nations are not able to outbid the developing nations … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Implications, peak oil
Tagged CO2 emissions, competitiveness, energy consumption, oil demand, peak oil, peak oil demand
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Climate Change: The Standard Fixes Don’t Work
World leaders seem to have their minds made up regarding what will fix world CO2 emissions problems. Their list includes taxes on gasoline consumption, more general carbon taxes, cap and trade programs, increased efficiency in automobiles, greater focus on renewables, … Continue reading
Posted in Energy policy, Financial Implications
Tagged carbon dioxide, China, climate change, CO2, CO2 emissions, coal, elasticity of oil supply, jobs, natural gas, oil supply
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True sustainability solutions
We live in a world with very limited solutions to our sustainability problems. I often hear the view, “If we would just get off fossil fuels, then our society would be sustainable.” Or, “If the price of oil would just … Continue reading
Posted in Planning for the Future
Tagged CO2, CO2 emissions, ecology, fossil fuels, natural gas, petroleum, solar PV, sustainability, wind turbines
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