About this title: Were the energy concerns of 2000 a preview of everyone's future? Will gas lines in the coming years make those of 1973 look short? Is the present chaos in oil prices the leading edge of a more serious crisis that will rock national economies around the world? According to Kenneth Deffeyes, a geologist with extensive personal experience in the oil ...
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780691116259ISBN:0691116253
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice clean book--no tears or marks. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 224 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Prompt shipping from a reliable bookseller. Sale benefits library Friends group. read more
Description: Very good. Former library book whose evidence is label on cover and inside cover stamp on page edge and title page envelop inside cover-minor dog earring-otherwise binding strong contents clean-enjoy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2008-09-29
ISBN-13:9780691141190ISBN:0691141193
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Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9780691090863ISBN:0691090866
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Edition: 6th Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ
Date Published: 2003
ISBN-13:9780691116259ISBN:0691116253
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 2008-09-29
ISBN-13:9780691141190ISBN:0691141193
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 2001-10-01
ISBN-13:9780691090863ISBN:0691090866
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"It seems reasonable to think that one day, maybe soon, there won't be enough oil in the ground to satisfy world demands. This book tries to flesh out that idea somewhat. It's all very plausable in principle, but they just discovered an off-shore oilfield in Brazil which is purported to be as large as current Saudi reserves. Also, other known reserves, including the protected regions in Alaska, have not been tapped into, and oil is now around $2/gallon. The book notes that oil has the most "energy density" of all known fuel sources (which is why we don't have, for example, solar powered jet fighter planes), but seems to hold out little hope that technology will not be able to address this. The book makes no mention whatsoever of the countless times the "seven sisters" oil cabal has sabotaged the development of alternative energy sources. Author Deffeyes also downplays all the potential energy conservation measures which can be taken to stretch out the functional life of our current supply. Furthermore, the needlessly urgent tone of the book injects an unwanted emotional element to what ought to be a dispassionate, reasoned arguement. For comparison, also read "Report from Iron Mountain" by Leonard C Lewin."
"I was hoping for more of a discussion of the strong points and short-comings of Hubbert's predictions, but that isn't what is contained here. Oh well, there was still a lot of interesting information: nearly all oil fields lie between 7,500 and 15,000 feet in depth; tar sands are basically oil fields that have been exposed via erosion; there is really only one spot left on earth - the South China Sea - that may hold significant undiscovered oil deposits; whatever measures we institute now won't be in time to get us through the peak period adjustment; oil bearing rock needs to have both porosity (ability to contain) and permeability (ability to deliver) - if you have one without the other, no dice; exploring for oil at sea is far easier than it is on land, just drag the seismic sonars behind a boat over broad sections of ocean rather than bounce along in a truck, stop, listen, pick up the equipment, move to a new location, and so on; all of the "new" drilling methods that are supposed to increase the viability of old fields have been around for the past 20 years so don't expect miracles; beware the argument that rising prices will spur additional development - the years of highest U.S. discovery/production were during the Great Depression; oil companies have little reason to develop alternative energy as nothing produces financial returns like oil, the company's fiduciary duty kicks in once again and this trend will only intensify once peak production is hit."
"This book is a must for a basic understanding of what Hubbert predicted long ago - that global oil production would peak around the turn of the 21st century, with dramatic results. Written off as an eccentric, his predictions of the US oil peak came true during his lifetime. Deffeyes does a good job of tying in the giant issue of peak oil to the predictions of Hubbert without ranting."
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