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BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Energy crisis as Georgia freezes Georgia's president has cut short a visit to the World Economic Forum in Switzerland and headed home to deal with a growing energy crisis.

Winning the Oil Endgame: Over the next few decades, the United States can get completely off oil and revitalize its industrial and rural economy—led by business for profit. This is a PowerPoint presentation in PDF format. THE BOOK it is based on (332 pages) is also available.

The Coming Energy Crisis? All warning signs that existed prior to the energy crises of 1973 and 1979 exist today. Various energy security measures indicate that the potential for an energy shortage is high. As submitted to Oil & Gas Journal for publication February 3, 2003

"Think gas is expensive now? Just wait. You've heard it before, but this time it's for real: We're at the beginning of the end of Cheap Oil." June 2004 issue of National Geographic

"Beginner's Guide to Oil Depletion" is elegant, compelling and well researched. Revised and expanded in January 2004. The best introduction to the oil depletion problem on the web.

"Oil depletion: One of the most important problems of the world." by J. L. Fisker This is a model of clarity. It is well researched and there are many useful links. [PDF Link recovered 4/18/11]

The Oil Depletion Analysis Center has a very complete section of useful links.

Health and Energy is devoted to the oil and gas depletion problem.

The Coming Natural Gas Crisis In 2004, natural gas use is rapidly increasing while reserves are rapidly declining. As recently as five years ago, producers and consumers of natural gas thought that natural gas was the abundant and non-polluting fuel of the future. Electric utilities were encouraged to use natural gas as the fuel for almost all new power plants. Now, natural gas depletion is a recognized fact for all of North America. Favorable weather has prevented a crisis in March of 2004. [PDF Link recovered 4/18/11]

End of Oil Could Fuel 'End of Civilization as We Know It' Opponents in a long-running debate over when the world will run out of oil squared off Tuesday in a crowded room of scientists, reaching only one conclusion: The supply of fossil fuels is fixed and the world economy will eventually have to wean itself from oil.

What to do as oil peaks out: A geologist as amiable guide, by By Jane Holtz Kay, Christian Science Monitor [2005 May 17] "Hubbert's Peak," the point on the graph that marks the apex of world oil production, has dropped below its zenith. And, for Americans dependent on their economy's lifeblood, the news goes against the grain of our optimistic belief in the eternal More. Whether you consider the shrinking of that commodity as bringing grim times for our manufacturing, driving, consuming nation, or, perversely, good times for a planet overrun with the greenhouse gases it produces, one thing is sure: There are life-altering changes ahead.

How the International Energy Agency Misrepresents a Shell Graph [2005 November 18]

Peak oil and other peaks, presentation to the CERN meeting [2005 October 3]

Review on Oil Shale Data [2005 September] "Oil shales are a misnomer being neither shale or oil, in fact an immature source-rock which has not yet generated any oil and needs to be heated at 600 °C to yield oil by pyrolysis. In fact they should be classified with coal and peat..."

Comments on Hydrocarbons Reserves: Abundance or Scarcity, the June 28-30 OAPEC-IFP seminar [2005 July 14]

Fossil Fuels Future Production, Romania Oil & Gas Congress, Bucharest [2005 March 22-24] "Growth is the Santa Claus of politicians to solve all problems such as social security, retirement, but there is no 'Plan B' other than the next generation will pay for our excesses. Saint Exupery wrote: 'We do not inherit the Earth from our parents, we borrow it from our children' (taken from old Indian popular wisdom)"

Oil-Online The new site features a clean, modern design, creating an intuitive experience for the user and eliminating unnecessary links and clicks. Real time global news coverage in the world of energy will be available 24/7/365. Site visitors will have free and complete access to articles featuring editor insight into the implications of breaking news in the industry. The latest in technology will be keenly reviewed â€“ whether it's the hottest new product or a field-tested stand-by. [Link updated 4/18/11]

Oil Industry Statistics Compiling a list of "largest oil companies" is a bit like comparing apples and oranges. The state-owned national oil companies operate differently from the traditional businesses we are accustomed to in the US. Also, should they be ranked by assets, by reserves, by production, or by revenue? These categories give similar, but by no means identical, lists. And are we talking about oil, or gas, or both, or oil equivalent? The following table offers one ranking, based mostly on information from the Oil & Gas Journal in 1999. For merged companies such as ExxonMobil, I added the values for the predecessor companies. State-owned companies are marked with a star*. Public companies like ExxonMobil only hold about 18% of the world's oil reserves; the rest is owned by nations or state-controlled companies.

The Alternative Energy Institute is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, educational organization. Historically, AEI's mission has focused on two areas: (1) raising consciousness about the dangers of fossil fuel dependency and the viable alternatives to fossil fuels, and (2) linking consumers with suppliers of alternative energy. However, AEI is expanding its focus on the basis that there is no progressive change toward sustainability without taking a systemic approach that includes one essential element: community. As a result, AEI is carving out a unique niche of raising consciousness about community sustainability and providing action response opportunities for individuals throughout the world.

US Energy consumption, production and import trends We hear much about a looming Energy threat, but is it for real? The answer is emphatically YES!! This summary, and the separate USA and World sections linked below, will tell you WHY. A cheap and reliable supply of energy is the life-blood of America's economy, and the very basis of citizen living standards and national security. Energy especially underpins our transportation and our food supply sectors, as well as our homes, work places, medical facilities, police and national security operations. Yet, worryingly, America's per capita energy consumption increased during the 1990s, in spite of a declining US manufacturing base and despite importing more manufactured goods than ever before (i.e. produced by other nations using their own energy). And a rising population calls for more energy, not less. [Link updated 4/18/11]

ASPO: Association for the Study of Peak Oil Many articles regarding peak oil.

The Oil Crisis an extensive set of articles and links, offered to assist people to draw their own conclusions and act accordingly.

Dieoff Energy Synopsis Petroleum geologists have known for 50 years that global oil production would "peak" and begin its inevitable decline within a decade of the year 2000. Moreover, no renewable energy systems have the potential to generate more than a tiny fraction of the power now being generated by fossil fuels.

Oil Production & The Hubbert Peak Named after the late Dr. M. King Hubbert, Geophysicist, this website provides data, analysis and recommendations regarding the upcoming peak in the rate of global oil extraction.

MNS: Papers by Dr. Richard C. Duncan A series of articles.

US DOE Oil Production Estimate a recent EIA presentation on estimates of the world conventional oil resource base and the year when production from it will peak and then begin to decline. A version of this presentation was given by former EIA Administrator Jay Hakes to the April 18, 2000 meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists in New Orleans, Louisiana.

USGS World Oil Production The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) World Petroleum Assessment 2000 provides estimates of the quantities of conventional oil, gas, and natural gas liquids outside the United States that have the potential to be added to reserves in the next 30 years (1995 to 2025). Excluding the U.S., the mean (expected) volumes of undiscovered resources are 649 billion barrels of oil (BBO), 4,669 trillion cubic feet of gas (TCFG), and 207 billion barrels of natural gas liquids (BBNGL).

International Energy Agency An intergovernmental body committed to advancing security of energy supply, economic growth and environmental sustainability through energy policy co-operation

World Energy Assessment Energy is essential to economic and social development and improved quality of life. Much of the world’s energy, however, is currently produced and consumed in ways that could not be sustained if technology were to remain constant and if overall quantities were to increase substantially. - Agenda 21, Chapter 9.9

Hubbert Centre Assemble, study, and disseminate global petroleum supply data

CRYING WOLF: Warnings about oil supply - Hubbert/Campbell Critic These issues are hugely complex. A wide variety of political, economic and geological factors affect oil production, and analysis requires an enormous amount of data, much of which is either not readily available or is unreliable. Few observers have the capacity to analyze the forecasts of others, let alone make their own forecasts. Thus, as Vannevar Bush realized, when an expert, particularly with a scientific background, comes forward with detailed work and large quantities of (albeit hidden) data, it gains almost instant respectability, particularly among editors who are not familiar with the subject.

World Oil Predictions A list of links, some with commentary.

ODAC: The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) is an independent, UK-registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil-depletion problem.

BP World Energy The Review tells the story - and history - of world energy through the numbers behind the energy market headlines. This edition includes data up to the end of 2005

GPM: Global Public Media While they cover a number of other issues, you can usually find something on peak oil in the mix.

The Community Solution to Peak Oil The Community Solution is a program of Community Service, Inc. Community Service is dedicated to the development, growth and enhancement of small local communities. We envision a country where the population is distributed in small communities that are sustainable, diverse and culturally sophisticated.

ASPO-USA During the week leading petroleum producers, including Saudi Aramco and Exxon Mobile, have been aggressively arguing that we don’t need to worry about Peak Oil. A very good summary is given in People’s Daily Online, Beijing, China ( read article ). The attack from Saudi Aramco came at an OPEC conference in Vienna ( read article ) and from Exxon Mobil at a conference in Australia. An interesting notation is that Wall Street Journal raised the question if it was a planed attack.

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