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Links to articles and presentations of some A-team energy experts

Larry Kummer, Editor

To learn more about Peak Oil, I strongly recommend reading the work of Robert Hirsch.  Here is a brief biography.  These articles are clear, insightful, and well-supported.

  1. “The Energy Plateau“, Public Utilities Reports (1 May 1996)
  2. Electric Power from Renewable Energy: Practical Realities for Policy-Makers (a slide presentation based on his December 2002 article in the Journal of Fusion Energy (the article an be purchased online here)
  3. Six Major Factors in Energy Planning (March 1, 2004)
  4. Peaking of World Production: What are We Willing to Risk (June 14, 2004)
  5. Peaking of World Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management (aka “Mitigations“, commissioned by the Dept of Energy, this is the most important work so far on how to prepare for Peak Oil. Co-authors are the economists Roger Bezdek and Robert Wendling) (February 2005)
  6. Economic Impacts of Liquid Fuel Mitigation Options (same 3 co-authors as Mitigations) (February 2006)
  7. Peaking of World Production: an Overview (October 23, 2006)
  8. Peaking of World Production: Problem, Complexity, Mitigation, and Risks (November 30, 2006)
  9. World Oil Shortage: Scenarios for Mitigation Planning (October 2007)

There are many good books about Peak Energy. These are the ones I recommend for an introduction to the issue.

  1. Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2001)
  2. Beyond Oil: the View from Hubbert’s Peak, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (2005)
  3. Twilight in the Desert: The coming Saudi oil shock and the world economy, by Matthew R. Simmons (2005)

What sites, articles, and books have you found interesting and useful about Peak Oil?

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For more information about Peak Oil

  1. When will global oil production peak? Here is the answer! (1 November 2008)
  2. Links to articles and presentations of some A-team energy experts  (11 November 2007)
  3. The most dangerous form of Peak Oil  (8 April 2008)
  4. The world changed last week, with no headlines to mark the news   (25 April 2008)
  5. Peak Oil Doomsters debunked, end of civilization called off  (8 May 2008)

Here is the full archive of articles about Peak Oil.

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