Peeking at Peak Oil
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| Rating | : | 4.63 (590 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1461434238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 325 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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The term “Peak Oil” was born in January 2001 when Colin Campbell formed the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO). Anyone interested in food production, economic growth, climate change or global security needs to understand this new reality.In Peeking at Peak Oil Professor Kjell Aleklett, President of ASPO International and head of the world’s leading research group on Peak Oil, describes the decade-long journey of Peak Oil from extremist fringe theory to today’s accepted fact: Global oil production is entering terminal decline. Now, Peak Oil is used thousands of times a day by journalists, politicians, industry leaders, economists, scientists and countless others around the globe. Peak Oil is not the end of oil but it tells us the end is in sight. He explains everything you need to know about Peak Oil and its world-changing consequences from an insider’s perspective. He uses science to reveal the errors and deceit of national and international oil authorities, companies and governments too terrified to admit the truth. In simple steps, Kjell tells us how oil is formed, discovered and produced. He des
He subsequently changed his field of research from nuclear physics to the depletion of oil, gas and coal and its global consequences in 2002. Kjell Aleklett frequently lectures and gives interviews on Peak Oil at community, national and international events. He decided to appoint an Oil Commission for which Kjell Aleklett gave the introductory seminar. He currently teaches genetics and investigates the molecular mechanisms underlying Alzheimer’s disease at the Univer
… the author discusses growing concerns within the governments of exporting and importing countries as well as giant oil companies. … Using simple language and engaging illustrations, Aleklett’s Peeking at Peak Oil leaves readers with a clear and comprehensive understanding of the emerging issue of our time.” (Sustainable Guernsey, June, 2012)“It is…refreshing to find a comprehensive, peak oil analysis that relies on rigorous scientific methods and empirical data rather than resorting to anecdotes, doomsday prophesies and red herrings…is book should be required reading for anyone seriously interested in the future world energy market and economy, especially politicians and policymakers….Aleklett’s analysis is meticulous, his results are convincing, and the implications are sobering….The book also contains a wealth of information and can serve as a basic primer on global oil industry&
Very Important Work This book, Peeking at Peak Oil is a very important work. This work is based on science. It's sound in it's findings. Again, it's science that's based on very sound research methods. It's not pie-in-the sky or doomsday is here. It's sound scientific research that can't be overlooked. Peak oil This is far and away the best summary of the global oil situation I've seen in 3 years of researching. Written from a European academic perspective, the author and his students have an astounding degree of experience, independence, and access.The delightful, often whimsical artwork. "The most important book in the history of the world. Most people won't even come close to reading it." according to Daniel Hood. Sometime 2006/7 I remember having a profound feeling that things were off course but had very little understanding of the way civilization truly functioned as a whole system. I ignored it, caught up in the "infinite growth game". I was paid good money in the financial sector and it