Al Fin

Peak Oil for Dummies

Catastrophic oil shortages are produced by economic and political events.

Oil production is not a bell curve. Instead it is a gently sloping plateau, with ups and downs.

The low hanging fruit is being plucked. Global oil exploration has barely begun. Unconventional fossil fuels swamp conventional fuels in terms of quantity. Clean coal to liquids and gas plus gas to liquids provides a lot of room.

In 20 years microbial biofuels will begin to place a price ceiling on liquid fuels from fossil sources.

Nuclear energy could be a clean and abundant part of the energy and transportation picture within 10 years if not for a neanderthal political system.