Peak Oil and other threatening peaks--Chimeras without substance
The Peak Oil movement has widely spread its message about an impending peak in global oil production, caused by an inadequate resource base. On closer scrutiny, the underlying analysis is inconsistent, void of a theoretical foundation and without support in empirical observations. Global oil resources are huge and expanding, and pose no threat to continuing output growth within an extended time horizon. In contrast, temporary or prolonged supply crunches are indeed plausible, even likely, on account of growing resource nationalism denying access to efficient exploitation of the existing resource wealth.
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2010
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Authors: | Radetzki, Marian |
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Energy Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0301-4215. - Vol. 38.2010, 11, p. 6566-6569
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Elsevier |
Subject: | Ultimately recoverable resources Discovery Appreciation |
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