This book provides a thorough explanation of the origin, exploration, production, and marketing of oil. The author's goal is to increase awareness (if not an attempt to raise the alarm) that an unprecedented energy crisis is just over the horizon. Kenneth Deffeyes predicted an impending oil...

Peak oil demand has become the hot new topic for oil market analysts but as always, runs the risk of being subject to superficial analysis, just as peak oil supply was. The primary arguments come from climate change activists who believe fossil fuel consumption must drop sharply and from...

Western-style consumer lifestyles are highly resource and energy intensive. This paper examines the energy intensity of these consumer lifestyles and considers whether such lifestyles could be sustained in a future with declining energy supplies and much higher energy prices. The rise of...