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Deffeyes

Hubbert's Peak

The Impending World Oil Shortage - New Edition

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-691-14119-0
Verlag: Princeton University Press
Erscheinungstermin: 19.10.2008
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In 2001, Kenneth Deffeyes made a grim prediction: world oil production would reach a peak within the next decade--and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it. Deffeyes's claim echoed the work of geophysicist M. King Hubbert, who in 1956 predicted that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticized by oil experts and economists, Hubbert's prediction came true in 1970. In this updated edition of Hubbert's Peak, Deffeyes explains the crisis that few now deny we are headed toward. Using geology and economics, he shows how everything from the rising price of groceries to the subprime mortgage crisis has been exacerbated by the shrinking supply--and growing price--of oil. Although there is no easy solution to these problems, Deffeyes argues that the first step is understanding the trouble that we are in.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780691141190
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-691-14119-0
  • Verlag: Princeton University Press
  • Erscheinungstermin: 19.10.2008
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: Revised Auflage
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 363 g
  • Seiten: 232
  • Format (B x H x T): 152 x 231 x 18 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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Preface to the 2008 Edition ix

Acknowledgments xv

CHAPTER 1: Overview 1

CHAPTER 2: The Origin of Oil 14

CHAPTER 3: Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps 40

CHAPTER 4: Finding It 70

CHAPTER 5: Drilling Methods 88

CHAPTER 6: Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields 113

CHAPTER 7: Hubbert Revisited 133

CHAPTER 8: Rate Plots 150

CHAPTER 9: The Future of Fossil Fuels 159

CHAPTER 10: Alternative Energy Sources 176

CHAPTER 11: A New Outlook 186

Notes 191

Index 205