Comments on: Links to articles and presentations of some A-team energy experts http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/ A discussion of geopolitics, broadly defined, from an American's perspective. Mon, 07 Jul 2008 04:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: a517dogg http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-98 a517dogg Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:31:09 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-98 http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB119543677899797558.html Oil Officials See Limit Looming on Production By RUSSELL GOLD and ANN DAVIS November 19, 2007; Page A1 Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB119543677899797558.html

Oil Officials See Limit Looming on Production
By RUSSELL GOLD and ANN DAVIS
November 19, 2007; Page A1
Wall Street Journal

]]> By: fabiusmaximus2000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-60 fabiusmaximus2000 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:15:42 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-60 Simmons was a star until he published his book. It was perhaps the intellecutal peak of the peak oil community. Too bad he did not bring in some professional geologists and engineers as consultants, to cosign the book. It might have had more impact. Since then he has pretty much repeated the same old stuff. Few signs of much research, intermixed with some dubious theories (oil production limited by aging of US petro-experts, which I will discuss soon) and major howlers (average age of US refinery equipment is 85 years). The quality of analytical work of the Peak Oil community has imho deteriorated, as its ranks have filled with assorted doomsters. Note the ODAC newsletter (formerly a grade-A resource), which should be renamed the assorted list of today's unrelated bad news stories. With good reason US decision-makers ignore their work. This is unfortunate but deserved. Part of the problem, or part of the solution? Simmons was a star until he published his book. It was perhaps the intellecutal peak of the peak oil community. Too bad he did not bring in some professional geologists and engineers as consultants, to cosign the book. It might have had more impact. Since then he has pretty much repeated the same old stuff. Few signs of much research, intermixed with some dubious theories (oil production limited by aging of US petro-experts, which I will discuss soon) and major howlers (average age of US refinery equipment is 85 years).

The quality of analytical work of the Peak Oil community has imho deteriorated, as its ranks have filled with assorted doomsters. Note the ODAC newsletter (formerly a grade-A resource), which should be renamed the assorted list of today’s unrelated bad news stories. With good reason US decision-makers ignore their work. This is unfortunate but deserved. Part of the problem, or part of the solution?

]]> By: a517dogg http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-54 a517dogg Tue, 13 Nov 2007 01:52:17 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-54 Also Matt Simmons (I'm currently doing a project on peak oil - talk about great timing!): http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches Also Matt Simmons (I’m currently doing a project on peak oil - talk about great timing!):
http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches

]]> By: fabiusmaximus2000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-44 fabiusmaximus2000 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:08:06 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-44 Global agriculture is another interesting subject. Water shortages could have interesting effects over the next decade or two. And rising energy costs will add another layer of costs. Not yet much good analysis on either of these issues, but they've been identified and I suspect we'll see much discussion in the next year or two. Will read this link with interest! Global agriculture is another interesting subject. Water shortages could have interesting effects over the next decade or two. And rising energy costs will add another layer of costs. Not yet much good analysis on either of these issues, but they’ve been identified and I suspect we’ll see much discussion in the next year or two. Will read this link with interest!

]]> By: a517dogg http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-43 a517dogg Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:48:56 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-43 Also an interesting brief on the links between peak oil and agriculture: http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/89d058cc4dbeb16d80256a73005a2866/cccdcd1cb99f29c8802571960051175e!OpenDocument Also an interesting brief on the links between peak oil and agriculture:

http://www.soilassociation.org/web/sa/saweb.nsf/89d058cc4dbeb16d80256a73005a2866/cccdcd1cb99f29c8802571960051175e!OpenDocument

]]> By: fabiusmaximus2000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-40 fabiusmaximus2000 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 00:50:21 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-40 Me too. It's on the blogroll, right hand column. Me too. It’s on the blogroll, right hand column.

]]> By: a517dogg http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-39 a517dogg Sun, 11 Nov 2007 23:20:23 +0000 http://fabiusmaximus.wordpress.com/2007/11/11/links-to-articles-and-presentations-of-some-a-team-energy-experts/#comment-39 I'm a fan of The Oil Drum - http://theoildrum.com/. I’m a fan of The Oil Drum - http://theoildrum.com/.

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