It would be pretty hard to be addicted directly to oil; it’s toxic, slimy and tastes really bad. But given the above background, we can see how it is possible to become addicted to the energy services that oil provides. Humans are naturally geared for individual survival — curious, rew...
The Oil Drum Archives This is the archives of The Oil Drum, a website devoted to analysis and discussion of energy and its impact on society. It was published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a Colorado non-profit corporation, from 2005 to 2013. For more informat...
oil production sharply increased from 1975 to 1979. In 1984 production started to drop after a sharp plateau and continued to drop despite a Polymer flooding and a CO2 injection program. Between 1993 and 1997 production slightly increased for a few years ...
This 'demand' side view of Peak Oil will be the subject of my next post. Next post (if I successfully defer my addictions): "Evolution, Discount Rates and Addiction" Nathan John Hagens theoildrum.com email thelastsasquatch@yahoo.com...
The popular peak oil blog The Oil Drum (TOD) began in early 2005. I joined as a contributor in mid 2005, later becoming an editor, and I left the site in early 2008. TOD continued in the meantime, at least up until now when the current editors have decided to transition to an archi...
From the point of view of importers, it is quite likely that we are facing a crash in oil supplies. In my opinion, what I have described as the “Iron Triangle” is doing everything possible to keep this message from reaching consumers. In an essay posted on The Oil Drum blog in ...
Stuart: I have a couple of very general questions for you regarding climate change, since I have not really had the time or the energy to study the whole issue in depth the way I have with Peak Oil for the past year-and-a-half. Hopefully, this is not too inappropriate a point to ...
The Oil Drum is, in many ways, an ideal example of a "we-think" collaborative environment, and I hope that the amazing breadth and depth of knowledge of TOD readers will help to further develop this theory. Developing a better understanding of the impact of a system of geopolitical feed...
Drumbeat: December 28, 2009 The Oil Drum Drumbeat: December 29, 2009 Long term agricultural overshootPosted by Gail the Actuary on December 28, 2009 - 10:39am This is a guest post by Peter Salonius, a Canadian soil microbiologist, that was originally posted in October 2008. According to ...
The Oil Drum Archives This is the archives of The Oil Drum, a website devoted to analysis and discussion of energy and its impact on society. It was published by the Institute for the Study of Energy and Our Future, a Colorado non-profit corporation, from 2005 to 2013. For more ...