peak oil

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globalds wrote: »

We have ...And the good old USA

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"Nine major oil producers have clearly moved beyond peak since 1998 including the UK and Norway (Norway is the 3rd largest OECD producer). Prior to this many other major producers including United States all peaked.
Cumulative depletion amongst this group is now about 1.5 Million barrels per day (Mbpd). Depletion is currently running at 4.91% compounding. In other words declining nations are running out of oil at 4.91% per year."
http://www.oilcrash.com/articles/powr_014.htm

Thanks for that!

Just been reading the wikipedia entry on 'Peak Oil', I know it is often criticized, but it is a good start for for a general overview and references. There's a good list of countries that have already peaked including those you've stated.

Three significant countries that haven't subject to revision (contention?)

Iraq: 2018
Kuwait: 2013
Saudi Arabia: 2014

cazrobinson

this is good:

http://www.storyofstuff.com/

and this:

http://www.theoildrum.com/

and this is a funny, but serious history of our dependance:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5267640865741878159&q=robert+newman&total=348&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0

and from the [snake] oil men themselves:

http://www.bravenewleaf.com/environment/2008/01/peak-oil-skepti.html

interesting reading, prepare for the future!