Peak Oil

Within the energy profession there are groups grappling with the challenge of "Peak Oil." While the efforts of Al Gore and others have raised awareness of the threat of global warming, society is not in any way prepared for the imminent decline in global oil production.

There are currently 98 oil producing countries in the world, of which 64 are thought to have passed their geologically imposed production peak, and of those 60 are in terminal production decline. A few countries such as Iran, Libya, Peru, and Russia are anomalous in that although they are thought to have passed their production peak, their output is growing at the moment. However they are not expected to regain their previously-established highs. Other post-peak producers may also grow their production temporarily within a long-term downward trend.

In the near term, declining production will impact certain countries more than others. Cantarell, the largest field in the western hemisphere, is declining rapidly. Over the next couple of years, Mexico's economy will be hard-hit. Without imports, the USA's domestic oil reserves would be exhausted in three years at the current rate of consumption. And Australia has been importing the bulk of it's petroleum needs for years.

Lacking the political will to make conscious, rapid & drastic changes, technological breakthroughs are slow and voluntary conservation is too shallow to avert future widespread disruption of economic activity, especially transportation and consequently food.

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