Comments on: Peak Oil: What does it mean to you? http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/#utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you Web Magazine and Video Briefs dealing with Climate Change, Peak Oil and Food Security in Japan and the World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:49:13 +0900 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Carlos Matsumoto http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-3923 Carlos Matsumoto Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:07:36 +0000 http://dev.ourworldunu.edu/en/?p=4#comment-3923 Thanks so very much Brendan for this issue. I´m brazilian but I´m living in Japan about 7 years and I see that here a couple years ago gradualy includ new hybrids, electric and hydrogen cars making the big difference for consumer and obviously for the Country. Simple talk to people and starting thinking about the things that we need to do, that our family can do, that our community can start doing or choose others alternatives really can help reduce the oil´s consumers and help our environment too. Thanks so very much Brendan for this issue. I´m brazilian but I´m living in Japan about 7 years and I see that here a couple years ago gradualy includ new hybrids, electric and hydrogen cars making the big difference for consumer and obviously for the Country. Simple talk to people and starting thinking about the things that we need to do, that our family can do, that our community can start doing or choose others alternatives really can help reduce the oil´s consumers and help our environment too.

]]> By: Japan, waking up to peak oil? | OurWorld 2.0 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-2837 Japan, waking up to peak oil? | OurWorld 2.0 Mon, 04 May 2009 23:31:07 +0000 http://dev.ourworldunu.edu/en/?p=4#comment-2837 [...] Put simply, peak oil is the point when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached. After peak, the rate of production enters terminal decline. It is a daunting prospect for our modern civilization that relies so heavily on this magical substance (we talked about this in Peak Oil: What does it mean to you?). [...] [...] Put simply, peak oil is the point when the maximum rate of global petroleum extraction is reached. After peak, the rate of production enters terminal decline. It is a daunting prospect for our modern civilization that relies so heavily on this magical substance (we talked about this in Peak Oil: What does it mean to you?). [...]

]]> By: The Capacity Evolution Blog » Blog Archive » Our World 2.0 http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-33 The Capacity Evolution Blog » Blog Archive » Our World 2.0 Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:44:12 +0000 http://dev.ourworldunu.edu/en/?p=4#comment-33 [...] Peak Oil What does it mean to you? Excerpt: Does oil priced at over $140 per barrel signal the arrival of Peak Oil? The experts disagree on the cause of the price jump but agree on one message: The era of easy oil is over. [...] [...] Peak Oil What does it mean to you? Excerpt: Does oil priced at over $140 per barrel signal the arrival of Peak Oil? The experts disagree on the cause of the price jump but agree on one message: The era of easy oil is over. [...]

]]> By: Zach Smith http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-26 Zach Smith Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:23:14 +0000 http://dev.ourworldunu.edu/en/?p=4#comment-26 Brendan, good article on a topic many people would just like to ignore, sticking their head in the tar sands for as long as possible. What gets me is the fundamental inertia in many sectors around this issue. Why wait until the cost of oil becomes utterly unbearable? I agree with you that an open, frank discussion on this issue and a serious consideration of an explicitly publicized shift toward other less polluting, more secure forms energy is absolutely necessary. The fact that this thinking is still often considered "fringe" is troubling, to say the least. Zach http://www/ikan.biz/blog/ Brendan, good article on a topic many people would just like to ignore, sticking their head in the tar sands for as long as possible. What gets me is the fundamental inertia in many sectors around this issue. Why wait until the cost of oil becomes utterly unbearable?
I agree with you that an open, frank discussion on this issue and a serious consideration of an explicitly publicized shift toward other less polluting, more secure forms energy is absolutely necessary. The fact that this thinking is still often considered “fringe” is troubling, to say the least.

Zach
http://www/ikan.biz/blog/

]]> By: Richard Bradford http://ourworld.unu.edu/en/peak-oil-what-does-it-mean-to-you/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Richard Bradford Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:45:26 +0000 http://dev.ourworldunu.edu/en/?p=4#comment-16 Thanks for the overview. As an avid follower of the energy comedown, I just thought I'd point out that * the price of oil has been rising since 1998 (not 1995), when a barrel was $10 thanks to the Asian financial crisis and Economist predicted $5. * it was in 1956 that Hubbert made his groundbreaking prediction that production from the US lower 48 states would peak between 1965 and 1970, using the "Hubbert Curve". He was out by a whole year - the Texas Railroad Commission declared 100% production in 1971. http://www.energybulletin.net/primer So, your assertion that the Peak Oil idea has been around since the 1970s is off by a couple of decades! Needless to say the understanding of fossil fuels as finite and gone once burned is older still. Cheers, Richard Thanks for the overview. As an avid follower of the energy comedown, I just thought I’d point out that
* the price of oil has been rising since 1998 (not 1995), when a
barrel was $10 thanks to the Asian financial crisis and Economist
predicted $5.
* it was in 1956 that Hubbert made his groundbreaking prediction
that production from the US lower 48 states would peak between 1965 and
1970, using the “Hubbert Curve”. He was out by a whole year – the Texas
Railroad Commission declared 100% production in 1971.
http://www.energybulletin.net/primer

So, your assertion that the Peak Oil idea has been around since the
1970s is off by a couple of decades! Needless to say the understanding of fossil fuels as finite and gone once burned is older still.

Cheers,
Richard

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