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Royal Society: Theme issue on peak oil
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society has the prestige of being the world’s first scientific journal and also published the work of Charles Darwin, Michael Faraday, William Herschel and many more celebrated names in science. Recently, this journal published a theme issue, edited by Richard G. Miller and Steve R. Sorell, on peak oil. This volume presents the best scientific evidence on why a decline in oil supply may, or may not, be in sight. It considers the production and resources of conventional oil and the potential for developing alternative liquid fuels from tar sands, shales, biomass, coal and gas. It describes how economies might react and adapt to rising oil prices and how the transport sector could be transformed. It provides comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the ‘peak oil’ debate and reflects a range of views. Ultimately, it reminds us that the wolf did eventually appear – and that it would be wise to prepare.
Find the full theme isse here:
http://rsta.royalsocietypublishing.org/site/2014/2006.xhtml
12 Comments on "Royal Society: Theme issue on peak oil"
Ghung on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 1:51 pm
“…the world’s first scientific journal and also published the work of Charles Darwin…” which many folks, over 150 years after ‘On the Origin of Species’, are still denying as valid. I doubt folks will be debating the validity of peak oil as long, but who knows?
Beery on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 2:53 pm
By “many folks”, you mean a comparatively few religious nutcases, right?
Ghung on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 3:17 pm
It depends how you define “comparatively few”,, and where you live i suppose.
December 30, 2013- According to a new Pew Research Center analysis, six-in-ten Americans (60%) say that “humans and other living things have evolved over time,” while a third (33%) reject the idea of evolution, saying that “humans and other living things have existed in their present form since the beginning of time.”
http://www.pewforum.org/2013/12/30/publics-views-on-human-evolution/
andya on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 3:21 pm
Good one Ghung.
Ghung on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 3:26 pm
… could be the same folks who think oil is abiotic and inexhaustible. Just a guess.
TwinPerformance on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 3:53 pm
Forget peak oil, look at this : http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/17/california-declares-statewide-emergency-amid-worst-drought-on-record/
We have got to the point of major climate shifts over ONE YEAR.
rockman on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 4:15 pm
Twin – Actually in Texas we’ve had major interyear major climate shifts for centuries: 105 degrees and the just 6 months later down near freezing. Year after freaking year. LOL.
FYI: not a denier…just being goofy on a Saturday morning. In person I approach climate and PO deniers the same: with a 10′ pole and even then I still keep my mouth shut. Long ago I learned it’s generally counterproductive to criticize someone’s “religious” beliefs.
shortonoil on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 4:58 pm
“Forget peak oil, look at this:”
We live in the Holocene Epoch, which is at the tail end of the Pleistocene epoch. A 1.9 million year period that was the most climatically variable in the last 33 million years. It is know as the epoch of extinctions. The Holocene, the present brief interglacial, has now lasted for 10,000 years; approximately the same length of time as the last 10 interglacial periods.
The last ice age developed within a few hundred years. It started to snow, and snowed for 10,000 years. The resulting ice sheet that covered the Northern hemisphere lasted for 1 million years. The oil age will end in less than two decades!
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Pleistocene_epoch.aspx
GregT on Sat, 18th Jan 2014 7:40 pm
Very good summary on that article Shortonoil.
“We may never know what caused the Pleistocene extinctions, but today, loss of habitat and increasing pollution are the most lethal killers of animal life on Earth.”
Welcome to the Anthropocene. It might last a little bit longer than a couple of decades, but probably not by much. Good thing we’re in a natural cooling period, or we likely would have fried ourselves already.
http://www.anthropocene.info/en/home
Makati1 on Sun, 19th Jan 2014 1:44 am
Whether we are past peak oil, near financial collapse, headed for extinction, or any other possibility … it is obvious that we are heading into an unknown and dangerous future. And, it is NOT going to be as pleasant or easy as the last 50 years. The best we can do is keep up with the changes and try to prepare to make the ride less painful. We are pioneering a new age in uncharted territory.
Newfie on Sun, 19th Jan 2014 11:35 am
It took 200 years after Copernicus before people believed the Earth revolved around the Sun. 150 years after Darwin wrote his book most people still do not believe in evolution. So my friends the oil will be long gone before people accept that peak oil is real. Most people have never even heard of it. Duh.
PrestonSturges on Mon, 20th Jan 2014 10:54 pm
>… could be the same folks who think
>oil is abiotic and inexhaustible.
>Just a guess.
Young Earth creationists, the same folks that are convinced the know better than Darwin despite reading at a fifth grade level.