Sentences with phrase «by peak oil»

Peak everything: Peak Everything is the name of a book by peak oil author Richard Heinberg.

The Green New Deal includes policies and novel funding mechanisms that will reduce emissions contributing to climate change and allow us to cope better with the coming energy shortages caused by peak oil.

See Ben Pile of the GWPF, and how he got made mincemeat by the peak oil realists.

In recent decades their concerns have centered on energy use, epitomized by the peak oil hypothesis and the alleged inability of the environment to absorb increased human caused CO2 without catastrophic effects.

It is unrealistic to claim that CTL provides a feasible solution to liquid fuels shortages created by peak oil.

I don't think anyone is seriously claiming that we're about to «run out» — rather, the claim made by the Peak Oil theorists is that we're at or near peak production.

The agency that is known by traders as the agency that has way underestimated, is now proclaiming the United States as the new global energy powerhouse, a moniker by the peak oil freaks and the Obama Administration that was thought to be impossible.

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Internal studies by a group of analysts within Shell known as the «scenarios» team had concluded that global demand for oil might peak in as little as a decade — essentially tomorrow in an industry that plans in quarter - century increments.

As we near peak summer driving season, American consumers would have worried a generation ago that such a meeting would be an impetus for a pullback in production, with oil exporters aiming to raise prices by limiting supply.

A survey conducted recently by COMPAS Inc. found a majority of Canadian CEOs polled subscribe to peak - oil theory — the idea that the planet is running out of easily accessible and economical oil — but believe it is difficult to predict when peak production will occur.

Thiel's peak - oil thesis did well by Clarium until mid-2008, as the price of oil soared from about $ 40 a barrel in 2002 to nearly $ 140.

Even with oil prices still down by half from the peak, improvements in well development productivity have enabled US producers to make money at much lower oil prices.

And unlike with the oil industry, no «fracking» method has been invented yet to extract gold from hard - to - reach areas, though Barrick — the world's largest producer by output — has been experimenting with sensors at its Cortez project in Nevada.What Pierre is talking about, of course, is the idea of «peak gold.»

It was driven by growing Chinese and other Far East demand and by dwindling oil supplies following the peak of conventional production in 2005.

In this scenario, global oil demand will have already peaked and by 2035 it will be 10 percent lower than it is today.

Over the past several months the industry has been wrestling with oil prices that have cratered by more than 50 % since peaking last June.

Since 1999, the price of West Texas Intermediate — one of the price benchmarks for oil used today in the market — has jumped by nearly 700 %, reaching a peak of $ 147 in 2008.

The new calendar year has witnessed a sharp improve in revenue downgrades from oil and fuel firms, which have been strike by the cost of Brent crude a lot more than halving from its peak of $ 115 a barrel in June.

Russia's economy grew at 7.2 % per year from 2000 to the peak of the global financial crisis in 2009, fueled by huge oil and gas revenues.

The Conference Board report also predicts direct employment at oil producers «will expand by just 2,150 net new positions» over the next four years, when it will reach «66,470 jobs, which is still below the 2015 peak» of 72,600 jobs.

Oil demand will peak at 100 million barrels per day by 2020, dropping to 70 million barrels per day by 2030.

Inflation forecasts will be revised down, if anything automatically, as the result of lower oil prices -LRB--37 % between the mid-November and mid-February cut - off dates) and a stronger trade - weighted currency (+5.1 % for the EUR EER - 38, although the index has eased by 3.5 % from its peak).

«I am not losing any sleep over «peak oil demand» or «stranded resources,»» Aramco Chief Executive Officer Amin Nasser told the CERAWeek by IHS Markit energy conference in Houston earlier this month.

In 2011, Clean Harbors acquired Peak Energy Services, bringing on the capabilities to service oil and gas drilling operations by providing surface rentals and specialized liquid, solid and sludge processing.

While the oil heats beat the egg whites until they form stiff peaks and then stir in the yolks one by one while beating until you have a fluffy batter season with salt.

The fraction of crude oil consumed in the U.S. that was imported went from 35 % immediately before the 1973 oil crisis, peaked at 60 % in 2005, and then returned to 35 % by 2013 [7] thanks to increased domestic production [8] from the shale oil boom.

NEWCOMB — Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve appealed to Governor Andrew Cuomo to take action on a proposal by a private rail company to store hundreds of discarded oil tank cars on railroad tracks in the High Peaks.

Additionally, researchers saw that the water depletion rates for each state in the High Plains Aquifer follow a similar bell - shaped curve pattern as the one for oil depletion in the U.S. modeled by the Hubbert peak theory.

Hubbert is best known for developing the theory of «peak oil»: the idea that oil productionwill be characterized by an initial period of exponential growth, followed by a peak (or peaks), followed by a substantial decline.

But with the price of oil dropping — by an average of 2 percent a year since the peak in 1980 — «that could push off the date for economic feasibility by as much as 25 years,» says Lynch.

Today, electricity generation is buffeted by numerous factors: access to fossil fuels, peak oil, nuclear security and proliferation, pollution, and climate change.

MAUGERI REPLIES: It seems to me that the conventional view about oil has become precisely the one proposed by Campbell and Laherrère: that the world is heading toward peak production.

By contrast, the US Department of Energy, usually optimistic, predicts total US shale oil production will peak at just 1.3 mb / d in 2027.

• Due to an auditory aberration during his interview, we misquoted Rob Hopkins, who believes that the effects of peak oil will be felt by 2013, not 2030 as previously stated (6 February, p 25).

The story of how this brilliant but irascible Shell geologist accurately forecast in 1956 that US oil production would peak and go into terminal decline by 1970 is by now well worn.

Inman misses another huge irony here: Hubbert's forecast for the peak of global crude oil was bang on, but its full impact was deferred by the very production technique he had helped develop 60 years earlier.

And so one [of the] points I wanted to make is that is if we're already starting to run into limits that those are going to be seriously exacerbated by the problems that we're now encountering with the shifts in weather and with the advent of peak oil.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

«Peak Path» is an minimalist abstract landscape oil painting on canvas by top selling Chairish artist, Trixie Pitts.

Peak power is now 490bhp (up 37bhp) while peak torque also increases to 372 lb ft, an increase of 14 lb ft.. These improvements have come from a new design of piston crown, improved mechanical efficiency thanks to a reed valve in the crankcase to evacuate oil and blow - by gasses, reduced backpressure from a redesigned 4 - into - 1 exhaust manifold and a reprogrammed ECU that exploits advances in the anti-knock properties of the latest petrol formuPeak power is now 490bhp (up 37bhp) while peak torque also increases to 372 lb ft, an increase of 14 lb ft.. These improvements have come from a new design of piston crown, improved mechanical efficiency thanks to a reed valve in the crankcase to evacuate oil and blow - by gasses, reduced backpressure from a redesigned 4 - into - 1 exhaust manifold and a reprogrammed ECU that exploits advances in the anti-knock properties of the latest petrol formupeak torque also increases to 372 lb ft, an increase of 14 lb ft.. These improvements have come from a new design of piston crown, improved mechanical efficiency thanks to a reed valve in the crankcase to evacuate oil and blow - by gasses, reduced backpressure from a redesigned 4 - into - 1 exhaust manifold and a reprogrammed ECU that exploits advances in the anti-knock properties of the latest petrol formulas.

The BMW R1200GS is powered by a 1170cc air / oil cooled flat twin engine that produces a maximum power output of 110 BHP at 7750 RPM with a peak torque of 120 Nm at 6000 RPM, mated to a 6 - speed gearbox.

Each is serviced by factory - trained Land Rover technicians using genuine Land Rover parts and Castrol Synthetic Oil to keep your vehicle performing at its peak.

Capable of churning out a peak 255 bhp along with a maximum of 632Nm of torque, this power - packed oil - burner gets mated to a reworked 4MATIC AWD system and a 7 - speed G - Tronic automatic transmission gearbox to deliver a fuel - economy that is 20 per cent higher (in the European driving cycle) than that offered by its preceding models.

The diesel version, on the other hand, is powered by a 2.0 - litre four - cylinder oil burner churning out 188 bhp and 400 Nm of peak torque.

The Drowned Cities by Paolo Bacigalupi Published by Little, Brown; ages 14 & up Paolo Bacigalupi's debut YA novel (and Printz Award winner) Ship Breaker imagined a future America dependent on scavengers for survival after global warming and peak oil have irrevocably altered the landscape.

It's been worse in Canada, with the energy - dependent S&P / TSX composite index down 10 per cent since its September peak, anchored by falling oil prices.

To get there, most people fly like we did, to the oil - rich plains of Calgary, Alberta, rent a four - wheel - drive vehicle, then drive three hours due west through the Rocky Mountains on what is probably one of the most scenic stretches of road in the world through Banff National Park (itself home to several of the most famous ski resorts in Canada), where you are quickly enveloped by snow - covered peaks on either side of you.

Worker placement games can often feel like you're playing by yourself, only occasionally interacting with the other players, but Peak Oil really keeps everyone engaged with each other, though admittedly with only two players that effect is considerably decreased.

Thus far Peak Oil seems to have gone largely unnoticed by the gaming world and that's a shame because there's a really great board game here that strikes a nice balance between depth and ease of learning.

Waller (b. 1983) will be represented by the inclusion of the following paintings: Peak, 2013, oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches; Artist Statement, 2011, oil on canvas, 16 x 20 inches; Ice from Whiteface, 2008, oil on linen, 20 x 24 inches; Greek Steak, 2004, oil on linen, 19 x 27 inches.