Peak oil Peak oil :"The capital fact to note is that petroleum was born in the depths of the earth, and it is only there that we must seek its origin." ( Dmitri Mendeleev, 1877) ...more on Wikipedia about "Abiogenic petroleum origin"
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, or ASPO, is a network of scientists, affiliated with a wide array of global institutions and universities, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world’s production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints. ...more on Wikipedia about "Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas"
The Bioregional Revolutionary Movement is a political organization promoting ecovillages, bioregionalism, permaculture, natural capitalism, and local currencies as solutions to what they perceive as a world of coverging problems. Among the problems, they see " peak oil" as the first of the many problems (including overpopulation, global epidemics such as bird flu, climate change, water scarcity, and ecological destruction) to affect us in the 21st century. This organization is associated with the Revolutionary Army for Nonviolence and Sustainability or RANS, ...more on Wikipedia about "Bioregional revolution"
Colin J. Campbell, Ph.D., (born 1931) is a retired petroleum geologist who predicts that oil production will peak by 2007. The consequences of this are uncertain but drastic, due to the world's dependence on fossil fuels for the vast majority of its energy. His theories have received wide attention, but are disputed by the oil industry and have not significantly changed governmental energy policies at this time. In order to deal with those problems he has proposed the Rimini protocol. ...more on Wikipedia about "Colin Campbell (geologist)"
The electron economy is a concept analogous to the hydrogen economy, methanol economy, ethanol economy, zinc economy, lithium economy or liquid nitrogen economy but where the energy vector is electricity instead of hydrogen, methanol etc. ...more on Wikipedia about "Electron economy"
An energy crisis is any great shortfall (or price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy. It usually refers to the shortage of oil, electricity or other natural resources. The crisis often has effects on the rest of the economy, with many recessions being caused by an energy crisis in some form. In particular, the production costs of electricity rise, which raises manufacturing costs. For the consumer, the price of gasoline (petrol) for cars and other vehicles rises, leading to reduced consumer confidence and spending. ...more on Wikipedia about "Energy crisis"
Energy economics is a subfield of economics that focuses on energy relationships as the foundation of all other relationships. It is a subfield of ecological economics in that it assumes that food chains in ecology are directly analogous to energy supply chains in human industries. ...more on Wikipedia about "Energy economics"
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In physics and energy economics, EROEI (energy returned on energy invested) is the ratio between the amount of energy expended to obtain a resource, compared with the amount of energy obtained from that resource. When the EROEI of a resource becomes 1 or less, that energy source becomes an energy sink and can no longer be used as a primary source of energy. ...more on Wikipedia about "EROEI"
The Fischer-Tropsch process is a catalyzed chemical reaction in which carbon monoxide and hydrogen are converted into liquid hydrocarbons of various forms. Typical catalysts used are based on iron and cobalt. The principal purpose of this process is to produce a synthetic petroleum substitute. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fischer-Tropsch process"
FreedomCAR is a USA national program developing more energy efficient and environmentally friendly highway transportation technologies that will enable America to use less petroleum. ...more on Wikipedia about "FreedomCAR"
From The Wilderness is a newsletter published by the media company From The Wilderness Publications, which claims to be ahead of the mainstream media by as much as one year. The newsletter covers a range of political and governmental issues. It is published eleven times per year but features weekly updates online. It was started by Michael Ruppert in 1998. Critics such as David Corn and Normon Solomon argue that Ruppert sometimes veers off into making unsubstantiated Conspiracy theory claims. ...more on Wikipedia about "From The Wilderness"
Future energy development faces great challenges due to an increasing world population, demands for higher standards of living, demands for less pollution and a much discussed end to fossil fuels. ...more on Wikipedia about "Future energy development"
The Haber Process (also Haber-Bosch process) is the reaction of nitrogen and hydrogen to produce ammonia. ...more on Wikipedia about "Haber process"
The history of the petroleum industry in North America began nearly simultaneously in Canada and the United States. ...more on Wikipedia about "History of the petroleum industry in North America" http://www.shortopedia.com, there's no better way.
The Hubbert curve, named after the geophysicist M. King Hubbert, is the derivative of the logistic function. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hubbert curve"
The Hubbert peak theory, also known as "peak oil", concerns the long-term rate of conventional oil (and other fossil fuel) extraction and depletion. It is named after American geophysicist M. King Hubbert, who created a model of known reserves, and proposed, in 1956, in a paper he presented ** at a meeting of the American Petroleum Institute, that oil production in the continental United States would peak between 1965 and 1970; and that world production would peak in 2000. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hubbert peak theory"
A hydrogen economy is a hypothetical future economy in which the primary form of stored energy for mobile applications and load balancing is hydrogen (H2). In particular hydrogen is proposed as a fuel to replace the gasoline and diesel fuels currently used in automobiles. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hydrogen economy"
Peak oil is a predicted rise, followed by a sharp decline, in the world's supply of oil. Oil has been an important part of the world's economic growth and prosperity since the industrial revolution. However, many economists and commentators argue that, in light of the theory of oil supplies peaking and then falling, called the Hubbert peak, society must invest in alternate sources of energy. Opinions differ as to when this will happen, how to replace fossil fuels with alternatives to oil, how difficult it would be to implement such changes, and whether they can happen before oil shortages threaten the economy. Societies without increasing sources of available energy cannot continue to grow, the consequences of which would be enormous as the modern, capitalist system is based on economic growth. ...more on Wikipedia about "Implications of peak oil"
James Howard "Jim" Kunstler (born 1948) is an American author, public speaker, and social critic. ...more on Wikipedia about "James Howard Kunstler"
Julian Darley is the author of High Noon for Natural Gas and a writer and speaker on policy responses to global environmental degradation. He is also engaged in piloting such responses. ...more on Wikipedia about "Julian Darley"
Kenneth S. Deffeyes is a geologist who worked with M. King Hubbert of Hubbert's peak fame, at the Shell Oil Company research laboratory in Houston, Texas. In 1967, he began teaching at Princeton University from where he is now Professor Emeritus. ...more on Wikipedia about "Kenneth S. Deffeyes"
Limits to Growth was a 1972 book modeling the consequences of a rapidly growing world population, commissioned by the Club of Rome. Donella Meadows was its lead author. The book used the World3 model to simulate the consequence of interactions between the Earth's and human systems. The book echoes some of the concerns and predictions of Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus in An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798). ...more on Wikipedia about "Limits to Growth"
A liquid nitrogen (LN2) economy is a hypthetical proposal for a future economy in which the primary form of energy storage and transport is liquid nitrogen. It is proposed as an alternative to liquid hydrogen in some transport modes and as a means of locally storing energy captured from renewable sources. An analysis of this concept provides insight into the physical limits of all energy conversion schemes. ...more on Wikipedia about "Liquid nitrogen economy"
The lithium economy is a concept analogous to the hydrogen economy, methanol economy, ethanol economy, zinc economy, electron economy or liquid nitrogen economy but where the energy vector is lithium instead of hydrogen, methanol or ethanol, zinc or liquid nitrogen. ...more on Wikipedia about "Lithium economy"
Marion King Hubbert ( October 5, 1903 – October 11, 1989) was a geophysicist who worked at the Shell research lab in Houston, Texas. He made several important contributions to geology and geophysics, most notably the Hubbert curve, with important political ramifications. He was often referred to as "M. King Hubbert" or "King Hubbert". ...more on Wikipedia about "M. King Hubbert"
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