What is Peak oil?
"The term Peak Oil refers to the maximum rate of the production of oil in any area under consideration, recognising that it is a finite natural resource, subject to depletion."
--Colin Campbell
The Day After Oil
Publication date:
2007-06-01
First published in:
Book
Abstract:
If we could sum up the social and economic development of the last two centuries in a single piece of objective data, it would be our increased consumption of energy. This precious resource is the basis of each and every aspect of our daily lives. A civilization without energy would be impossible and unthinkable to us.
And yet, energy is finite and far from easy to obtain. What about the traditional main sources? Coal, oil, gas...? We have limited reserves of there and there is growing evidence to suggest that their extraction and consumption are speeding up global warming. With the world economy in the throes of an unprecedented growth cycle, new areas of the world are demaning their energy quota., which intensifying environmental problems and supply difficulties. All of this is reading us to ask the vital question that neither society nor the ruling classes seem prepared to answer: will there be enough energy for us all?
Book written by: Juan Rosell, Lastortras 2007
NOT FOR SALE
ISBN: 978-84-234-2589-1
