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A Review of Beyond Oil, The View From Hubbert's Peak

It has long been known by geologists that theoil reaches a maximum and then starts to
world's oil supply is finite. Oil is not adecline. It can be diagrammed as a bell
renewable resource and it is found inshaped  curve  with  a  peak  at  the  top.
relatively limited geological environments
around the world. This is the subject ofHubbert then turned his calculations on world
Beyond Oil, The View from Hubbert's Peak, byoil production and supply. His methods worked
Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Professor Emeritus atthe same way predicting the world oil supply
Princeton University published in 2005, (202as they did with the United States supply.
pages,  hardcover,  Hill  &  Wang).Essentially, world oil production peaked
early in the 21st century according to
In general oil is found in a zone called theHubbert.
oil horizon located between 7,500 feet and
15,000 feet below the surface in organic richProfessor Deffeyes worked with M. King
sedimentary formations. Deeper than that, theHubbert, and explains in detail the process
temperature of the rock is too hot for oilthat Hubbert used to make these predictions.
molecules to stay together, and above thatHe discusses both oil and natural gas and the
the hydrocarbons are not heated enough toimplications of being on the downward side of
separate into crude oil. Sandstone, dolomiteHubbert's Peak. While Hubbert used some very
and limestone form virtually all the hostcomplex mathematics in his initial
rock for oil production in the world andcalculations, Professor Deffeyes explains
comprise only about 1% of the world's rockHubbert's calculations using relatively
formations. In addition, specific geologicsimple mathematics. In fact, simple algebra
structures are required to trap the oil.forms the basis of his analysis and it is
According to Professor Deffeyes, sevenunderstandable to many with a basis in high
specific criteria are required for oil to beschool  mathematics.
present in a particular location. Without any
one of these criteria, oil is not present,There is a lot of information and
period.disinformation about renewable energy. This
book discusses many of today's energy sources
While Saudi Arabia has the largest annualand those of the foreseeable future. It
production of oil, the United States anddispels many of the myths and disinformation
Russia are second and third place accordingabout energy so glibly passed around by a
to Deffeyes. Saudi Arabia has 1,560 producinglargely uninformed public, self serving
wells, Russia 41,192 wells and the Unitedpolitical leaders and a media hungry for
States has 521,070. The United States is oneratings.
of the most drilled and explored places in
the  world.Because oil has played such a large part of
the world's economy, it is in everyone's best
Between 1901 and 2005, oil use and productioninterest to become informed about energy
consistently increased, first in the Unitedsupplies and sources. Energy fuels such as
States and then in the world. In 1956, M.coal, geothermal, uranium and many of the
King Hubbert, American geologist andso-called alternative energy sources all will
geophysicist, predicted the United States oilbe impacted by the declining amount of oil
production would peak and then start toavailable on the downward side of the peak
decline by the early 1970s. When hisoil curve. This book is a must read for
predictions came true, Hubbert became ananyone interested in learning more than the
instant folk hero among energycommon platitudes about energy and, in
conservationists. This became known as Peakparticular, oil.
Oil or the point when annual production of



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