Sunday, March 7, 2010

Earth Drowned in Oil


Imagine how our lives would change if the oil fields in the world went dry tomorrow or even more interesting: What would happen to us if an organization seized control of all the oil reserves in the world. How would you be affected and how would you react to such a crisis? The world is heading for a catastrophic energy crunch that could cripple a global economic recovery because most of the major oil fields in the world have passed their peak production, a leading energy economist has warned.

Higher oil prices brought on by a rapid increase in demand and a stagnation, or even decline, in supply could blow any recovery off course, said Dr Fatih Birol, the chief economist at the respected International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, which is charged with the task of assessing future energy supplies by OECD countries. Oil production in 33 out of 48 out countries has now peaked, including Kuwait, Russia and Mexico. Global oil production is now also approaching an all time peak and can potentially end our Industrial Civilization. The most distinguished and prominent geologists, oil industry experts, energy analysts and organizations all agree that big trouble is brewing.

The world is not running out of oil itself, but rather its ability to produce high-quality cheap and economically extractable oil on demand.global oil production can be expected to decline steadily at about 2-3% a year, the cost of everything from travel, heating, agriculture, trade, and anything made of plastic rises. And the scramble to control oil resources intensifies Just kiss your lifestyle goodbye

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This looks suspiciously like an article I read last year...

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/warning-oil-supplies-are-running-out-fast-1766585.html