Global oil production will probably reach a peak sometime during this decade. After the peak, the world’s production of crude oil will fall, never to rise again. The world will not run out of energy, but developing alternative energy sources on a large scale will take at least 10 years. In the meantime, there will […]
Kenneth Deffeyes
Kenneth S. Deffeyes grew up in the oil fields, was a colleague of M. King Hubbert's at the Shell Oil research lab, and is now emeritus professor of geology at Princeton University. This article is based on his new book Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage.