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  <title><![CDATA[Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage]]></title>
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  <default_description>&lt;p&gt;Geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted in 1956 that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticized by oil experts and economists, Hubbert's prediction came true in 1970. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In this revised and updated edition reflecting the latest information on the world supply of oil, Kenneth Deffeyes uses Hubbert's methods to find that world oil production will peak in this decade--and there isn't anything we can do to stop it. While long-term solutions exist in the form of conservation and alternative energy sources, they probably cannot--and almost certainly will not--be enacted in time to evade a short-term catastrophe.&lt;/p&gt;</default_description>
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    <body><![CDATA[It seems reasonable to think that one day, maybe soon, there won't be enough oil in the ground to satisfy world demands. This book tries to flesh out that idea somewhat. It's all very plausable in principle, but they just discovered an off-shore oilfield in Brazil which is purported to be as large a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45956058">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping for more of a discussion of the strong points and short-comings of Hubbert’s predictions, but that isn’t what is contained here.  Oh well, there was still a lot of interesting information: nearly all oil fields lie between 7,500 and 15,000 feet in depth; tar sands are basically oil ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20532872">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is a must for a basic understanding of what Hubbert predicted long ago - that global oil production would peak around the turn of the 21st century, with dramatic results.  Written off as an eccentric, his predictions of the US oil peak came true during his lifetime.  Deffeyes does a good j...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/14340766">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[the first book to really make peak oil explicit.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Good intro to petroleum geology for those of us who have no desire to be a petroleum geologist.]]></body>
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