Hubbert's Peak The Impending World Oil Shortage - New Edition

Name: Hubbert's Peak The Impending World Oil Shortage - New Edition
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ISBN: 9780691141190

ISBN-10: 0691141193

ISBN-13: 9780691141190

Edition: 2009 (Revised)

Authors: Kenneth S. Deffeyes, Kenneth Deffeyes

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In 1956, geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. This came true in 1971. This book shows the general reader why a global energy crisis is just around the corner.

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/19/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.92" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

Kenneth S. Deffeyes is Professor of Geology Emeritus at Princeton University. He is the author of Hubbert's Peak and Beyond Oil.




Overview



The Origin of Oil



Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps



Finding It



Drilling Methods



Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields



Hubbert Revisited



Rate Plots



The Future of Fossil Fuels



Alternative Energy Sources



A New Outlook


Notes


Index