tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post7311118032533275721..comments2024-03-13T18:55:49.391+00:00Comments on Energy Balance: Is "Gap-Oil" Imminent?Professor Chris Rhodeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-14579869269577527582017-01-01T21:32:33.364+00:002017-01-01T21:32:33.364+00:00Did you think about using the ultimate Bitcoin exc...Did you think about using the ultimate Bitcoin exchange company - <b><a href="http://btc.syntaxlinks.com/r/Coinbase" rel="nofollow">Coinbase</a></b>.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-52184347427674828142009-01-27T10:17:00.000+00:002009-01-27T10:17:00.000+00:00Hi Andre',and also as usual it's good to have your...Hi Andre',<BR/><BR/>and also as usual it's good to have your sound judgement! But this is really frightening. I am working hard on my new book Growing Our Way to Hope, which is about surviving beyond the oil-crunch using biomass and a relocalisation of society and energy conservation.<BR/><BR/>I hope to get it done by the end of march, when my first novel University Shambles is published; a comedy based on the destruction of the British university system which I witnessed at first hand... and then resigned...<BR/><BR/>That said, I may take a visiting position at Reading University to do some work in the biomass/algae field... and at the same time carry on running my businesses and writing.<BR/><BR/>My first book of poems is due for publication by the summer... something to be cheerful about in this depressing present set of circumstances!<BR/><BR/>Please take a look at today's posting based on an article someone sent me, that Russia's oil has peaked...<BR/><BR/>I think this is a beginning of the peak/gap.<BR/><BR/>Kindest regards,<BR/><BR/>Chris.Professor Chris Rhodeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12060542089215379056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19508699.post-1270735841007780342009-01-27T10:05:00.000+00:002009-01-27T10:05:00.000+00:00Hi, Chris,I agree with your analysis, very clearly...Hi, Chris,<BR/><BR/>I agree with your analysis, very clearly exposed (as usual) and quite credible.<BR/><BR/>As a related reading, one can also mention a recent declaration by Fatih Birol, chief economist of the International Energy Agency, reported by George Monbiot, published in <B>The Gardian</B>, showing the IEA’s awareness of the fact that the global production of oil is falling at a faster rate than previously expected.<BR/><BR/>In its 2007 World Energy Outlook, the IEA predicted a rate of decline in output from the world’s existing oilfields of 3.7% a year. This, it said, presented a short-term challenge, with the possibility of a temporary supply crunch in 2015, but with sufficient investment any shortfall could be covered.<BR/><BR/>But the new report, published at the end of 2008, carried a very different message: a projected rate of decline of 6.7%, which means a much greater gap to fill.<BR/><BR/>http://www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/12/15/at-last-a-date/<BR/><BR/>Regards<BR/><BR/>André.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com