Stories tagged with "ken deffeyes"

Oil Prices Below $40 per Barrel


Oil prices under forty dollars per barrel? It can't be true.



Yes it is true, oil prices are back to where they were more than four years ago. Time for a few thoughts on these past years and what led to apparently dissonant energy prices.

Ken Deffeyes On Radio 4BC

Long time peak oil analyst Ken Deffeyes (former Shell Oil geologist and current professor Emeritus at Princeton University) was interviewed on Brisbane radio station 4BC today - click here to listen.

Kenneth Deffeyes, former Shell Oil geologist and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University, claims crude oil is too valuable to be burned as a fuel.

ASPO Australia's Ian Dunlop will be interviewed on the "Open House" radio program on Sunday at 8pm - see here for a local station.

Dr Deffeyes defines a date

Ken Deffeyes has come out with a new statement about standing on the summit. It has been suggested that it have its own thread. So here it is.

The relevant bits are

I predicted that world oil production would peak on Thanksgiving Day, November 24, 2005. In hindsight, that prediction was in error by three weeks. An update using the 2005 data shows that we passed the peak on December 16, 2005. . . . . . By 2025, we're going to be back in the Stone Age. . . . . . . Ethanol, fuel cells, and solar cells are not the only shimmering dreams. Methane hydrates, oil shale, and the Yucca Mountain radioactive waste depository would be better off forgotten. There are plenty of solid opportunities. Energy conservation is by far the most important. Initiatives that are already engineered and ready to go are biodiesel from palm oil, coal gasification (for both gaseous and liquid fuels), high-efficiency diesel automobiles, and revamping our food supply. Every little bit helps, but even if wind energy continues its success it will still be a little bit. . . . . . . That's it. I can now refer to the world oil peak in the past tense. My career as a prophet is over. I'm now an historian.
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