Beyond Oil

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This book explains both why the decline of our most precious fuel is inevitable and how challenging it will be to cope with what comes next Richard E Smalley, University Professor, Rice University, and 1996 Nobel laureateWith world oil production about to peak and inexorably head toward steep decline, what fuels are available to meet rising global energy demands That question, once thought to address a fairly remote contingency, has become ever urgent, as a spate of books has drawn increased public attention to the imminent exhaustion of the economically vital world oil reserves Kenneth S Deffeyes, a geologist who was among the first to warn of the coming oil crisis, now takes the next logical step and turns his attention to the earth s supply of potential replacement fuels In Beyond Oil, he traces out their likely production futures, with special reference to that of oil, utilizing the same analytic tools developed by his former colleague, the pioneering petroleum supply authority M King Hubbert The bad news in this book is made bearable by the author s witty, conversational writing style If my college econ textbooks had been written this way, I might have learned economics Rupert Cutler, The Roanoke Times New Read [ Beyond Oil ] By [ Kenneth S. Deffeyes ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr , 2000 , , , 2000 , , 6 , , This is a really enjoyable, but disturbing, book While some may dispute the analysis presented here, Kenneth Deffeyes does present an excellent accounting of the potential energy resources available after the easy oil easily recoverable, high grade, and useful in our systems becomesanddifficult to find Some of the things predicted in the book written in 2005 are coming to pass, like unpredictable etc Deffeyes is an old school, dirt under the fingers petroleum geologist with This is a really enjoyable, but disturbing, book While some may dispute the analysis pres...I understood about 50% of this haha but it was still interesting and informative I should ve probably read abasic primer about the science economics of oil before jumping into this.Written by an oilman, this View from Hubbert s Peak is reluctant to bite the hand that fed him and certainly posits the continued existence of industrial civilisation That apart, the message is as stark as Climate Wars and The Long Emergency but not Deep Green Resistance.It s a hard read but not for that reason the thoughts are haphazard and some are pure non sequiturs A good editor would have reigned Mr Deffeyes in A pity because I think I ve teased out the essence of Hubbert s Peak, with a Written by an oilman, this View from Hubbert s Peak is reluctant to bite the hand that fed him and certainly posits the continued existence of industrial civilisation That apart, the message is as stark as Climate Wars and The Long Emergency but not Deep Green Resistance.It s a hard read but not for that reason the thoughts are haphazard and some are pure non sequiturs A good editor would have reigned Mr Deffeyes in A pity because I think I ve teased out the essence of Hubbert s Peak, with a struggle It has its roots in population dynamics, which roughly say you can tell how much is left to come by how much has been used and is being used In other words bar a miracle the future is knowable.And the future is the downswing of the oil production pendulum Now So what will replace it as fuel The chapters on tar sands and shale oil confirm that, despite the modern hysteria, both are as old as in...A very dry read but extremely informative The author is a petroleum geologist He understands the nut n bolts of exploration, discovery and crude oil delivery systems He was a student of Hubbert who first predicted a peak in production of oil He also has the knowledge to take on the detractors who muddy the waters by pointing out that Hubbert s original projections were off He doesn t waste a lot of time with the detractors, as no one else should Their waggish complaints miss the point Hub A very dry read but extremely informative The author is a petroleum geologist He understands the nut n bolts of exploration, discovery and crude oil delivery systems He was a student of Hubbert who first predicted a peak in production of oil He also has the knowledge to take on the detractors who muddy the waters by pointing out that Hubbert s original projections were off He doesn t waste a lot of time with the detractors, as no one else should Their waggish complaints miss the point Hubbert was a sc...So I bought this book thinking it was going to be all about the next clean burning miracle fuel that s lined up to replace oil, and well, turns out there isn t one yet The book is about how the world basically hit it s peak potential oil output back in 2005 2006, that world oil production is going to steadily decline from here on, and that most current potential oil alternatives actually depend on hydrocarbons at one and sometimes multiple stages in their manufacture It wasn t the book of ho So I bought this book thinking it was going to be all a...Good book Introduced me to the idea that the world is running out of accessible cheap oil I really liked the technical aspect of it The math behind the phenomena reinforced some things I learned in statistics What I enjoye...Good, but it covers much of the same ground as his previous Hubbert s Peak The Impending World Oil Shortage You could go with either I believe they remain relevant today.the chapter on nuclear energy is so amazing uranium, plutionium, waste, destruction, i get it now other sections of the book highlight different natural resources from oil to oil shale to hydrogen.I did not finish this book I am giving it 3 stars because I enjoyed the chapter which derived Hubbard s Equations Otherwise the book is not well written and I did not find it particularly interesting.

Beyond Oil
  • English
  • 10 January 2017
  • Paperback
  • 224 pages
  • 080902957X
  • Kenneth S. Deffeyes
  • Beyond Oil