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01-12-2005, 11:35 PM
I read Ariana's column "America's Finite Future" on the "Working for Change (http://www.workingforchange.org/) " website.
Arianna states "...a number that will only increase as U.S. oil production peaks within the next five years...."
Just wanted to comment that US oil production peaked in 1970 at 9.6 million barrels per day. A brief secondary peak occurred in 1985 at 9.0 million barrels per day as production Alaska levelled of and began to decline. 2003 US daily production averaged 5.7 million barrels per day. The US currently imports 60% of its oil consumption. The production values were taken from the US department of Energy's information website at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0501.html
World oil production is likely to peak within the next five years, at least according to a group of independent petroleum geologists found at http://www.peakoil.net . Total world production now stands at about 83 million barrels per day.
US natural gas is also suffering from production problems and dramatically higher prices over the last 12-24 months, running up from the 2 dollar range to the 7 dollar range. North American natural gas production has likely peaked.
Our energy problems are likely to cause all of our lives, everywhere in the world, to change dramatically, and for the worse, and probably sooner than we think. At least there is something else to worry about, other than global warming.
Arianna states "...a number that will only increase as U.S. oil production peaks within the next five years...."
Just wanted to comment that US oil production peaked in 1970 at 9.6 million barrels per day. A brief secondary peak occurred in 1985 at 9.0 million barrels per day as production Alaska levelled of and began to decline. 2003 US daily production averaged 5.7 million barrels per day. The US currently imports 60% of its oil consumption. The production values were taken from the US department of Energy's information website at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0501.html
World oil production is likely to peak within the next five years, at least according to a group of independent petroleum geologists found at http://www.peakoil.net . Total world production now stands at about 83 million barrels per day.
US natural gas is also suffering from production problems and dramatically higher prices over the last 12-24 months, running up from the 2 dollar range to the 7 dollar range. North American natural gas production has likely peaked.
Our energy problems are likely to cause all of our lives, everywhere in the world, to change dramatically, and for the worse, and probably sooner than we think. At least there is something else to worry about, other than global warming.