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Gharwar oil field has peaked (http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/08B97BCF-7BE6-4F1D-A846-7ACB9B0F8894.htm)

That was just Saudi Arabia largest oil field.

Anyone here is familiar with the concept of peak oil? I've been following the concept for quite some time, and despite the lunacy ramblings of some people, some of the dire consequences are quite plausible and expectable.


http://www.ranprieur.com/essays/slowcrash.html

http://www.museletter.com/partys-over.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/oil/story/0,11319,1450128,00.html

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

Too bad the Mad Max dates were off!
or were they.....
Was it 2005 or 2025 they were set in?

http://www.mindfully.org/Energy/2003/Anything-Into-Oil1may03.htm

No idea if that link is crap or not. Just nifty.

EDIT: Oh, and dont forget this one too:

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=38645

Well, Australia has capped wells because some country wanted it so.
There are more reserves around.

Our environment is still all stuffed up though.

Well, Australia has capped wells because some country wanted it so.
There are more reserves around.

its not exactly that there isn't more oil around. it has to do with production rates.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubberts_peak

Too bad the Mad Max dates were off!
or were they.....
Was it 2005 or 2025 they were set in?

I always thought that was more of a nuclear holocaust thing?