[Peakoil] News items on peak oil 14 Jan 2006

[Antony Barry]

Begin forwarded message:

> Date: 14 January 2006 6:22:02 AM
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> Oil output will depend on investment, not reserves: CGES
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> JAN 12:Pumping more oil depends on investment and government  
> policies, because the technology exists to find new reserves and  
> extend the life of existing fields, the Centre for Global Energy  
> Studies said.
> Lack of oil won’t limit output until at least 2020, according to a  
> CGES study compiled by Manouchehr Takin, a senior analyst at the  
> center and a geologist. The study reflects the ‘optimistic side of  
> the peak-oil theory,’ Takin said in an interview. ‘Peak oil’  
> theorists argue that oil production is beginning to fall because  
> limits on supply have been reached.
> ‘‘The volume of global...
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> <http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=114358>
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> EV World: The World of Electric, Plug-in Hybrid, Fuel Cell and  
> Alternative Fuel Vehicles
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> SYNOPSIS: No one knows when oil production will start declining,  
> but we must focus on alternatives to petroleum now.
> It turns out that most of the forecasters who are responsible for  
> the long-term energy projections on which private and public  
> decision makers rely -- from Wal-Mart to the International Energy  
> Agency -- have been on automatic pilot, assuming that whatever the  
> future level of demand, the oil companies will be able to extract  
> sufficient oil to meet it. You don't have to be a card-carrying  
> member of the "peak oil" school that has gathered behind former  
> Shell geologist...
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> <http://www.evworld.com/view.cfm?section=communique&newsid=10675>
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