What is peak oil? (Part 2)
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About the video: ‘What is peak oil? (Part 2)’
Professor Heinberg explains that the theory of peak oil has its roots in the work of US petroleum geologist M. King Hubbert. Hubbert first alerted the world to America’s falling oil reserves in the mid-1950s and correctly predicted that oil production in the US would peak in 1970. Since then most of the world’s oil producing countries have peaked are now in decline. It is widely believed that global oil production as a whole is about to peak. In this two-part series, Professor Heinberg considers the profound implications peak oil has for modern society and the global economy.
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Filmed: San Francisco on 19 October 2005
Credits: Interviewer - Marcus Morrell Camera and Editor - Marcus Morrell
Copyright © 2005 Big Picture TV
About Richard Heinberg
Richard Heinberg is a professor, journalist, author and lecturer. Heinberg is a core faculty member of New College of California, where he teaches courses on ‘Energy and Society,’ and ‘Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community.’ His books include “The Oil Depletion Protocol” (2006), “Peak Everything”(2007), “Blackout”(2009).
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