{"id":64297,"date":"2022-11-30T17:15:36","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64297"},"modified":"2022-11-30T17:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:16:00","slug":"science-snippets-peak-fossil-fuels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=64297","title":{"rendered":"Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"single-blog-header wpex-mb-10\">\n<header class=\"single-blog-header wpex-mb-10\">\n<h3 class=\"single-post-title entry-title wpex-text-3xl\"><a href=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/science-snippets-peak-fossil-fuels\/\">Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-blog-content entry wpex-mt-20 wpex-mb-40 wpex-clr\"><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"_ytid_91723\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-is-override no-lazyload\" title=\"Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rcAaNAM4mRM?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=white&amp;controls=1&amp;\" width=\"980\" height=\"551\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"980\" data-origheight=\"551\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/science-snippets-peak-fossil-fuels\/e1c992ae-0f03-40b2-934c-c20152d4ada0\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-31301\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-31301\" src=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E1C992AE-0F03-40B2-934C-C20152D4ADA0-300x201.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E1C992AE-0F03-40B2-934C-C20152D4ADA0-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/guymcpherson.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/E1C992AE-0F03-40B2-934C-C20152D4ADA0.jpeg 681w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest peer-reviewed journal article appears in the prestigious Elsevier series of journals:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>McPherson, Guy R., Beril Sirmack, and Ricardo Vinuesa. March 2022.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2590123022000123\">Environmental thresholds for mass-extinction events<\/a>.\u00a0<em>Results in Engineering<\/em>\u00a0(2022), doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100342.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Full text:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When the head of the conservative International Energy Agency admits we are in the midst of the \u201cfirst truly global energy crisis,\u201d then you know we\u2019re in serious trouble. According to the chief of the International Energy Agency\u2014the IEA\u2014that\u2019s the current situation. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/commodities\/global-lng-markets-further-tighten-next-year-ieas-birol-2022-10-25\/\">story was published by\u00a0<em>Reuters\u00a0<\/em>on 25 October 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s turn back the clock a bit. According to the IEA, the extraction of conventional oil\u00a0<u>for the world\u00a0<\/u>peaked in 2006. Conventional oil refers to crude plus condensate, and it\u2019s the relatively easy oil to extract and refine. The tough stuff comes next, which is why we have been rabidly pursuing shale and other petrochemicals that have a low energy return on investment, often called EROI. It comes as no surprise that 16 years after the conservative IEA concluded we had passed the peak of crude-plus-condensate, the most important element in the history of industrial civilization, we have similarly, and in a much worse state, passed the peak of\u00a0<u>all<\/u>\u00a0oil. All, as in the whole shebang.<\/p>\n<p>According to the headline of a story published on January 15th, 2021 by the U.S. Energy Information Administration, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eia.gov\/todayinenergy\/detail.php?id=46496\">Fossil fuel production expected to increase through 2022 but remain below 2019 peak<\/a>.\u201d Of course, the US EIA is referring to\u00a0<em>extraction<\/em>, not\u00a0<em>production<\/em>. It\u2019s not as if humans are\u00a0<u>producing<\/u> oil. Oil is not ice cream, after all. Even though we do not produce oil, we\u2019re doing a great job sucking it out of the bowels of the planet and turning it into gasoline, diesel, and other energy-rich materials that make our lives easier..<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Snippets: Peak Fossil Fuels &nbsp; Latest peer-reviewed journal article appears in the prestigious Elsevier series of journals: McPherson, Guy R., Beril Sirmack, and Ricardo Vinuesa. March 2022.\u00a0Environmental thresholds for mass-extinction events.\u00a0Results in Engineering\u00a0(2022), doi: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.rineng.2022.100342. 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