The future of fossil fuels / / Kenneth S. Deffeyes

• Autore: Deffeyes Kenneth S.
• Pubblicazione: Woodstock, Oxfordshire : , : Princeton University Press, , 2011; ©2001
• Edizione: Princeton shorts edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (33 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.823211
• Soggetto topico: Petroleum reserves; Petroleum industry and trade - Forecasting; Petroleum reserves - Forecasting
• Note generali: "The future of fossil fuels comprises chapters 9 and 10 from Hubbert's Peak : the impending world oil shortage (New edition), by Kenneth S. Deffeyes. Copyright 2001 by Princeton University Press"--Title page verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface to the 2008 Edition -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1. Overview -- CHAPTER 2. The Origin of Oil -- CHAPTER 3. Oil Reservoirs and Oil Traps -- CHAPTER 4. Finding It -- CHAPTER 5. Drilling Methods -- CHAPTER 6. Size and Discoverability of Oil Fields -- CHAPTER 7. Hubbert Revisited -- CHAPTER 8. Rate Plots -- CHAPTER 9. The Future of Fossil Fuels -- CHAPTER 10. Alternative Energy Sources -- CHAPTER 11. A New Outlook -- NOTES -- INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: In 2001, Kenneth Deffeyes made a grim prediction: world oil production would reach a peak within the next decade--and there was nothing anyone could do to stop it. Deffeyes's claim echoed the work of geophysicist M. King Hubbert, who in 1956 predicted that U.S. oil production would reach its highest level in the early 1970s. Though roundly criticized by oil experts and economists, Hubbert's prediction came true in 1970. In this updated edition of Hubbert's Peak, Deffeyes explains the crisis that few now deny we are headed toward. Using geology and economics, he shows how everything from the rising price of groceries to the subprime mortgage crisis has been exacerbated by the shrinking supply--and growing price--of oil. Although there is no easy solution to these problems, Deffeyes argues that the first step is understanding the trouble that we are in.
• Titolo autorizzato: The future of fossil fuels
• ISBN: 9786612501579; 9786613831828; 9781282501577; 1282501577; 9781400829071; 1400829070; 9781283519373; 1283519372
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910279585803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Princeton shorts.