Peak Oil: Yes, Still a Serious Issue

By Ray Long, ASPO-USA Assistant Director

The director of the USGS will be delivering a lecture titled “U.S. Energy Outlook: Whatever Happened to ‘Peak Oil’” at Indiana University on February 6. The description of the lecture provides some background: “Not long ago, the public heard much concern that the nation and the globe had reached or was about to reach the point of peak oil production and would be on a downward trajectory due to declining resources…”

Fossil Fuels vs. Renewables: The Key Argument That Environmentalists are Missing

(Note: The following article first appeared in the Winter 2011 edition of Sierra Atlantic, a publication of the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club serving

Fareed Zakaria

“Russia now needs oil at $110 a barrel to manage its finances. For Iraq, the number is $100. Even Saudi Arabia now needs oil to trade around $80

Integrating Energy Resources

(Note: Commentaries do not necessarily represent the position of ASPO-USA.) By Suzanne Sayer, PhD During the first Arab oil embargo President Nixon put

Review January 16, 2012

Download Full PDF 1. Oil and the Global Economy Oil prices were relatively steady until last Wednesday

Ronald White

“Gasoline prices are the highest ever for the start of the year, and they’re on the rise, supercharged by expensive oil and changes in refinery

Energy Differentiation

(Note: Commentaries do not necessarily represent the position of ASPO-USA.) By Robert L. Hirsch, Ph.D Many people fail to properly differentiate between

2011 Conference Highlights

The ASPO-USA annual conference has been the premier gathering of Peak Oil experts and concerned citizens, and the 2011 and seventh annual conference was