Energia e o pico do petróleo

Na linha de arrumar aquilo que deixei acumular nas "mensagens não publicadas" do blogue, chegou o momento da energia versus pico do petróleo (não resisti a republicar o desenho acima, tirado do Climate Progress):

• Climate Progress » Blog Archive » Half of oil & gas CFOs say we are peaking:
  "It’s amazing enough that the normally staid International Energy Agency recently said we’ve run out of time (see IEA says oil will peak in 2020)."
  
  

• Step right up to the fossil fuel roller coaster! Gristmill: The environmental news blog Grist
  
  
  
  
  

  "Just ask oil industry insiders. A recent survey of senior oil and gas professionals by (auditing and consulting firm) Deloitte revealed growing concern among the top brass of the fossil fuel industry about the affordability and sustainability of oil and gas in the near future, along with a surprisingly strong belief in the viability of renewable energy."



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  Peak of the devil Gristmill: The environmental news blog Grist

  
  
  
  

  "Global oil production will peak much earlier than expected amid a collapse in petroleum investment due to the credit crunch, one of the world's foremost experts has revealed. Fatih Birol, chief economist to the International Energy Agency, told the Guardian that conventional crude output could plateau in 2020, a development that was "not good news" for a world still heavily dependent on petroleum ..."



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  Global oil supply will peak in 2020, says energy agency Business The Guardian



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  Jeremy Leggett: Few climate change delegates paid attention to the tale of oil's inevitable demise Comment is free guardian.co.uk