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1,500 days until the Peak

Oil powers 80-95% of all transport, 50-75% of all oil is used for transportation, 99% of all lubrication is done with oil products, 95% of all goods in the shops get there using oil, 99% of our food involves oil or gas for fertilisers, agrochemicals, tilling, cultivation and transport. Oil is the most important source of primary energy on the planet accounting for 36.4% of all energy. What do current high oil prices tell us? The market is saying ‘send more oil!’. Economics need a balance of supply and demand, they assume that high prices bring new demand, yet high prices have failed to bring any new supply to meet this demand. In the Third World, high oil prices are already having a huge impact.

Demand is now starting to come down to reach supply. So why are supplies peaking? We are not finding enough new oil. We are not developing new fields fast enough, our old fields are getting very tired. In 2005 we found 5 bn barrels, and we used 30 bn, a ratio of 6:1.

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Published on 28 Aug 2006 by Transition Culture / Energy Bulletin

Oil crisis by 2010

STUART INNES
August 26, 2006

WORLD oil production will peak in just 1500 days. After that, oil shortages will force massive changes to our lifestyle and business, experts have predicted.

Higher petrol taxes to deter people buying as much, strict petrol rationing and Adelaide production of small fuel-frugal cars were urged yesterday by an Australian group concerned with "peak oil".

That is when world oil production peaks. After that, shortages will occur.

Visiting Adelaide, Chris Skrebowski, a trustee of the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre and editor of the Energy Institute's Petroleum Review in Britain, said "peak oil" was real and imminent.

"Peak oil is when flows can't meet the required demand," he said. "This will cause an economic tsunami." Mr Skrebowski, addressing a Committee for Economic Development of Australia gathering, said that of the world's 18 largest oil fields, 12 were in production decline.

Few large discoveries were being made, with the prediction of even less new oil in coming years.

"Oil supply will peak in 2010-11 at around 92 to 94 million barrels a day," he said. "We have just 1500 days to peak. Collectively, we are still in denial."

Bruce Robinson, convener of the Australian Association for the Study of Peak Oil, said petrol rationing would help make supplies last as long as possible.

Biofuels would mitigate the oil shortage problem but were not the main solution. Hydrogen fuel-cell cars also were not the answer.

"South Australia could lead the way," he said. "There's a golden opportunity for SA's car industry to make an AusCar, a modern version of the 'people's car' Volkswagen.

"Not something with a 3.8-litre V6 engine but something small, lightweight and fuel-efficient."

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What types of Weapons Did Israel Use in Lebanon?

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The South Medical Complex in Saida is investigating this matter. It is examining 24 samples from corps that were hit in the area of South Lebanon in a trial to discover the nature of the substances that lead to death.

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