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Did U.S. gasoline consumption peak in 2007?

The question is not about peak oil, but just about consumption of gasoline by American drivers. Over the last several decades both miles driven and consumption of fuel have risen pretty steadily. However, one look at the automakers' sales numbers for the first half of 2008 clearly demonstrates that there is a fundamental shift in American behavior. The blend of gas over $4 a gallon and the general economic malaise has sent sales of the biggest, thirstiest vehicles into the toilet. People are also driving the vehicles that they have fewer miles ... Read more →

Peak oil is the newest boogeyman in popular media Lascelles Linton

A culture's fears always finds its way into that culture's media. The best example is probably the allegories of McCarthyism in the film Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Peak Oil and climate change ...

Peak oil is just one of five things to keep you up tonight Sebastian Blanco

It's not uncommon for us to do a little bit of forward thinking and try to predict how gas prices will rise or fall in the near future. We've thought about how a successful Tata Nano could raise ...

Video: Peak oil production slope Xavier Navarro

The following video shows a small history of cars, cars that every time, with each model year, become bigger (except for a gap in the '70s) and finally, well, I don't really want to spoil it but it ...

US domestic oil reserves may already be past their peak Sam Abuelsamid

While new discoveries of natural gas in the United States exceeded consumption in 2006, the same was not true for crude oil. Overall, proven reserves of crude oil in the U.S. dropped by four percent ...


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