The World After Oil Peaks

Lester R. Brown

Peak oil is described as the point where oil production stops rising and begins its inevitable long-term decline. In the face of fast-growing demand, this means rising oil prices. But even if oil production growth simply slows or plateaus, the resulting tightening in supplies will still drive the price of oil upward, albeit less rapidly.

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THE COMING DECLINE OF OIL

Lester R. Brown

When the price of oil climbed above $50 a barrel in late 2004, public attention began to focus on the adequacy of world oil supplies, and specifically on when production would peak and begin to decline.

Analysts are far from a consensus on this issue, but several prominent ones now believe that the oil peak is imminent.