Summer 2008
Climate change terminology (an idiot's guide)
When a topic gets hot and everyone expects you to understand the lingo, it’s easy to get confused.
20 February 2009
Peak oil
The point when the maximum rate of global petroleum production is reached. Optimistically estimated to be reached in the 2020s or 2030s (unless alternative sources of energy can be found), some estimates show that the peak has already occurred, causing rising prices and the beginning of a global depression.
The association of the study of peak oil and gas,
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