Peak Oil: A Catastrophist Cult and Complex Realities.
Part of a special section on the approaching peak in global oil production. The potential peak in oil production should not be viewed as a catastrophic event. Many observers predict that any imminent peak in global oil extraction will lead to the end of modern civilization. Such a prediction is b...
| Publicado en: | World Watch Vol. 19; no. 1; pp. 22 - 25 |
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World Watch Institute
January/February 2006
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