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Peak Oil and Climate Change – the 2 great oversights…. A History Lesson… Adapted from a presentation by Jeremy Leggett.
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1930 Peak of discovery in US 48
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USA 48 production 1956 - Hubbert predicts US production peak in 1971
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World 1965 - World peak of discovery
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1973 The first oil crisis
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USA 48 production 1973 – US Oil Production Peaks.
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1978 – The Second Oil Crisis.
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1981 – Crisis over…
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1985 – the doubts begin…
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1989 Jim Hansen of NASA: “It is time to say global warming is here.”
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1989 Authoritative early warning
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1990 “Race to save our world”
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1992
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1997 - BP quits the carbon club
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1997 Kyoto
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1998 – Campbell and Lahererre publish ‘The End of Cheap Oil’.
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2001
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AUGUST 2003 EUROPEAN HEATWAVE anomaly relative to late 19 th century Hadley Centre 2003 - Summer in the city
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2004
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2005 G8 in UK
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2005 - Katrina
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Second energy crisis 1979 to 1981 1965197019751980198519901995200020052010 $80 $60 $40 $20 ? 1 2 3 4 5 6 prices of the day 2003 prices Peak oil
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Departures o C from the 1961 – 1990 avge. Average temperatures from a range of IPCC energy scenarios short of deep cuts in fossil fuel use Threshold of severe danger: 2 o C above pre-industrial average temperature (EU target not to exceed)
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The Impact of Kyoto
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How will it affect the UK?
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An Increasing Problem.
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Climate change and Peak Oil.
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Some Useful Websites www.energybulletin.netwww.theoildrum.comwww.livingonthecusp.orgwww.powerswitch.org.ukwww.transitionculture.org
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