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Tom Whipple is one of the most highly respected analysts of peak oil issues in the United States. A retired 30-year CIA analyst who has been following the peak oil story since 1999, Tom is the editor of the daily Peak Oil News and the weekly Peak Oil Review, both published by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA. He is also a weekly columnist on peak oil issues for the Falls Church News Press. Tom has degrees from Rice University and the London School of Economics.
Tom Whipple of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) discusses global oil production and peak oil. Peak Oil is explained as the all-time maximum rate at which the world's oil is being produced.
This presentation was given at the 2012 Social Contract Writers Workshop in Washington, DC.
Post Carbon Fellow Tom Whipple writes the weekly Peak Oil Review, and his latest edition says, "Collapse would not be too strong a term to apply to the global economy should Saudi oil production of 9 million b/d be halted or severely restricted by domestic unrest." We talk to him about what he sees that indicates Saudi production may become shut in, and why that's so important. Note: the Tom Whipple interview starts at 29:23 mins.
In the last five or six years at least 20 major studies have been published by governmental and non-governmental organizations that either deal with or touch upon the possibility of severe energy shortages developing in the … >>
A new phrase, “supply shock,” entered the lexicon of the global oil business this week when the International Energy Agency (IEA) reported that unexpectedly rapid growth in tight oil production from North Dakota … >>
EXCERPT: The year 2008 will be remembered as a major turning point in industrial history, for it was the first year when the world got a taste of the unpredictable price spikes that come from inadequate oil … >>
How do population, water, energy, food, and climate issues impact one another? What can we do to address one problem without making the others worse? The Post Carbon Reader features essays by some of the world’s most … >>
Post Carbon Fellows Tom Whipple and David Hughes were both quoted in this feature piece on peak oil in AlJazeera. From the article: OPEC, which currently has 12 member countries, established a quota system 25 years ago, so … >>
Yes, there's still oil in the ground. We just can't afford it. In broad terms, the peak oil analysts were right. But the fossil fuel industry is winning the PR battle.
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