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Friday, January 25, 2013

The Unexpected Boom in US Oil Production

The Unexpected Boom in US Oil Production

A few years ago, I made the observation that the best thing that could happen to mitigate against some of the potentially severe consequences of peak oil was for oil prices to rise, and remain high in the years before oil production peaked. That would have the effect of encouraging conservation, as people adapted to a world in which oil is no longer cheap. High oil prices would also incentivize oil production, which would have the effect of preventing steep declines in global oil production — which some had predicted would lead to severe…Read more...http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/The-Unexpected-Boom-in-US-Oil-Production.html

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