Below are some excerpts from the Energy Wire article by Colin Sullivan titled “Has ‘peak oil’ gone the way of the Flat Earth Society?” As the headline suggests and as the graph above helps to ...

Awesome eco-scifi author Paolo Bacigalupi reports that he’s just sold an intriguing-sounding dystopian novel to publisher Little, Brown. Bacigalupi writes, “The book in question is Ship Breaker, a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. CALIFORNIA, USA - APRIL 14: A view of oil-well in action during ...

The looming specter of “peak oil” has been a topic of intense debate for years. While some experts predict a rapid decline in global oil production, others maintain that the world’s energy supply will ...

Climate change shifted the oil production debate from scarcity to demand. But without delivering on ambitious green pledges, one expert predicts production may peak within two years, forcing a chaotic ...

In a sharp shift in tone, the latest outlook from the world’s top energy agency signals that oil demand could keep growing through to 2050. The International Energy Agency had previously estimated a ...