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 \nMost discussions of peak oil trace theconcept back to the work of the geolo-gist M.King Hubbert,who in the 1950scorrectly predicted a peak in U.S.oilproduction between the nid 1960s andearly 1970s.Later,in a 1976 NationalGeographie article,Hubbert predicteda world oil peak for 1995,and thoughthis did not come about,the notion thatoil production would soon peak andstart declining is now often referred to\"Hubbert's peak.\"  \nThis approach to the problem of howmuch oil is available should not be con-fused with another popular approach.that of looking at proven oil reserves.Most people don't readily grasp exactlywhether say,500 gigabarrels is a lit-tle or a lot.so reserves are usuallyexpressed in terns of how long theywould last at current rates of usage.For example,the Financial Times ranthe headline \"World still has 40 yearsof oil,says BP.”(June 13,2007.)Thisapproach to deternining our remainingsupply of oil becomes obviously fawed  \nwhen the actual numbers are exam-ined:in 1950.years of supply stood at  \n22.In 1972,the supply was of coursenot zero,and it had increased to 35years;now in 2007.reserves stand at40 years.(BP Statistical Review2007.)The problem comes in thinking of theseproven reserves as a measure of the oilleft in the earth.Rather,as one expertputs it:\"reserves are defined as theknown anounts of a mineral that canbe profitably produced at current pricesusing current technology.\"(Fisher1981.p.94)As exploration contin-ues,technology advances,and pricesincrease.more oil becomes available.Economically,reserves are more akinto a store's inventory than to some ulti-mate measure of resource availability.While most people think of reservesincreasing with new discoveries anddecreasing as oi is pumped out of theground,reserves also increase whennew techniques make it cheaper topump more oil and decrease when theprice ofoil falls.So,for example,fuel-efficient hybrid cars might decreaseoil reserves because they decrease thedenand for oil,driving down the price,making some oil reserves no longereconomically feasible.  \n# ■ Trends\n\nPeak oil analysis looks not at reservesbut at production(extraction),theyearly flow rather than the stock.Theproblem of reckoning future supplythen becomes discerning the trend inproduction.A look at total world pro-duction of crude oil(figure 1)does notshow any obvious signs of decreasingproduction.Since 1965,world produc-tion has increased at an average of  \n2.4 percent per year.Indeed,fitting asimple trend and extrapolating from thepast suggests that production will keepon increasing.Clearly,barring extra  \nAugust 15,2007  \nWhen will the world's produc-tion of oil peak,and what will theeconomic consequences be?Cal-culating when turns out not to be50 straightforward as it seems.butpredicting the likely economic con-sequences is—and they're not asbleak as many fear.  \nterrestrial sources,this increase can'tgo on forever,but what evidence isthere that it might stop anytime soon?Those expecting an imminent peak inoil production employ a different typeof trend line,a nonlinear sort.  \nSuppose instead of drawing a straightline through the production data wedraw a curve,such as a logistic.Whywould we want to do this?For one.thispatterm has appeared before.Oil pro-duction in the United States,shown infigure 2.did follow a nonlinear trend,incre","cbCaieqT1qshYY1d","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieqT1qshYY1d","pdf",1475449,"English","# Trends\n## Production vs. reserves\n## Trend-line approaches (linear and logistic)\n## Estimating peak years and uncertainty","[{\"question\":\"What is the difference between “peak” and a “plateau” in oil production?\",\"answer\":\"The “peak” idea predicts a discernible maximum followed by decline, while the “plateau” idea suggests production may stay roughly constant for a period instead. 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