BiophysEco

10 years after the oil price spike: Is peak oil a process rather than a moment?

Rather than invalidating the ‘peak oil’ theory, the investor-subsidized U.S. shale oil boom might have been little more than a dangerous detour.
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OPEC production increase shows it’s still fighting U.S. shale oil

OPEC does not want oil prices to reach levels that would make the U.S. shale oil industry cash flow positive.
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Eight insights based on BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2018

Some key insights into the world’s energy use and its evolutions, based on BP’s recently published annual statistical review.
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The Powers of Fossil Fuels, an Update with Data per 2017

The world’s consumption of fossil fuels continues to grow faster than that of renewable energy, data from BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy 2018 shows.
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Peak oil in Asia Pacific (part 1)

Following a bumpy 6-year long plateau, oil production in Asia Pacific seems to have entered a phase of decline.
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The BP 2018 Statistical Review, electricity and CO2 emissions

The world has made no progress towards decarbonizing its electricity sector over the last three decades.
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How much of the world’s energy is supplied by renewables?

Estimates of the contribution of renewable energy sources to the global energy mix vary significantly. This post documents and analyses these discrepancies.
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100% Renewables – A few remarks about the Jacobson/Clack controversy

The scientific debate about the feasibility of a full transition to renewable energy is suddenly becoming heated. Yet it may somehow be missing the point.
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Storage is the ‘holy grail’ of the energy transition – Or is it?

New research raises some crucial questions about the energetic performance of available energy storage options and their ability to support the transition to renewable energy.
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Is there such a thing as a “net energy cliff”?

New research outlines how energy resource depletion and declining energy return on investment (EROI) may affect prosperity.
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