Oil Forecasts,Past and Present

• Emerson T. : “Bush warns of ‘worst energy-supply crisis since the 1970s’. … The global view suggests, in fact, that there is no supply crisis.” The Thirst for Oil; article in Newsweek, April 8/15, 2002, p 32–35.

For more information, see: Bentley R.W. . Global oil and gas depletion: An Overview. Energy Policy, Vol. 30, No. 3, pp 189–205, Elsevier, February 2002; and: Bentley R.W. Booth R.H. Burton J.D. Coleman M.L. Sellwood B.W. Whitfield G.R. . Perspectives on the Future of Oil. Energy Exploration and Exploitation, Vol. 18, Nos. 2 & 3, pp 147–206, Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., 2000.

• Leach G. A Low Energy Strategy for the United Kingdom, Science Reviews, London, 1979, ISBN: 0-905-927-20-6. Page 9 has: “Forecasts show energy needs rising implacably, with widening energy gaps appearing around the turn of the century as oil and gas production begin to decline.” (Gerry Leach is now with the Stockholm Environment Institute, and is based in London.).

Meadows D.H. Meadows D.L. Randers J. and Behrens W.W. III . The Limits to Growth, Earth Island, 1972.

Meadows D.H. Meadows D.L. Randers J. . Beyond the Limits, Earthscan, 1992.