Future world oil supplies: There is a finite limit

摘要: The question is not whether, but when, world crude productivity will start to decline, ushering in the permanent oil shock era. While global information for predicting this ``event`` so straightforward as data M. King Hubbert used creating his famous curve that predicted US production peak, there are indications most of large exploration targets have been found, at same time world`s population exploding. This theme and a discussion ``reserve`` ``resource`` definitions use, or abuse, subjects article. Discussions illustrations give one indication where reserves, it headed.