Where is the Hirsch Report?
Date: Thursday, August 04, 2005 @ 20:49:01 UTC
Topic: Testimonials
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By Richard Heinberg (www.gnn.tv) Sun, 31 Jul 2005 11:39:29 -0700
A disturbing study on Peak Oil commissioned by the U.S. Dept. of Energy disappears
Over the past few months controversy has raged over the timing of Peak Oil – the moment when global oil production will reach its all-time maximum and begin its inevitable descent...
The report’s Executive Summary begins with the following paragraph:
"The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will increase dramatically, and, without timely mitigation, the economic, social, and political costs will be unprecedented. Viable mitigation options exist on both the supply and demand sides, but to have substantial impact, they must be initiated more than a decade in advance of peaking."
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If the content of the Hirsch report is to be believed-and there is every reason to think it should be-then this is a document that deserves the close attention of every leader of government and industry in the U.S. Newspapers and newsmagazines should be running excerpts and summaries. Instead, there is nearly total silence. In late May Robert Hirsch presented the substance of the report at the annual Workshop of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) in Lisbon, Portugal to an audience of about 300 (PDF ). That event received virtually no press coverage in the U.S....
Read the whole article here: http://www.gnn.tv/articles/1572/Where_Is_the_Hirsch_Report
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