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IT’S LATE, AUSTRALIA!!

IT’S LATE, AUSTRALIA!!. First call: Uppsala 2002 Then: Rimini, Pisa , Denver , Boston, Cork, Houston, …

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IT’S LATE, AUSTRALIA!!

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  1. IT’S LATE,AUSTRALIA!!

  2. First call: Uppsala 2002 Then: Rimini, Pisa, Denver, Boston,Cork, Houston,… zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz During six long years: what’s changed? How long until you wake up?

  3. 2002 Discovery rates continue decades-long fall Calculations suggest reserves can’t meet demand projections Some recognition of political, investment risk in developing resources While Australia has slept on:

  4. While Australia has slept on: 2002 Discovery rates continue decades-long fall Calculations suggest reserves can’t meet demand projections Some recognition of political, investment risk in developing resources 2008 No improvement in resource situation New, more accurate, calculations of supply define earlier peak more clearly Political will to increase supply clearly absent; prices not stimulating investment to increase supply

  5. We’ve carried on burning up oil ….

  6. … buying from those who have lots

  7. International Energy Association’s wake-up call : “ There are three problems: Geology Investment Policy of main producers These, taken together, make the future of oil very difficult ” Fatih Birol Chief Economist

  8. In your dreams …. ‘The explorers will fix it; there’s lots of oil out there - think of Jack and Tupi; add in the OCS and ANWR’ ‘Worldwide reserves/production ratio is still 40:1; there’s lots of time to find other energy sources’ ‘Technology will deal with it: add just 10% to recovery efficiency and we’re fine’

  9. Discoveries – the trend continues!

  10. The R/P Placebo Field rate declines after ~ 50% of reserves produced Total rate not constant, declines ~ 4% /year. After 40 years rate is ~ 20% of original

  11. Effects of New Technology Little indication that recovery efficiency is increasing in established fields. Main benefits seems to be in dealing with unexpected problems and in finding small accumulations

  12. We’re trying harder, but ….!Source: BP, Baker Hughes

  13. If it looks like a peak – and it feels like a peak – then ….! World Oil production (mmb/d) Source: BP

  14. If it looks like a peak …..

  15. Some things aren’t changing ….

  16. … others are …

  17. … but not as we had expected

  18. Searching for the Way Forward The two great challenges facing mankind are PEAK OIL CLIMATE CHANGE Can we find a common solution?

  19. Searching for the Way Forward Most people can conceive only two possible scales of response: • INDIVIDUALS, IN THEIR DAILY LIVES (the ‘light bulb syndrome’) • GOVERNMENT, ON A NATIONAL SCALE

  20. ‘Business as Usual’ Demand Growth How will restricted supply / higher prices alter these?

  21. The Problem – and part of the Solution?

  22. Prices wake us up

  23. Rationing: A forced solution Waiting in line for gas when Grangemouth refinery workers were on strike, Apr. 2008 Queuing for diesel at a Sinopec station in South China, Apr. 2008 Source: 13D Research, NY

  24. Moving Source: Gilbert, Paul, ‘Transport Revolutions’

  25. How the US moves Source: Gilbert, Paul, ‘Transport Revolutions’

  26. How we move around the worldSource: Gilbert, Paul, ‘Transport Revolutions’

  27. Moving – more slowly!Source: Gilbert, Paul, ‘Transport Revolutions’

  28. Basis for the ‘Transition Towns’ Four key assumptions: • Life with lower energy consumption inevitable, better to plan than be surprised • Communities lack resilience to be able to deal with severe energy shocks • Must act collectively and act now • Can unleash collective genius of us all to design our energy descent, build more connecting and enriching ways of living, recognize biological limits of our planet Hopkins, ‘Transition Handbook’, 2008

  29. Peak Oil, Climate Change - Intertwined ProblemsHopkins: ‘Transition Handbook’ (2008)

  30. The End

  31. SPARE SLIDES

  32. Renewables are diffuse Power Source Power/Unit / Land Area (W / (m**2)) Wind - onshore 2 Wind- offshore 3 Tidal Pools 3 Tidal Streams 50 Solar PV Panels 5 Plants0.5 Concentrating Solar - deserts 15 Ocean thermal 5 To make a difference, renewable facilities must be country-sized

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