Matthew Simmons claims the size of the gulf oil spill and its implications are substantially larger than acknowledged. As the “peak oil” experts have been saying for some time, the reason that worldwide oil production is soon to peak is not that vast amounts of marginal oil are not out there (e.g. in deepwater and in the oil sands), it is that these non-conventional sources are simply too costly to produce. The cost of this blowout and its cleanup, and its effect on deepwater exploration and production in general, may prove that in spades.
http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/09/news/companies/simmons_gulf_oil_spill.fortune/index.htm
Posted June 10, 2010 by Kevin S. under Scarce Energy Resources
June 12th, 2010 at 4:02 pm
I believe that peak oil is accurate and that we are now past the point of peak oil. I understand many of the current events have to do with this fact and it won’t be long before the main stream media and population wake up and understand what is going on. For me and my family, we are preparing for the next era.
June 15th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
It took the Mexican government 10 months to cap the leaking Ixtoc I. 3 months into the Deepwater Horizon and its beginning to look as bleak.