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B E Y O N D THE VIEW FROM HUBBERT’S PEAK K E N N E T H S. D E F F E Y E S Also by Kenneth S. Deffeyes Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World 0¾ Shortage Beyond Oil Beyond Oil T h e View from H u b b e r t’s Peak K E N N E T H S. D EFFEY ES HILL AND WANG A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux New York Hill and Wang A division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux 19 Union Square West, New York 10003 Copyright © 2005 by Kenneth S. Deffeyes Preface to the Paperback Edition © 2006 by Kenneth S. Deffeyes All rights reserved Distributed in Canada by Douglas & McIntyre Ltd. Printed in the United States of America Published in 2005 by Hill and Wang First paperback edition, 2006 Library of Congress Control Number: 2004116475 Paperback ISBN-13: 978-0-8090-2957-0 Paperback ISBN-10: 0-8090-2957-X Designed by Patrice Sheridan www.fsgbooks.com 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 To Michael For what he taught me Anyone who believes that exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist. —KENNETH E. BOULDING Contents Preface to the Paperback Edition Preface xiii 1. Why Look Beyond Oil? 3 2. Where Oil Came From 13 3. The Hubbert Method 35 4. Mostly Gas 52 5. Consider Coal 82 6. Tar Sands, Heavy Oil 99 7. Oil Shale 109 8. Uranium 124 9. Hydrogen 152 10. The Big Picture 167 Notes 189 Index 197
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