peak oil

Looking Back at Peak Global Production of...Gold

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 11:29

Yesterday the President of the largest gold mining and production company, Barrick Gold, noted that after ten years of declining production it is time to recognize that the world has seen the peak in gold production. To maintain production ore is being mined with increasingly less gold in it. (The grade of the ore, or metal content, defines whether it is profitable to mine.)

Ore grades have fallen from around 12 grams per tonne in 1950 to nearer 3 grams in the US, Canada, and Australia. South Africa's output has halved since peaking in 1970.

Oil Denialism: Tackling Peak Oil Conspiracy Theories

Tue, 06/10/2008 - 02:38

Oil is not a fossil fuel, but a substance that bubbles up from the mantle of Earth, and many other planets and moons such as Titan. Because it is generated abiotically in massive quantities, the Earth produces more than we can ever possibly use. A small elite of scientists, including the Russians, are well aware of this, and are engaged in a conspiracy to keep the myth of oil scarcity alive, and help establish their New World Order. Welcome to the weird and wonderful world of Oil Denialism.