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Environment & Energy

Spider Jerusalem

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5. That peak is still going to come, just a little later thanks to shale oil and tar sands

Reply to unhappycamper (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 02:07 AM

Sep 2014

the decline curves for shale production in the Bakken and Eagle Ford are very steep and the crossover point where new production can't keep ahead of declines is probably not very far away.

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America is a Gas Hog and we’re not going on a Diet even if Global Warming Kills Us [View all] unhappycamper Sep 2014 OP

True, and people also will not give up their hamburger to save the planet: ellenrr Sep 2014 #1

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"We'll keep on doing what we do until we can't, and then we won't." hatrack Sep 2014 #3

I have no beef with the guy's opposition to fracking ... Benton D Struckcheon Sep 2014 #4

That peak is still going to come, just a little later thanks to shale oil and tar sands Spider Jerusalem Sep 2014 #5

"a little noticed but crucial shift in White House rhetoric" Nihil Sep 2014 #6