Non-OPEC Oil Will Peak Around 2010 (LeMonda/FRN/LINK(excerpt)

[katty]

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http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2005/9/19/132156/430

Official: Oil 'like a girlfriend' - leave her before she leaves you
by Jerome a Paris

Mon Sep 19th, 2005 at 10:21:56 PDT
Le Monde reveals today that the IEA (International Energy Agency), the official energy watchdog for the Western countries, will announce in its yearly report, due to be published on 7 November, that non-OPEC oil will peak around 2010 and that we should all get ready to make serious efforts to lower our consumption.

Jerome a Paris's diary :: ::
Conventional oil will start declining, but the West may still see a stable production profile for some additional time if enough investment is made into non-conventional oil (shale oil, oil sands). Otherwise it will see a steep decline.

The upcoming report is said to adapt as a mantra a much tougher message: "Save energy. Save oil. Diversify. Get out of oil!"

This fits with ExxonMobil's own prognosis (published last year already), which I diaried here:

[MadHound]

1. Yep, we're rapidly approaching the edge of the cliff.

And nobody is doing a damn thing to slow us down or stop us. Rather they are continuing to herd us along like cattle, and unless people start to think for themselves, we're going to go right on over. It will be a disaster that rivals the fall of Rome, and again, it will bring a large portion of the world with it.

We cannot rely on politicians, governments or corporations to save our ass, we're going to have to each do it on our own. And the time to start is now. If you live in snow country, invest in alternative heating, like a woodstove. If you are in sun country, throw up those solar panels, wind country, wind turbines. By a diesel vehicle and start making your own biodiesel. Conserve, conserve, conserve. And if you have the means to switch your house to alternative, renewable energy resources, do so ASAP.

Crunch time is rapidly approaching and this is your last chance to start preparing for it.