A dozen credible peak oil analysts
In response to the recent assertion that PO analysts suffer from psychosis, I offer the following list of sensible, well-informed PO analysts:
Dr. Albert Bartlett, emeritus professor of Physics:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Bartlett
Art Berman, with 32 years in oil & gas industry:
http://www.aspousa.org/conference/20...s.cfm?bid=1189
Jeffrey Brown, geoscientist who is probably the world’s leading authority on oil export decline:
http://aspo-usa.com/conference/2011/...s.cfm?bid=1228
Dr. Colin Campbell, with over 40 years in the oil industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Campbell_(geologist)
Dr. Ken Deffeyes, retired petroleum geologist:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_S._Deffeyes
Jeremy Gilbert, former BP Chief Petroleum Engineer:
http://www.businessinsider.com/forme...ak-oil-2010-11
Dr. James Hamilton, Professor of Economics at UCSD who has done extensive research on the economic effects of oil shocks:
http://weber.ucsd.edu/~jhamilto/
Dr. Robert Hirsch, lead author of the landmark report on PO for the US Dept. of Energy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Hirsch
Dr. M. King Hubbert, Shell geoscientist who correctly predicted the peak in US oil production:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._King_Hubbert
Dr. David Hughes, who worked for 32 years as a geoscientist with the Geological Survey of Canada.
http://www.postcarbon.org/person/36208-david-hughes
Dr. Jean Laherrere, retired French petroleum engineer:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Laherrère
Chris Skrebowski: 38 years in the oil industry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Skrebowski
Tom Whipple, retired CIA analyst:
http://www.postcarbon.org/person/36222-tom-whipple
ASPO statements to Sec. Chu
I see that this was posted during the past few hours.
It includes statements from several of the individuals whom I flagged as leading PO analysts:
http://www.energybulletin.net/storie...ary-steven-chu