Last week the transcript of an interview conducted by ASPO’s Steve Andrews with Dr. Robert Hirsch was released.
Dr. Hirsch was the lead author of the landmark study of peak oil which was conducted for DoE almost five years ago.
Hirsch is a scientist by training and has spent an entire career examining various aspects of energy: nuclear fusion, alt-energy, oil refining, synfuels and electric power.
When it comes to energy supply issues, few analysts have the breadth of experience or the credibility of Bob Hirsch.
This concise interview (3 pgs) provides some intriguing background on:
- how the Hirsch Report got started (Hirsch suggested it)
- how the report was received once it was completed (NETL admin was shocked by its conclusions, there may have been an effort at higher levels to suppress the report, and “NETL was told to stop any further work on peak oil”).
- what’s happened since the release of the report in Feb. 05 (very little on the political front because it’s “a bad news story. There’s just no way to sugar-coat it…”).
Hats off to Dr. Hirsch for his courageous persistence on this issue.
Here is the link to this interview:
http://www.aspousa.org/index.php/200...g-of-peak-oil/
For those who have not yet examined the Hirsch Report, this article provides an introduction and link to the 91-page original report:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirsch_report
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