Energy crisis, oil peak production & proved reserves: check out the new videos!
As we are making progress with our practical guide to talking with skeptics, I am setting aside – at least for now – all concerns on climate change, to assess the severity of a potential energy crisis on its own merits.
Energy is the fabric of our modern lives and fossil fuel abundance is what makes us so resilient today in the face of adversity – whether climatic or else. We have argued that the giant climate crisis in the making is happening precisely because we have used a large portion of fossil fuels’ reserves. But let’s explore the other side of the coin with the first video: The more we burn fossil fuel, the more we put ourselves and future generations at the mercy of adversity, with less and less energy as a mean to face it.
Are we really running out of fossil fuels?
That is indeed the first question to tackle to determine if there is even an energy crisis! This second video provides answers by looking into the mystery of the ever-growing reserves of proved oil, estimating when oil production will peak and examining how many extra years of energy profusion we would gain by replacing oil with other fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.
Coming soon: the third and last video on energy crisis that will conclude our practical guide to talking with skeptics…
