More Signs of ‘Peak Us’ in New Study of ‘Peak Oil Demand’

Andrew Revkin at the NYT has an article looking at a study on peak oil occurring due to demand factors rather than supply factors - More Signs of ‘Peak Us’ in New Study of ‘Peak Oil Demand’.

Back in 2010, I asked this question: “Which Comes First – Peak Everything or Peak Us?” My focus was whether humans could use the gift of foresight to curb resource appetites in ways that would avoid having the peak imposed on us by shortages or human-induced environmental shifts like climate disruption.

There are growing signs the answer is yes. First came work pointing to “peak travel.” Then I wrote about a study foreseeing “peak farmland” — an end to the need to keep pressing into untrammeled ecosystems to expand agriculture.

Now comes this fascinating paper in Environmental Science & Technology: “Peak Oil Demand: The Role of Fuel Efficiency and Alternative Fuels in a Global Oil Production Decline.”