Are you peak oil aware

The Chinese have a saying, "we live in interesting times". Never before has there been such a conjunction of population growth, economic growth and the easy availability of cheap energy with which we in the advanced countries can employ a few hundred "virtual energy slaves" and even the poorest of us can live as Ancient Roman nobles. Add to this the geopolitics of energy and religion and these interesting times are also dangerous times.

How aware are you of the limits to our good life. Do you see a lifestyle proped up with a temporary infusion of fossil energy or is the world a kind of magic pudding which will never run out. Take this quiz to find out where you stand.

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1. Peak oil means
the peak level of oil reserves after which reserves declines
a brand name of engine oil
a wacko new age conspiracy theory
the peak level of oil production after which production declines
2. In 1956 the renowned geophysicist M. King Hubbert predicted
that US oil production will start to decline in 100 years
that US oil production will start to decline in the year 2000
that US oil production will start to decline ibetween 1966 and 1971
that there will never be any meaningful decline in oil production in the US or anywhere else
3. This prediction has
failed to materialise
still has time to run before being realised or not
occurred as predicted
meant little because because the US now consumes less oil today than in 1956
4. The age of oil production is generally agreed to have started in
1859 when Colonel Drake sank his well in Titusville, Pennsylvania
1900 when the motor car came into its own
the late 18th century at the start of the industrial revolution
back in ancient Eygpt when pitch was used to line the Moses cradle for its historic journey down the Nile
5. The most generally accepted ultimate conventional oil endowment, that is past production, plus reserves, plus expected future discoveries by members of the ASPO is
7 trillion barrels
35 trillion barrels
1 trillion barrels
2 trillion barrels
6. ASPO means
Association for the Study of Past Oil
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and gas
Anti-Soctieal Peak Oilists
Association for the Study of Production Outcomes
7. EROEI means
Extrapolated Returns On Energy Invested
End Returns Of Energy Instruments
Energy Returned On Energy Invested
nothing because it does not impact on oil production
8. The Brent and WTI oil index prices generally refer to
heavy sour grades of oil
heavy sweet grades of oil
light sweet grades of oil
light sour grades of oil
9. "Sour" really means
there is a lot of vandium in the oil
there is a lot of sulphur in the oil
that the leaders of the countries exporting it are sour in their attitude
that there are lots of hydrocarbons in the oil
10. The "oil window" means
a depth of between 7,000 and 15,000 where kerogen (shale oil) is cooked into oil without being broken down into thermogenic methane at greater depths
a favourable geological strata where oil can be drilled
the economical price of oil - too high then no one can afford it and too low then there is no cost recovery
a peroid of geopolitical oppurtunity for oil exploration and production in unstable areas of the world
11. The North Sea oil province
peaked in 1986
will peak in 2012
will not peak any time soon
peaked in 1999
12. The higher the API of oil
the heavier the oil
the lighter the oil
the more impurites there are in the oil
the deeper the oil strata
13. Oil deposits require
a source rock of original kerogen from where it is drilled
a source rock and reservoir rock into which oil migrates
suitable passages from the ultra depth to allow abiotic oil to migrate
a source rock, a reservoir rock and a cap rock to stop oil from migrating to the surface
14. Oil is derived
from the blood of dead dinosaurs
from old forests
from algal blooms in ancient anoxic seas
from abiotic sources deep in the earth's surface
15. The largest oil field discovered in the world is
Ghawar
Bergen
Cantarell
is yet to be found as there is no meaning limit to the amount of oil to be discovered
16. The "Creaming Curve" is
the profit margin of oil companies
the top layer of scum on oil that has to be seperated
a graph showing cumulative oil discoveries against wildcat strikes
the tail end of Hubbert's Curve
17. Indonesia is no longer a member of OPEC because
the cost of membership was too high
it disagreed with the production and pricing policies of the organisation
it had become a net importer of oil as a result of its declining oil production
Vienna was too far to travel to OPEC meetings
18. The area under the Hubbert Curve
is the total production of oil
is the total "left behind" oil in place
is not estimatable
can change radically with just one average size oil discovery
19. The discovery of the Prudhoe oil field
disproved peak oil because US oil production incresed for years aftewrwards reaching new heights in conflict with peak oil predictions
was part of an ever increasing oil production in the US
increased US oil production but not to the point of peak production a few years earlier before the field itself peaked in 1989
has made the US less dependant on oil imports up to today and into the future
20. Global oil production is
nowhere near peaking with the best yet to come
is at or near its all time peak
will peak between 2020 and 2030
irrelevant because of shale oil, coal to liquids, tar sands and methane hydrates substitutes
21. Food production
will not be affected by peak oil because food does not come out of the ground, except for salt of course.
will remain level as alternative sources of agricultural inputs are found
will depend on genetic engineering to increase food production and counteract peak oil effects
will be serverly impacted because the agricultural inputs will be scarce and fewer food miles will mean local food shortages
22. Without fossil fuels, and oil in particular, transport
will simply continue as now with new and diffferent energy sources and will mostly be private motor cars by choice.
will serverly because 90% of transport energy comes from fossil fuels that can not be replaced to the same energy value. The private moptor car is a dinosaur.
23. Suburban sprawl
will not be possible with peak oil. A less energised sociiety will be a less suburban society.
will continue because new energy sources and technology will make this possible.
will continue because people choose where to live regardless of energy.
is great and represents freedom and no mean minded peak oilist is going to stop us.

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