Robert Rapier is a chemical engineer covering the energy sector. The notion that demand for crude oil will soon peak has largely replaced the idea from a decade ago that crude oil production was ...

I analyze petroleum economics and energy policy. While working on a related topic, I discovered that there is a new round of peak oil arguments, although many are only on the internet, and often ...

Peak Oil and climate change have seen their share of movie dramatizations, but Mad Max and The Day After Tomorrow were more cartoon-ish than terrifying. A culture's fears always finds its way into ...