Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, or ASPO, is a network of scientists, affiliated with a wide array of global institutions and universities, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world’s production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints.
ASPO was founded by
Geologists from the following countries are represented in ASPO: Austria, Denmark, Finland,
But ASPO has its share of critics. The current debate revolves around energy policy, and whether to shift funding to
increasing fuel efficiency, and alternative
energy sources like solar, nuclear power, and
coal liquefaction methodologies such as the
Campbell's critics, like economist Michael C. Lynch, say that his research data is sloppy. They point to the date of the coming peak, which was initially projected by M. King Hubbert to occur by the year 2000, but the date was pushed back to 2007 and later to 2010. TrendLines Research (link below) has graphed the 1991-2007 ASPO forecasts as well as monthly comparisons of the current ASPO projection to 15 other recognized Oil Depletion Scenarios.
A recent report by the US Congress' Government Accountability Office (GAO), called for by Roscoe Bartlett and the
Mission
1. To evaluate the world’s endowment and definition of oil and gas;
2. To study depletion, taking due account of economics, demand, technology and politics;
3. To raise awareness of the serious consequences for Mankind.
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