At the base of Hubbert's Peak: Grounding the debate on petroleum scarcity

Geoforum

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-540

  Hemmingsen, Emma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

M. King Hubbert; Peak oil; Resource scarcity; Scarcity debates; Technocracy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC THEORY; HYDROCARBON RESOURCE; MODELING; OIL SUPPLY; RESOURCE SCARCITY; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954268559     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2010.02.001     Document Type: Article

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