In the 70s we used to calculate peak oil and peak gas and came up with some great numbers that were consistent with what happened in the next three decades, but then things changed.
However, the real money saver is you can get peak and off-peak carnets to mix and match your tickets.
Put us on the path to the right kind of "peak oil" -- and peak carbon -- the peak that comes, not because we find less and less, but because we want less and less.
" Or as peak oil expert Richard Heinberg argues, we are moving beyond peak oil and into "peak everything.
The peak has two main trails, one heading to the east peak and one to the west peak, but the two can also be climbed in succession on a 5.5km hike that offers incredible views from the top.
This one was at a record peak in 2000 and then another record peak in 2007 and still no valley.
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Peak oil may already be with us, and peak coal in 10-15 years, while peak lithium remains a subject of speculation.
They go from peak to valley and back to peak.
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Also up there is the fallout from a global economic collapse, possibly resulting from a state of peak oil -- the point where oil production reaches its peak and thereafter goes into freefall.
The main objective of smart power meters is to lower the peak load and thus enable utilities to keep down their peak generating capacity.
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The point here is that there are actually a number of different crude oil markets and peak production in one does not mean peak production in another.
Options traders are lining up to take advantage of the event, with peak May call open interest of 34, 618 contracts residing at the 350 strike, and peak May put open interest of 24, 741 contracts resting at the deep out of the money 320 strike.
This modification would result in both markets using the same definition of on- and off-peak hours and be able to share key operational information.
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In fifteen years, and perhaps as few as ten, its population will peak and then rapidly fall off.
Apparently, we discard the other experiences of the purchase pathway and recall only certain details of the journey: the peak and the end.
Like Hula Hoops and Razor scooters, fads take off like a rocket, peak and fizzle quickly as they pass through large populations.
Andy Rothman , the China Macro Strategist for CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, believes that China is near the peak in food-price inflation and close to the peak in the overall rise in the Consumer Price Index for this cycle.
I'm a private money manager and freelance writer focused on Peak Oil and Climate Change as investment themes.
The Dow Jones industrial average popped to a record level Tuesday morning, and kept the bulk of its gains even after some late selling, to climb back above its previous peak and close at an all-time high.
They sampled beef aged 7, 14, 21, 28 and days and older before determining that four weeks was the magic number, when the concentrated flavor is at its peak and has not begun to decline, so all their dry aged beef is 28 days old.
If you go home regularly on the train after 7pm it will save you a considerable amount of money if you get a peak-fare carnet for the morning and an off-peak one for the evening.
Citigroup is selling at the equivalent of 7% of its price in 2007 It has lost 93% of its peak stock market valuation.. Bank of America is 20% of its peak price and has lost 80%.
If traffic congestion can be compared to water flowing through a sink drain, then a congestion toll is like the handle on the spigot -- it increases during times of peak road use, decreases during off-peak times, and is adjusted in real time to keep traffic flowing smoothly.
President Bush said other steps were under consideration to reduce crowded skies, such as charging airlines higher landing and takeoff fees at peak hours, and auctioning off landing and takeoff rights to the highest bidder.
Dr. Kennett and colleagues have published evidence in the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that a "black mat" from the sediment of a Mexican lake dates to 12, 900 years ago and shows a sudden peak of magnetic and carbon spherules, "nanodiamonds" of a kind known as lonsdaleite, and charcoal: all of it evidence of extreme heat.
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Speaking at a conference in Dublin this week, organised by the Institute of International and European Affairs and the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, Chris Skrebowski, a consulting editor of Petroleum Review, argued that spare capacity in the oil market could be eroded by 2015.
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In the history of large successful enterprises in industries that grow and then peak, very few leading companies remain dynamic and innovative.
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The second, more important and sustained peak began about 10 minutes after the ingestion and was the brain's signal that it was physically full.
In Totnes, Transition have created local food guides, formed a sustainable building company, given talks and lectures to landowners and local government officials to show them how peak oil and climate change affect their management decisions.
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