Natural gas production has peaked in Alberta and North America. No idea about the rest of the world though.
Very correct Alberta Natural Gas production peaked in 2002 and the US a long time ago. However only in Eurpope and North America is Natural gas worth so much. In most third world countries they just flare off associated gas at oil wells because the cost of capturing it and taking it to market far exceeds the price they're able to recieve. However with increasing LNG projects worldwide gas prices are going to rise while domestic prices will fall as worldwide producers will be able sell into the North American and European markets.
I guess no one should try to be humerous around here, someone is liable to stomp them.
Humorous was when you posted your poem in the 'Alberta goes Nuclear' thread. Reposting it and creating your own thread for it seemed like it was for social commentary purposes. Therefore I engaged the commentary in the poem.
Hehe, I like the poem. Nuclear is a great idea, especially since Canada is fortunate enough to have the shield to bury all the waste in.
I was listening to Quirks & Quarks on CBC a while back and they had an environmental scientist (can't remember specific field) on to talk about energy production and biofuel. Main gist of it was this new fascination of using ethonol from corn and wheat is a brutal idea that won't help much beyond the short term. He argued that a more promising idea came from using wood chips and sawdust, especially in the wake of the Pine Beetle.
He estimated that if we were to convert the entire stock of biowaste affected by the Pine Beetle into energy, it would be enough to support Canada for the next 27 years of sustained growth (or something like that).
Course, the problem is getting all that matter to a power plant usually ends up costing more then it take to product, but there are some developments going on to address that.
I wouldn't be surprised that within our lifetime we will see a shift away from fossile fuels like oil and natural gas and a move towards a different form of biofuel. The funny part is that is really isn't much of a move forwards technologically... we relied on biofuel for thousands of years to meet our energy needs.
Ode to nuclear power
