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Dale Allen Pfeiffer is a geologist from Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 who has recently been investigating and writing about Hubbert Peak theory
Hubbert peak theory

The Hubbert peak theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-shaped curve....
 and the specter of resource wars. He is the author of the 2003 book Giants in Their Steps and The End Of The Oil Age in 2004. He has written articles regarding energy at From the Wilderness. He is the author of the often cited essay on peak oil
Peak oil

Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum Extraction of petroleum is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline....
 and food production titled Eating Fossil Fuels.

In another essay, Pfeiffer argued the 2003 invasion of Iraq was due to only one reason, access to Iraqi oil.






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Dale Allen Pfeiffer is a geologist from Michigan
Michigan

Michigan is a Midwestern United States U.S. state of the United States of America. It was named after Lake Michigan, whose name is a French adaptation of the Anishinaabe language term mishigama, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....
, U.S.
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 who has recently been investigating and writing about Hubbert Peak theory
Hubbert peak theory

The Hubbert peak theory posits that for any given geographical area, from an individual oil-producing region to the planet as a whole, the rate of petroleum production tends to follow a bell-shaped curve....
 and the specter of resource wars. He is the author of the 2003 book Giants in Their Steps and The End Of The Oil Age in 2004. He has written articles regarding energy at From the Wilderness. He is the author of the often cited essay on peak oil
Peak oil

Peak oil is the point in time when the maximum rate of global petroleum Extraction of petroleum is reached, after which the rate of production enters terminal decline....
 and food production titled Eating Fossil Fuels.

In another essay, Pfeiffer argued the 2003 invasion of Iraq was due to only one reason, access to Iraqi oil. He believes that a series of energy crisis
Energy crisis

An energy crisis is any great Bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an Economics. It usually refers to the shortage of Petroleum and additionally to electricity or other natural resources....
 induced shocks will be felt one coming winter in North America as supply fails to meet demand by a significant margin.

After a careful analysis, Pfeiffer predicts that in the near future a lack of material resources will produce a civilization
Civilization

A civilization is a society or culture group normally defined as a complex society characterized by the practice of agriculture and settlement in towns and city....
 ending social collapse
Societal collapse

Societal collapse is the large scale breakdown or long term decline of the culture, civil institutions or other major characteristics of a society or a civilization, temporarily or permanently....
, placing him in the doomer
Doomer

A Doomer is a peaknik that also believes that a Malthusian Catastrophe will inevitably follow. Doomers attribute their beliefs to humanity's over reliance on petroleum for agricultural and industrial productivity....
 camp. He strongly endorses the Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers of the World

The Industrial Workers of the World is an international trade union currently headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. At its peak in 1923 the organization claimed some 100,000 members in good standing, and could marshal the support of perhaps 300,000 workers....
 as organisation that can support an adaption to a civil low carbon economy.

See also

  • Colin J. Campbell
  • Kenneth Deffeyes
  • Richard Heinberg
    Richard Heinberg

    'Richard Heinberg' is an American journalist and educator who has written extensively on ecological issues, including oil depletion. He is the author of eight books , including The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies , Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World , The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan...
  • Matthew R. Simmons


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