پایان نفت فارسی 1402

“Peak oil” is back. In the 2000s, the idea that oil production would soon plateau before declining shook the energy world. The shale oil boom in the United States seemed to invalidate this prediction, offering a reprieve to a world still addicted to black gold. But this boom reveals its fragilities, and the countdown continues. Without sufficient reserves, global production risks declining in the coming years. Based on previously confidential geological and industrial data, the authors are sounding the alarm about a largely ignored threat... except from the oil tankers themselves! The era of abundance is coming to an end. If the economy does not anticipate this weaning, the consequences promise to be severe. Furthermore, this well-documented work warns, that the decline in oil wealth risks causing major geopolitical upheavals. A solution exists: take our climate commitments seriously, and finally get away from dependence on oil. This book sounds like an urgent wake-up call. Matthieu Auzanneau is one of the best French oil specialists, and his book, Or Noir, republished in paperback (La Découverte, 2021), is a reference in the field. He runs The Shift Project. Hortense Chauvin is a journalist at Reporterre, the ecology daily.