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By: Peter Van Dreil, Paul F. Karrow and Peter Russell

By: Kristina Anderson

By: Hiroyuki Ii, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University, Japan. Visiting professor at the University of Waterloo in 2001-2002.

By: Maurice B. Dusseault

Summary

The United States reached its peak oil production in 1970. World production of conventional oil*1 will likely peak around 2004-2005, and competition for oil resources will become more intense. Does the United States have reasonable alternatives to increased imports from the Middle East, South America and Africa?

By: Alan V. Morgan