It's Not About Peak Oil: Op-ed by Scott W. Tinker, director of the Bureau of Economic Geology

June 25-27, 2005

Scott Tinker's op-ed debunks some of the current hysteria over the concept of an imminent peak in world oil reserves. The piece appeared in three Texas newspapers over June 25-27, 2005. You can access the editorial at the newspaper Web sites below, or read Tinkers original, unedited version at the Bureau of Economic Geology site.

• Fossil fuels' demise oversold
  Houston Chronicle, June 26, 2005
• Scott W. Tinker: Of peaks and valleys
  Dallas Morning News, June 27, 2005 (archives purchase required)
• Comment: A proactive energy policy is the way to go San Antonio Express, June 25, 2005 (subscription required)
   

For more information contact J.B. Bird at the Jackson School, jbird@jsg.utexas.edu, 512-232-9623.