Amid Troubles for Fossil Fuels, Has the Era of ‘Peak Oil’ Arrived?

Yale e360
Jun 24, 2021, 5:00 am148 pts
For years, analysts have predicted that rising world oil consumption would peak and start declining in the coming decades. But with a recent string of setbacks for big oil companies and the rapid advance of electric vehicles, some now say that “peak oil” is already here. Read more on E360 →

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