A permanent decline in global oil production rate is virtually certain to begin within 20 years. Serious planning is needed to deal with the economic consequences.
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Hatfield, C. Oil back on the global agenda. Nature 387, 121 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/387121a0
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