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Finally, in this introduction to peak oil, we need to look at the question of why the concept of peak oil has been so poorly understood. This topic is important, because for many years the ‘mainstream’ forecasters (such as the IEA, US EIA, OPEC, most oil majors, and most consultancies) gave no warning of the recent steep rise in oil price.
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Bentley, R.W. (2016). Why Has Peak Oil Been so Poorly Understood?. In: Introduction to Peak Oil. Lecture Notes in Energy, vol 34. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26372-4_5
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