http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/michael-schwartz-will-iraqs-oil-ever.html Thoughts on the Middle East, History and Religion Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:17:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/michael-schwartz-will-iraqs-oil-ever.html#comment-1976 karlof1 Sat, 06 Feb 2010 09:01:10 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4959#comment-1976 Previous to Schwartz's assessment, Peak Oil analyst Stuart Staniford provided a <a href="http://www.theoildrum.com/node/6101" rel="nofollow">somewhat controversial write-up</a> with lots of charts, graphs, maps, and tables that was subjected to almost 200 comments that added further discussion and more information regarding the likelihood of Iraq being capable of upping its extraction enough to counter the global depletion rate and thus extend further the "bumpy plateau" in the amount of oil being produced after the 2005 Peak in total crude plus condensate--the number that really matters, not the figure for All Liquids. Previous to Schwartz's assessment, Peak Oil analyst Stuart Staniford provided a somewhat controversial write-up with lots of charts, graphs, maps, and tables that was subjected to almost 200 comments that added further discussion and more information regarding the likelihood of Iraq being capable of upping its extraction enough to counter the global depletion rate and thus extend further the "bumpy plateau" in the amount of oil being produced after the 2005 Peak in total crude plus condensate–the number that really matters, not the figure for All Liquids.

]]> http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/michael-schwartz-will-iraqs-oil-ever.html#comment-1973 menomnon Sat, 06 Feb 2010 03:27:03 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4959#comment-1973 The long-range prediction sounds to me like an extrapolation along current trends. Which means maybe, but the further out you go the less likely. The long-range prediction sounds to me like an extrapolation along current trends. Which means maybe, but the further out you go the less likely.

]]> http://www.juancole.com/2010/02/michael-schwartz-will-iraqs-oil-ever.html#comment-1971 Anonymous Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:05:05 +0000 http://www.juancole.com/?p=4959#comment-1971 This is absurd. The Alevis have no admiration for the present-day Iraqi or Iranian forms of Shi'ism. This is absurd. The Alevis have no admiration for the present-day Iraqi or Iranian forms of Shi'ism.

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