Hungry For OIl

Hungry For OIl

Hungry for Oil

Robert B Randall

University of Phoenix
































Abstract

This paper explores the relationship between peak oil and what that means to agriculture and the ability of the worlds agriculture industry to feed the worlds population. By reviewing six papers on the subject this paper was written to show that without a comprehensive government and religious approach, peak oil will bring hunger and starvation to many countries around the world.













































Declining fossil fuel supplies mean a rise in energy prices. To combat these price increases farmers grow plants to make ethanol and bio-diesel; people look for renewable energy sources. People worry about fuel prices. There’s another worry here, one of starvation and a decline in the worlds population. Can the world sustain human population without fossil fuels?

  According to many scientists and geologists we are about to enter a time in human history called Peak Oil. Peak oil is defined as the point at which half of global have been used, at which point scarcity will gradually increase and prices rise. When this will happen is not known. In 1956 M. King Hubbert came up with the principle of peak oil, and predicted, accurately, that the united state would hit peak oil in the 1970s (http://www.csa.com). Some scientists argue that Peak Oil will occur within the next twenty years, others believe we have already passed this point.

    According to Youngquist(2004), he believes there is no comprehensive substitute for oil in its high-energy density, ease of handling, myriad end-uses, and in volumes in which we now use it. The peak oil production and then its irreversible decline will be the turning point in earth history with worldwide impact beyond anything previously seen. Oil it seems is not easily replaceable and is used for a wide variety of thing....