Peak Oil? What Peak Oil? -- January 25, 2019 -- The EIA: Never Mind

This is simply amazing.

One year ago -- repeating, one year ago, the EIA saw American crude oil production averaging just less than 12 million bopd in 2042 -- 24 years ago -- this year, the EIA says "Never mind."

The US will likely produce 14 million bopd in 2020 -- next year.

So, one year -- how far were those projections off-base? On the other hand we do know that the average global temperature will be 2.7 degrees warmer one hundred years from now. And according to Occasional-Cortex we have only twelve years to act.

Speaking of Occasional-Cortex, as a public service announcement /warning for readers in Iowa:

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The Book Page

I can't say enough about The Campaigns of Alexander: The Landmark Arrian, edited by James Romm, c. 2010, soft cover, $21.

Unlike many books in which the appendices are unremarkable, the appendices in this book are incredible. Each appendix written by a different authority (most write more than one essay). All are very readable, and all are very short, running about three to four pages. I've not read much on Alexander the Great, but it seems I would be hard-pressed to find a better book on the subject than this book.

Homer, the Bible, Shakespeare. Definitely. Arrian? Perhaps.

The appendices:

• Arrian's Sources and Reliability, James Romm, Bard College
• Greek and Macedonian Ethnicity, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
• Alexander the Man (and God?), Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
• Alexander's Inner Circle, Waldemar Heckel, University of Calgary; James Romm, Bard College
• Money and Finance in the Campaigns of Alexander, Frank L. Holt, University of Houston
• The Persian Empire and Alexander, Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
• Alexander at Persepolis, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
• Alexander in Central Asia, Frank L. Holt, University of Houston
• The Indian Campaign, Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
• Alexander's Policy of Perso-Macedonian Fusion, James Romm, Bard College
• The Alexander Romance,  Richard Stoneman, University of Exeter
• Alexander and the Greeks, James Romm, Bard College
• Alexander's Geographic Notions, James Romm, Bard College
• Alexander's Death: A Medical Analysis, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
• Alexander's Death: The Poisoning Rumors, A. B. Bosworth, Macquarie University
• The Royal Macedonian Tombs at Aigeai, Eugene N. Borza, The Pennsylvania State University
• Arrian's Life and Works, James Romm, Bard College 
• Alexander's Army and Military Leadership