I asked CHAT-GPT when peak oil would happen.
CHAT-GPT is the new AI (artificial intelligence) agent that supposedly has access to all the information in the world.
I was a little disappointed that CHAT-GPT----at least in the format I accessed it----- didn't give me its own opinion but merely summed up the current state of research on this topic, complete with links and references at the end of its report.
CHAT-GPT reported that the most recent study of global oil reserves done in 2022 by a Norwegian oil company estimates that peak oil would occur by 2030 due to a transition to alternative energy resulting in peak demand. CHAT-GPT added that others in the business world and academia also think that peak oil will happen by 2030 (I note this is also the topic of this thread) but that others think it will happen by 2040 and still others think the entire concept of peak oil is flawed.
IMHO, that pretty much sums up the last 30 years of discussion of peak oil right there, and in a cogent way.
Some predict peak oil by 2030...a smaller number predict peak oil by 2040.....and some don't think peak oil will happen at all.
THANKS CHAT-GPT, for all your help.....
Cheers!