PREDICTIONS OF WHEN we would run out of oil have been around for a century, but the idea that peak production was rapidly approaching and that it would be followed by ruinous decline gained wider acceptance thanks to the work of M. King Hubbert, an American geologist who worked for Shell in Houston.

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石油峰值：回顾 - [CrossTalk]

关于我们何时会耗尽石油的预测已经存在了一个世纪，但由于美国地质学家 M. King Hubbert 的工作，关于产量峰值正在迅速接近并且随后会出现毁灭性下降的想法得到了更广泛的认可在休斯敦为壳牌工作的人。