Are there any studies that show the correlation between...

[slor]

Peak Oil and Global Warming? I believe each one supports the other, that is to say, we have used largest amount of oil that we can, and we have reached a critical level of warming. I hope someone is looking into this.

[Dogmudgeon]

1. Yes, but it's a trivial association

Oil use has increased geometrically, as has the dumping of carbon gasses (mainly carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and methane) into the atmosphere.

But it's what would be expected. The anthropogenic (human-forced) temperature increase follows the historical use of combusion fuels.

Right now, humans are probably NOT the main out-gassers of greenhouse gasses. We have raised the temperature of the Arctic to the point where the vast expanses of frozen peat have thawed, and have become biologically active with microorganisms, all of them emitting CO2 and methane in huge volumes.

And then, in a few years, there won't be enough oil produced per year to maintain the prodigious dumping of carbon. We're at a couple of simultaneous critical points; and from there on, it's all downhill.

--p!

[unpossibles]

2. well, in a non-direct way

we're still the main problem. We have created circumstances where the other other out-gassers can do their work.

Sad really. I think for us to reach the next stage of development, we're going to have to completely overhaul our energy systems and come up with some new things, and new ways to use the old (like more efficient solar concentrators, etc).