Commentary

Traversing the global oil summit (aka Hubbert’s Peak)

Chris J.H. Hartnady
South African Journal of Science | Vol 108, No 1/2 | a1040 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v108i1/2.1040 | © 2012 Chris J.H. Hartnady | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 09 December 2011 | Published: 30 January 2012

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Chris J.H. Hartnady, Umvoto Africa, South Africa

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