Pioneering geophysicist’s theory of peak oil still debated
New biography examines career, politics of Marion King Hubbert
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OIL PROGNOSTICATOR Geophysicist Marion King Hubbert’s decades-old prediction that U.S. oil production would peak and rapidly decline remains relevant to modern problems, a new book on Hubbert’s life asserts.
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