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Petroleum Age Is Far from over (6). The estimates have been increasing
steadily (see table, next page).
Before looking at the real-world situa-
Leonardo Maugeri tion in more depth, it is necessary to clear
up some points, beginning
fter World War I, the 4 with the distinction between
oil. Even the head of the U.S. physical terms, without any
Geological Survey (USGS)— associated economic value
among many others—deliv- and/or estimation of its likeli-