15-474: ODAC may refer to: Oil Depletion Analysis Centre , an independent UK-registered educational charity Old Dominion Athletic Conference , a collegiate athletics conference in the southeastern United States Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee Oracle Data Access Components - tools for Oracle databases Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
30-563: A list of authors including Isaac D'Israeli and published the English Review . John Murray the elder was one of the founding sponsors of the London evening newspaper The Star in 1788. He was succeeded by his son John Murray II , who made the publishing house important and influential. He was a friend of many leading writers of the day and launched the Quarterly Review in 1809. He
45-757: A smooth transition to new energy systems and a less oil-dependent way of life. On 30 March 2012, the activities of the Oil Depletion Analysis Centre (ODAC) were taken over by its parent organisation, the New Economics Foundation (NEF). The organisation was founded by Sarah Astor and Dr. Colin Campbell . In his book Oil Crisis Campbell explains that the Astor family wanted to establish and provide funds for an institute to raise awareness on this issue of oil depletion and peak oil. The first director
60-626: Is a Scottish publisher, known for the authors it has published in its long history including Jane Austen , Arthur Conan Doyle , Lord Byron , Charles Lyell , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Herman Melville , Edward Whymper , Thomas Robert Malthus , David Ricardo , and Charles Darwin . Since 2004, it has been owned by conglomerate Lagardère under the Hachette UK brand. The business was founded in London , England, in 1768 by John Murray (1737–1793), an Edinburgh -born Royal Marines officer, who built up
75-454: Is an independent, UK -registered educational charity. The centre is working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil depletion and peak oil problem. It is based in London and belongs to the New Economics Foundation . ODAC was founded in June 2001 on the belief that an informed public debate about the likely impacts of depleting oil supplies
90-604: Is an investigative journalist and documentary filmmaker, with many years experience of popularising some of the most difficult and important stories in business and science. He quit the BBC to spend two years researching and writing The Last Oil Shock: A Survival Guide to the Imminent Extinction of Petroleum Man , published by John Murray in April 2007 (pbk ISBN 0719564247 ). John Murray (publishing house) John Murray
105-410: Is critically needed. A growing number of experts now predict that world oil production has peaked or will reach its physical peak within the coming decade and then start to permanently decline. The prevailing view of most energy policy-makers and institutions is that near-term oil supply is mainly an economic and geopolitical concern. Under almost any scenario, however, lead time is running short for
120-562: The Wisdom of the East book series. Competitor Smith, Elder & Co. was acquired in 1917. His son Sir John Murray V (1884–1967), grandson John Murray VI (John Arnaud Robin Grey Murray, known as Jock Murray ; 1909–1993) and great-grandson John Murray VII (John Richmond Grey Murray; 1941–) continued the business until it was taken over. In 2002, John Murray was acquired by Hodder Headline , which
135-642: The 1845 second edition of Darwin's Journal of Researches from his travels on HMS Beagle . John Murray III also started the Murray Handbooks in 1836, a series of travel guides from which modern-day guides are directly descended. The rights to these guides were sold around 1900 and subsequently acquired in 1915 by the Blue Guides . His successor Sir John Murray IV (1851–1928) was publisher to Queen Victoria . Among other works, he published Murray's Magazine from 1887 until 1891. From 1904, he published
150-586: The business and published Charles Eastlake's first English translation of Goethe's Theory of Colours (1840), David Livingstone 's Missionary Travels (1857), and Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species (1859). Murray III contracted with Herman Melville to publish Melville's first two books, Typee (1846) and Omoo (1847) in England; both books were presented as nonfiction travel narratives in Murray's Home and Colonial Library series, alongside such works as
165-512: The most notorious acts in the annals of literature. Byron had given him the manuscript of his personal memoirs to publish later on. Together with five of Byron's friends and executors, he decided to destroy Byron's manuscripts because he thought the scandalous details would damage Byron's reputation. With only Thomas Moore objecting, the two volumes of memoirs were dismembered and burnt in the fireplace at Murray's office. It remains unknown what they contained. John Murray III (1808–1892) continued
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#1732851923245180-500: The title ODAC . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ODAC&oldid=736462195 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Oil Depletion Analysis Centre The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre ( ODAC )
195-454: Was Dr. Roger Bentley. In 2004, ODAC sponsored Chris Skrebowski 's report, called "Oil Field Megaprojects", which analysed data from 68 oil production projects. In November 2005, ODAC published a report after conducting a survey led by Chris Skrebowski, which concluded that oil supply will not meet demand by 2007 or 2008. In June 2007, a report authored by Colin Campbell predicted that peak oil would occur within four years. David Strahan
210-578: Was itself acquired in 2004 by the French conglomerate Lagardère Group . Since then, it has been an imprint under Lagardère brand Hachette UK . In 2015, business publisher Nicholas Brealey became an imprint of John Murray. The John Murray Archive was offered for sale to the nation by John Murray VII for £31 million and the National Library of Scotland acquired it, including the manuscript of Charles Darwin 's Origin of Species . On 26 January 2005, it
225-789: Was the publisher of Jane Austen , Sir Walter Scott , Washington Irving , George Crabbe , Mary Somerville and many others. Murray's home and office at 50 Albemarle Street in Mayfair was the centre of a literary circle, fostered by Murray's tradition of "four o'clock friends", afternoon tea with his writers. Murray's most notable author was Lord Byron , who became a close friend and correspondent of his. Murray published many of his major works, paying him over £20,000 in rights. On 10 March 1812, Murray published Byron's second book, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage , which sold out in five days, leading to Byron's observation: "I awoke one morning and found myself famous." On 17 May 1824, Murray participated in one of
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