Need Info on Peak Oil

[Sandpiper]

I'm not as well-informed as I'd like to be on the subject of Peak Oil.


For those of you who are in the know, could you point me towards a good Peak Oil primer?


Thanks.

[Speck Tater]

1. I wondered the same thing.

So I Googled "peak oil" and got pages and pages of good information to read.

[babylonsister]

2. I recently received these sources from a kindly

fellow Duer.

Short, nontechnical, from widely read sources (NYT & RS)
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/7203633?pag...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/25/opinion/25deffeyes.ht...

[yurbud]

3. http://hubbertpeak.com/

any search or google should include that term "hubbert peak" too.

[JohnyCanuck]

4. Here are some good streaming videos on peak oil.

Math Professor Al Bartlett's presentation on exponential growth, doubling times, resource depletion and Peak Oil (not at all math intensive, but very illuminating):

Apple Quick Time (MP 4)Should work on dial up with Quick Time or Real Player:
http://news.globalfreepress.com/movs/Al_Bartlett-PeakOil.mp4

Real Player Version requires DSL/Cable connection:
http://edison.ncssm.edu/programs/colloquia/bartlett.ram

The substance of Professor Bartlett's presentation is also contained in his paper: Forgotten Fundamentals of the Energy Crisis

Excerpts of video documentary End of Suburbia. Requires DSL/Cable connection (24min)

Apple Quick Time (.mov)
http://911busters.com/video/IQ1_20_END_OF_SUBURBIA_VIDEO_24.2_.mov

Windows Media Player (.wmv)
http://911busters.com/video/IQ1_20_END_OF_SUBURBIA_VIDEO_24.2_.wmv

The full version of "End of Suburbia" is also available for rent at Netflix
http://www.netflix.com/MovieDisplay?trkid=73&movieid=70022083 and for purchase at www.endofsuburbia.com


Lecture at Caltech on Global Warming and Peak Oil by physicist Dr. David Goodstein author of "Out of Gas: The End Of The Age Of Oil"

Streaming Real Media

56K - http://today.caltech.edu/theater/5602_56k.ram

Medium Broadband - http://today.caltech.edu/theater/5602_bb.ram

Full Cable/DSL - http://today.caltech.edu/theater/5602_cable.ram

Also check out www.globalpublicmedia.com for downloadable or streaming audio/video links of interviews, speeches, presentations etc. by various authors, scientists, and researchers involved in the Peak Oil movement.

[LSK]

5. www.peakoil.com

Good messageboard there.

[spindoctor]

6. Jeremy Rifkin is a good start

He wrote "the Hydrogen Economy". I don't agree with everything he says, but it's a good introduction to the subject.

[Delphinus]

7. Well,

go to the Peak Oil Group on the board here, too. Not a lot of action, but good articles and discussion.

[Theres-a]

8. The documentary "The end of Suburbia"

[Tace]

9. energybulletin.net

the best site out there. poke around a bit on the site and you'll find primers. BTW, World News Trust is covering the story of the century as well. Cheers

[gollygee]

10. A good website

http://drydipstick.com/

also

http://www.survivingpeakoil.com/

[mattclearing]

11. There's an article in the current Rolling Stone that touches all the bases

I'm still a skeptic, personally.

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/_/id/7203633?pageid=rs.Home&pageregion=single7