The Rimini Protocol: an oil depletion protocol

By Colin J. Campbell, originally published by ASPO Ireland

August 16, 2005

Dr Colin Campbell’s ASPO Ireland is working on encouraging action on peak oil through the Rimini Protocol. The oil depletion protocol was first proposed at the 2003 Pio Manzu Conference and will be the central theme of the next Pio Manzu Conference, Rimini, Italy on October 28-30 2005. The protocol’s aim is to head off economic chaos and political conflict during the second half of the age of oil.

The protocol can now be read online and a PDF copy downloaded. Individuals can endorse the protocol online.

Colin J. Campbell

Colin Campbell is the originator of the concept of "peak oil" with the article that he wrote in 1998 in "Scientific American", together with Jean Laherrere. He was the founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO) and is now retired and living in Ireland.

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