The economic crisis impacts on public health

Today I report on a study with public health officials from across the nation… The questions are not about peak oil per se; that topic would make for a short interview, indeed. I’m inquiring about the current fiscal and economic crisis… (transcript of talk for the “After Peak Oil” Conference, Johns-Hopkins University, March 12)

The peak oil economic depression has arrived

Both increasing unemployment and declining stock values indicate that we are entering an economic depression similar to the Great Depression. Although it is difficult to determine how much of this economic depression is caused by Peak Oil impacts and how much stems from mismanagement of the economy as well as from business and government corruption, Peak Oil plays a major role.