Empty by Suzanne Weyn (a Peak Oil Novel for Young Readers)
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
Aimed at readers aged 12 to 14, this novel successfully blends high school drama and adventure with an important message about the world oil crisis.
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10 years after the oil price spike: Is peak oil a process rather than a moment?
By Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
What if peak oil is a process rather than a moment, a process with a series of twists and turns filled with sometimes ambiguous and counterintuitive signals?
The World Oil Supply is Infinite: I Know That Because I Believe It
By Roger Blanchard, Resilience.org
Earth scientists have been making the case for years that the present level of human activity is not sustainable. We’re rapidly depleting resources, degrading ecosystems, altering the atmosphere, etc. What earth scientists are saying is generally not covered by the mainstream media, or is sugar coated, because the mainstream media is an outlet for the corporate perspective on the world.
New U.S. Record-Level Oil Production! Peak Oil Theory Disproven! Not.
By Richard Heinberg, Resilience.org
Sometime in the next few years, global oil output will indeed start to fall and the fact will be undeniable—even though the cause will likely be attributed to a financial or economic crash. But even if tenacious peak oil supply theorists feel vindicated, confirmation of their warnings will carry no sweetness.
Don’t Confuse Peak Oil And The Peak Oil Debate
By D. Ray Long, D. Ray Long blog
In the past five years of writing about energy one of my favorite observations has been that people get into trouble because they "confuse Peak Oil and the Peak Oil Debate." In other words, they confuse what Peak Oil IS and what Peak Oil MEANS.
Jeffrey J. Brown: Hurricanes & US Oil Production
By Chris Martenson, Jeffrey J. Brown, Peak Prosperity
To discuss the ramifications from these storms on the oil markets, geoscientist and oil explorer Jeffrey Brown returns to the podcast. He calculates that Harvey alone will have long-lasting effects such as lingering supply shortages, but his greater focus is attuned to the growing validation of his Export Land Model, which calculates the rate at which oil-producing nations cease to become net exporters as their domestic consumption increases.
What Happened to Peak Oil? With Richard Heinberg
By Richard Heinberg, Adam Grubb, Post Carbon Institute
The Greening the Apocalypse team talk peak oil with Richard Heinberg, Senior Fellow with the Post Carbon Institute. This is the first of a two part interview.
When Trucks Stop Running: Energy and the Future of Transportation: Review
By Allan Stromfeldt Christensen, From Filmers to Farmers
So don't let a title like When Trucks Stop Running give you the impression that Friedemann's book is simply one about the energetic options for the trucking industry, since what it actually does is use trucks as an interesting starting point for how to understand the viability of the various energy options available to our declining industrial way of life.
Why Are We Waiting (for Peak Oil)?
By David Warrilow, Resilience.org
Remember those long holiday road trips where the question endlessly repeated was “are we there yet”? Well, for many in the peak oil community, waiting for it to arrive has evoked a similar feeling, as the predictions of some academics, commentators, and bloggers have failed to materialize punctually.
Peak Oil – Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture: Review
By Frank Kaminski, Mud City Press
In 2011, while working toward a Ph.D. in American Studies at the University of Minnesota, Matthew Schneider-Mayerson began a study into the peak oil community. His book Peak Oil: Apocalyptic Environmentalism and Libertarian Political Culture is the result of this research.