PEAK ENERGY LINKS

Websites

• Crestone Solar School

• The Oil Drum

• Global Public Media

• Energy Bulletin

• Peak Oil News and Message Boards

• Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO)

• ASPO-USA

• Post Carbon Institute

• James Howard Kunstler

• Richard Heinberg’s Museletter

• Michael Ruppert’s From the Wilderness

• Congressman Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD)

• Matt Savinar’s “Life After the Oil Crash”

• Dale Allen Pfeiffer’s Surviving Peak Oil

• Dry Dipstick: A Peak Oil Metadirectory

• PowerSwitch (UK)

• The Coming Global Oil Crisis

• Jan Lundberg’s Culture Change

• Wolf at the Door: Beginner’s Guide to Oil Depletion (UK)

• Matt Simmons’ Simmons & Co.

• Hubbert’s Peak on Wikipedia

Books

• PowerDown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, by Richard Heinberg (New Society Publishers, 2004)

• The Party’s Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Societies, by Richard Heinberg (New Society Publishers, 2003)

• Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert’s Peak, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (Hill and Wang, 2005)

• Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes (Princeton University Press, 2003)

• The Coming Oil Crisis, by Colin J. Campbell (Multi-Science Publishing Co. Ltd., 2004)

• The Long Emergency: Surviving the Converging Catastrophes of the Twenty-First Century, by James Howard Kunstler (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2005)

• High Noon for Natural Gas, by Julian Darley (Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2004)

• Relocalize Now! Getting Ready for Climate Change and the End of Cheap Oil, by Julian Darley, Celine Rich, David Room (New Society Publishers, fall 2005)

• Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil, by Michael C. Ruppert (New Society Publishers, 2004)

• Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy, by Matthew R. Simmons (Wiley, 2005)

• Resource Wars: The New Landscape of Global Conflict, by Michael T. Klare (Owl Books, 2002)

• Blood and Oil : The Dangers and Consequences of America's Growing Dependency on Imported Petroleum, by Michael T. Klare (Metropolitan Books, 2004)

Documentaries/DVDs

• Peak Oil: Imposed by Nature “The first motion picture quality film about Peak Oil! Succinctly exposes the viewer to the issues of Peak Oil.” ($19.95)

• The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream. The first documentary about the consequences of Peak Oil. ($19.95)

• Richard Heinberg on Power Down. A complete synopsis of his book, delivered in interview format. ($24)

Online Videos

• An online version of Richard Heinberg’s introduction to and summary of “Power Down”

• Colin Campbell, given in Germany in 2000, “Peak Oil: Turning Point for Mankind.” It’s perhaps a little technical, but it’s a good overview: (put it on pause for several minutes after it starts to let it load; high-bandwidth presentation!). Click here for Campbell’s notes and some visuals.

• A page of links to portions of an interview with David Holgrem (Australia), co-founder of the permaculture movement. Of particular interest are his comments about the end of suburbia (he’s far more optimistic than Kunstler, for surprising reasons), and his view of the die-off scenarios.

PowerPoint Presentations

• Canadian Robert Beriaualt’s “Peak Oil and the Fate of Humanity”

• Matt Simmons’ synopsis of his recently-published Twilight in the Desert:

• Richard Heinberg, February 2005

• Community: The Best Solution

• Colin Campbell’s presentation, “The Second Great Depression,” the Peak Oil UK conference in Edinburgh in April 2005 (in Flash format)

Relocalization Network

Local groups of concerned citizens who wish to prepare their community for an energy constrained future. These local groups (23 strong and counting) are community-based extensions of the Post Carbon Institute, operating autonomously while receiving guidance and electronic infrastructure from the Institute. Local groups work cooperatively in their local community with local government, business, NGOs, and educational institutions to put theory about living with less hydrocarbons into practice while sharing knowledge and experiences with the global network of people working on relocalization.

Important Articles

·        “What happens when the oil runs out?” (New York Times, 3/25/05, by Kenneth S. Deffeyes)

·        “Oil depletion and the fate of the world” (synopsis of Richard Heinberg’s “The Party’s Over”)

·        “ExxonMobil sounds silent peak oil alarm”

·        “After the oil is gone.” (Salon.com interview with James Kunstler)

·        “When the wells run dry” (The Guardian 5/25/05)

·        “Crude Awakening” (by Kevin Drum, Washington Monthly)

·        “The Most Important Thing You Don't Know About Peak Oil” (Deconsumption)

·        “Struggling to keep a lid on the oil crisis” (Cleveland Plain Dealer 5/29/05)

·        “Humanity's impending flameout” (by Richard Dolan, Phenomena Magazine)

·        “GlobalCorp” (Michael Ruppert, From the Wilderness)

·        “Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century,” by Dmitry Orlov, special to FromTheWilderness.com 

·        “The Cuba Diet: What will you be eating when the revolution comes?” (by Bill McKibben, Harper’s Magazine, April 2005)

·        Fall Church News-Press (Virginia), an important weekly series (beginning in April 2005) on Peak Energy by an influential newspaper read by influential people

·        “The twilight era of petroleum” (by Michael T. Klare)