Friday, February 1, 2013

Caucus 2.5.13: Peak Oil

"Peak Oil" has been deemed the greatest challenge that our modern industrialized has had to face by the scientists, investors, and economist who understand the situation the best. Yet the realities of this great challenge have not penetrated mass consciousness in a world that can only bite off crises as they emerge.

Matt Elley will moderate our discussion and has provided the following materials to help better understand the issue.

Compact write up:
http://www.peakoil.net/about-peak-oil

A More detailed discussion with more extensive data points:
http://www.postcarbon.org/blog-post/1402948-the-really-really-big-picture-there

An alternative viewpoint on Peak Oil:
http://oilprice.com/Energy/Crude-Oil/Debunking-the-Myth-of-Peak-Oil-Why-the-Age-of-Cheap-Oil-is-Far-From-Over-Part-1.html

Additional Resources:

TED video posting of the founder of "Transition Communities" who discusses the local transformation of communities to a post oil world:
http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_hopkins_transition_to_a_world_without_oil.html

Additional info from the trusted resource National Geographic:
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0406/feature5/fulltext.html

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