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Index of resources relating to Hubbert's Peak model which says that once the maximum amount of oil extraction is reached, the back side of the curve wills spell much higher prices as extraction becomes more and more difficult.

Some say that peak has already been reached. Others say it won't hit for another 25+ years.

Either way, continuing our trend of increasing oil dependence is not a sustainable path.

Table of contents

1 About

1.1 Peak Oil Coverage

1.1.1 Movies
1.1.2 Stories
1.1.3 Solutions
1.1.4 In the News
1.1.5 Peak Oil Skeptics
1.1.6 CERA Report 2006

1.1.6.1 CERA Report Discussion

1.2 Discussion
1.3 Directories

2 See also

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Peak Oil Coverage

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Movies

THE END OF SUBURBIA: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream (http://www.endofsuburbia.com/) - Canadian filmmaker Greg Greene, who filmed "The End of Suburbia," said "We're not going to find some sort of free energy in the next few years that will save our bacon." (2004) Escape from Suburbia (http://escapefromsuburbia.com/) is the 2007 Sequel.

The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the End of the American Dream - Using the notion of "peak oil" as its underlying assumption, this documentary builds a case for suggesting that the suburban lifestyle is unsustainable. What happens when oil becomes unattainable in a society built on an oil assumption? (PESWiki review)

Oil, Smoke and Mirrors (http://www.mypeakoil.org/oil-smoke-and-mirrors-a-new-must-see-onlin) (50 mins) - Online documentary by Ronan Doyle addresses the pending scarcity in energy due to peak oil, and postulates the intentional spawning of 9/11 as a reason to establish a more controlling presence in the middle east. (MyPeakOil.org; Oct. 12, 2006) [Contains no alt. energy vision.]

Shell Oil Film: Eureka (http://www.shell.com/home/PlainPageServlet?FC=/aboutshell-en/html/iwgen/shell_real/shell_solutions/films/app_view_film.html) - "Where ideas come from the most unlikely places." Surprisingly candid movie short on Shell website addresses dwindling oil supply and need for renewables, while noting the existing need to continue the oil supply whilst alternatives are developed, such as the ability to reach more pockets with the same wells through horizontal drilling. (Shell; ~July 2007)

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Stories

New Limits to Growth Revive Malthusian Fears (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120613138379155707.html?mod=googlenews_wsj) - Steady increases in the prices for oil, wheat, copper and other commodities -- some of which have set record highs this month -- are signs of a lasting shift in demand as yet unmatched by rising supply. (Wall Street Journal; Mar. 24, 2008)

There is no Plan "B" (http://www.financialsense.com/stormwatch/2005/1014.html) - "With 12 refineries and 21 gas processing plants still out of commission, 90% of our Gulf oil production shut in, 72% of our natural gas production offline, 503 oil platforms destroyed, heavily damaged, or abandoned, energy imports soaring, and a rapid decline in non-OPEC oil production...". (FinancialSense; Oct. 14, 2005) (Thanks Bill Alek)

[Let's hear it for Plan "C" -- clean energy]

The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production (http://www.acus.org/docs/051007-Hirsch_World_Oil_Production.pdf) (10-page PDF) - Robert L. Hirsch gives and introduction to peak oil for a general, educated audience. Discussed end of plentiful, low-cost petroleum; and opportunity for those who act decisively. (Atlantic Council (US); Oct. 2005) (Thanks ZPEnergy' (http://www.zpenergy.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1563)'; Oct. 16, 2005)

The End of Oil? (http://www.technologyreview.com/article/16395/) - Oil industry manifestations are confirming Hubbert's Peak. Will alternatives be able to come online fast enough to pick up the slack? (MIT Technology Review; Feb. 02, 2005)

After Peak Oil (http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/post.aspx?bid=293&bpid=15164) - Reflecting on Rolling Stone article about the "Long Emergency" (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7203633/the_long_emergency) - how the world is going to get by after "Peak Oil," that point in the future when worldwide oil production peaks and then begins to decline, and as fuel prices climb ever higher. (MIT Technology Review; April 10, 2005)

Peak Oil: Can 3D Exploration Postpone The Peak? (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6072980/) - Ability to find reserves more readily may postpone the "peak" phenomenon; general discussion of "peak oil" factors. (MSNBC; Sept. 23, 2004) (Alt Energy Blog (http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2004/09/peak-oil-can-3d-exploration-postpone.html))

Fear and Irrationality in the Oilpatch (http://pesn.com/2005/07/11/9600122_Hurricane_Fear_in_Oilpatch/) - Profit-taking and stock prices rise and fall, but fears seem to be unfounded. Is the oil shortage real? Facts are hard to come by, and philosophical arguments rage. (PESN; July 11, 2005)

Life After the Oil Crash (http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/) - Matt Savinar says "Peak Oil" point of no return has arrived, that the peak happened long ago and that the inevitable economic crash will render consumers unable to invest in, develop, or purchase alt energy devices. (Feet to the Fire interview (http://64.233.167.104/custom?q=cache:9x4eib_htzwJ:innersites.com/feet2fire/archives2004/past-shows-04.htm+Matt+Savinar&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=pub-0383054572673337); Sept. 26, 2004)

[Comment: bottom line is that it is up to people, do we have the will to see a different world?]

Chart watchers eye $70 peak for oil (http://www.planetark.com/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/27674/story.htm) - Now we are over $100 per barrel as of Feb. 2008. (Reuters; Oct. 13, 2004)

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Solutions

Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery - Allows the recovery of a significant percentage of the 67% of oil trapped in oil fields. The added cost to recover trapped oil is very low and affordable.

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In the News

Google News > Peak Oil (http://news.google.com/news?q=peak%20oil)
http://www.peak-oil-news.info/

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Peak Oil Skeptics

The Peak Oil Deception: Squeezing Energy for Profit (http://blog.hasslberger.com/2008/02/the_peak_oil_deception_squeezi.html) - There is no actual physical shortage of hydrocarbons. There is indeed a drop in oil extraction, but it seems that this is more a forced reduction of output, rather than a consequence of having exhausted liquid hydrocarbons as a resource. (by Sepp Hasslberger (Hasslberger Blog; Feb 12, 2008)

Abiotic Oil - Addressing the theory in circulation that oil is not solely of organic origin, but that there may be another mode of origin as well from deeper in the crust, involving magma. (FreeEnergyNews.com (http://freeenergynews.com/Directory/Theory/SustainableOil/))

'Oil Shock' Looming - What are the Alternatives? (http://www.newmediaexplorer.org/sepp/2004/06/24/oil_shock_looming_what_are_the_alternatives.htm) - "My conclusion is that there is much about oil (and natural gas) that we have not been told, including how much of the stuff is available, and how it continually develops, even to this day." At the end of the article is a list of sites and articles on peak oil, but the interesting part is a second list of the contrary view -- could oil reserves be virtually unlimited? (by Sepp Hasslberger, NEC; 2004.)

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CERA Report 2006

On Nov. 15, 2006, the Cambridge Energy Research Associates (http://www.cera.com/aspx/cda/public1/about/about.aspx) released a report saying that world oil production will continue to increase for the next 24 years, and then level into an undulating plateau, followed by a gradual decline.

Peak Oil Theory – “World Running Out of Oil Soon – Is Faulty; Could Distort Policy & Energy Debate (http://www.cera.com/aspx/cda/public1/news/pressReleases/pressReleaseDetails.aspx?CID=8444) - In contrast to a widely discussed theory that world oil production will soon reach a peak and go into sharp decline, a new analysis of the subject by Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) finds that the remaining global oil resource base is actually 3.74 trillion barrels -- three times as large as the 1.2 trillion barrels estimated by the theory’s proponents -- and that the “peak oil" argument is based on faulty analysis which could, if accepted, distort critical policy and investment decisions and cloud the debate over the energy future. (CERA; November 14, 2006)