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Shocking documentary uncovers the
subversion of Americas democracy.
"You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and you believe whatever you want to believe."
"You take the
red pill and you stay in Wonderland and I"ll show
you how deep the rabbit-hole goes."
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Peak Oil simple – The
explanation you send to your short attention span friends.
Hubbert peak theory on wikipedia – pretty comprehensive for an encyclopedia entry.
Wolf at the door – A beginners guide to PO .
Energy Bulletin – A frequently updated site that compiles PO related articles from other sources and some original content.
peakoil.com – Updated frequently, excerpts and links to articles. Also has a quite active and generally well-educated group of posters in their peak oil forum. See also their links page.
The Oil Drum – the best blog on PO, bar none. Some editors and users are insiders or tech experts and the discussion can get pretty technical. (New York sister site at OilDrumNYC)
ASPO – Association for the study of Peak Oil and Gas (Colin Campbell’s brainchild).
ASPO Ireland – better layout than the original above, much of the same content.
From the Wilderness – Mike Ruppert, author of Crossing the Rubicon, maintains this site and offers commentary on PO related articles and some original content.
surviving peak oil – Dale Allen Pfeiffer’s site with interesting essays on post-crash scenarios, see also his blog at lulu
Life After the Oil Crash – Matt Savinar’s site, pretty doomerish and excellent source of info.
DieOff.com an alarming but scholarly collection of research. The original Peak Oil website.
Clusterfuck Nation – Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, blogs weekly with cultural and political commentary on various PO related topics.
Museletter – Richard Heinberg, author of The Party’s Over and Powerdown, updates his site irregularily with speech transcripts and other writings.
Peak Oil Center - a very concise introduction.
Post Carbon Institute – Not frequently updated enough, but a good hub and resource to make local connections.
hubbertspeak.com – “Named after the late Dr. M. King Hubbert, Geophysicist, this website provides data, analysis and recommendations regarding the upcoming peak in the rate of global oil extraction.”
http://www.inthewake.org/ – A Collective Manual-in-progress for Outliving Civilization
Culture Change Newsletter – Jan Lundberg’s site
dieoff – “A population crash resource page” – I don’t think Hanson is updating it anymore (I know that he has a yahoo group that he still maintains), but there are a ton of useful archived articles.
Petrocollapse Conference 2005 – audio and transcripts of conference presentations.
Oil Awareness Meet Ups
is a grass roots awareness raising network helping people
meet up and discuss peak oil. Join or start a meet-up in your
neighborhood.
oilawareness.meetup.com
Industry, professional, and government sites
International Energy Agency – IEA – An intergovernmental body committed to advancing security of energy supply, economic growth and environmental sustainability through energy policy co-operation
US DoE’s Energy Information
Administration
see also their
This Week
in Petroleum
US Government’s Minerals Management Service – updated info on rigs and production (was very useful after the hurricanes).
Society of Petroleum Engineers
Oil and Gas Journal – Industry news.
Rigzone – Also industry news but somewhat more on point (in the online version) than O&GJ.
National Commission on Energy Policy – Info on the Oil Shockwave Exercise available here.
Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Inc. – CERA – Daniel Yergin and the anti-peak, market-based soft transition folks who do a good job of spreading a gentler view of depletion (always note who funds them).
Matt Simmons – a good counter to the CERA folks, Simmons is author of Twilight in the Desert and an investment banker who is a strong proponent of weaning off of oil asap.
Chevron’s ‘Will You Join Us?’ – Just for fun check out an industry major’s admission of peak oil and efforts at mitigation.