Peak Oil: Other Web Sites
A potpourri of other sites that deal realistically with Peak Oil.
Chief economist of the International Energy Agency retracts the IEA's long-standing, ostrich-like rejection of imminent Peak Oil. Note the "ooops, we were wrong" correction from 3.7% decline rate to 6.7% decline rate. How could they have made such a significant mistake?
Summary of German military study of Peak Oil (The Oil Drum, Sept 2010). Includes links to the original leaked report (in German).
The Hirsch Report: Commissioned by the U.S. Dept of Energy, this 2005 report (90-page PDF) concluded that "as peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will increase dramatically, and, without timely mitigation, the economic, social, and political costs will be unprecedented. Viable mitigation options exist on both the supply and demand sides, but to have substantial impact, they must be initiated more than a decade in advance of peaking."
The Inevitable Peaking of World Oil Production: Hirsch's short non-technical summary (PDF) of the Hirsch Report (2005).
Bob Hirsch interviewed by Jim Puplava, Oct 2010 (audio only) (first 48 minutes only).
The world's energy future: 24-minute video of a presentation by Robert Hirsch includes a brief summary of Peak Oil, projected difficulties in the near future, but projected halcyon days by mid-21st century.
Shell CEO e-mail to employees, 22 Jan 2008: Imminent peak oil production made crystal clear by the CEO of one of the world's largest petroleum companies.
Oil Shock: 5-part series in the Washington Post, summer 2008
Peak Oil & The Fate of Humanity: multi-part PowerPoint book or PDF (Robert Bériault)
Life After the Oil Crash: Focuses on the aftermath of PO (see Possible Futures), but includes some explication of PO, also.
Oil: The Final Warning: New Scientist, June 2008
Will petroleum shortages contribute to electricity shortages? Gail Tverberg (TOD, Aug 2008)
The Impending Oil Export Crisis: Why oil exports, not oil production, should be the focus of our attention (Chris Nelder, June 2008).
Guide to acronyms in discussions of Peak Oil