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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 "oops, we were wrong" correction from 3.7% decline rate to 6.7% decline rate. How could they have made such a significant mistake?

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.

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.

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

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