• Welcome to my Peak Oil blog site!

    I have created this website as a place to post what I've been learning about peak oil and our current energy crisis. Peak Oil theory states that at some point global oil production will reach a maximum then enter a state of terminal decline. While I haven't made any firm decisions regarding peak oil and related topics, it is increasingly obvious that the end of 'cheap oil' is very near if it hasn't arrived already. The phenomenon of peak oil, if proven accurate, will have serious trickle down effects as transportation costs will increase, which in turn will increase the cost of finished products. Food costs will skyrocket since crude oil is used to produce fertilizer to grow our crops. Sectors of the of the economy that rely on disposable income, especially travel and entertainment, will also suffer. I don't want to come off as being radical or alarmist, but at the same time I think this is worthy of our attention. I encourage you to check out the pages of this site, and the news feed and additional links in the side bar. Let me know what you think!
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Two book reviews

I read a lot (books and online) but rarely visit my public library, so I was pleasantly surprised when I did an online book search and found that they had two books on the topic of peak oil. I read them both over the course of four days and below are my reviews of [...]

Crude at $300 will spell trouble for economy…

Ken Deffeyes wrote a great article about the timing of peak oil and when we can expect for a serious economic shakeup. He doesn’t get into an exact date, but basically says when crude oil costs $300 per barrel (it’s at $130ish now), then he forsees big time trouble because business and industry won’t [...]

Why is crude oil at $120+ per barrel

I wanted to drop a quick post to share this link with everyone.  Over at The Oil Drum an article was posted explaining why the price of crude oil has skyrocketed in recent months.  Check it out!

What ‘did’ it for me…

After becoming aware of Peak Oil a few weeks ago, it only took one image to really get me thinking — and concerned. I was at Life After the Oil Crash.net and saw this image about halfway down the page:

It shows thousands of years of history with a small peak centered around the year [...]

How I found out about Peak Oil…

I was simply looking for answers as to why gas prices have been increasing so rapidly and ended up first googling peak oil after coming across some info in Google News, and then searching for YouTube videos on the subject. Here’s a good overview that I found: