A picky list of peak oil resources

There are hundreds of books, films, videos and websites on peak oil. Start with the ones below and you’ll be well on your way to becoming peak-oil aware.

Non-fiction books

The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
Peak Everything by Richard Heinberg
The Ecotechnic Future by John Michael Greer
A Nation of Farmers by Sharon Astyk

Novels

Player One by Douglas Coupland
World Made by Hand and The Witch of Hebron, both by James Howard Kunstler
The Windup Girl by Paolo Bacigalupi
Prelude by Kurt Cobb

Full-length Films

Short Videos

“The Oil Crunch: Are We There Yet?” from the Australian Broadcasting Company.

“Peak Oil: How Will You Ride the Slide?”

“Peak Oil Visually Explained”

“Oil Addiction” from GOOD magazine

“300 Years of FOSSIL FUELS in 300 Seconds” from the Post Carbon Institute, narrated by Richard Heinberg

Readers and authors talk

Elisabeth J. Potts on Climate collision course: CO2 levels about to hit 400 ppm » As of this week, we have already reached the 400ppm milestone. Here's the thing: We all need some sp...

Ed Johnson on Roundup of distressing climate news » Thank you all for your comments and commitments. I too sense this with out all the research backgrou...

Lee Samelson on The climate change mountaintop » It seems like the stages occur in reverse order for climate hawks Climate hawks or climate activists...

Steve on For sale, habitable planet, too late » Doug, I am in a similar place to you, I think. I have probably never really faced up to the reality ...