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Top 10 peak oil books of 2010

By Erik Curren | December 23, 2010

open book

Having read enough books with Hubbert curves and charts of barrels-per-day to last us until the second Bristol Palin administration, we're now into powerful stories that explore peak oil through suspense, romance and humanity. But so you won't feel guilty having so much fun at the expense of the whole premise of industrial civilization, we've thrown in some more fact-y tomes … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: 2010 year in review, Dmitry Orlov, Glenn Beck, International Energy Agency, James Howard Kunstler, Post Carbon Institute, Robert Hirsch, Sharon Astyk

Top 10 peak oil stories of 2010

By Erik Curren | December 21, 2010

Gulf oil spill

The biggest stories of the year were financial. But you could say that the continuing Great Recession, the deficit debate, and more and more mortgage defaults were really stories of energy-driven economic crisis. This year also had plenty of big stories directly on energy, including some breakthroughs on peak oil. Here are our top picks. It's a highly subjective list; so … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: 2010 year in review, BP, Dec 2010, energy policy, International Energy Agency, James Howard Kunstler, Ralph Nader, Sharon Astyk, US military

It’s official: Peak oil came in 2006

By Erik Curren | November 10, 2010

vintage oil cans

The subject of peak oil seems to hover always at the margin of the national conversation. Every so often a prominent politician will make a veiled reference to problems with oil supplies. The Saudis will talk about "demand" declining. A mainstream media outlet will do a tongue-in-cheek profile of someone who's preparing for a post-peak world. Or some country's military will … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Energy Tagged With: energy policy, International Energy Agency, Nov 2010, oil depletion, peak oil, unconventional oil

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