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Why Peak Oil is probably about now,2004-2008
(03/01/06)(Stuart Staniford, The Oil Drum)
The Proposed Iranian Oil Bourse
(01/17/06)(Krassimir Petrov, EnergyBulletin)
Depletion Has Changed The PR Script
(01/16/06)(Ronald R. Cooke, EV World))
Facing up to the coming energy crisis (post-Katrina/Rita)
(10/01/05)(Larry Chin, OnlineJournal)
Peak Oil: Geology is Destiny
(8/25/05)(Byron W. King)
The Silent Oil Crisis
(8/25/05)(James Howard, Powerswitch)
The Breaking Point
(8/21/05)(Peter Maass, New York Times magazine)
Y2K versus Peak Oil
(8/3/05)(the Backslope)
Big Oil warns of coming energy crunch
(8/4/05)(ft.com)
Big Oil warns of coming energy crunch
(8/4/05)(same link, from ft.com)
Exxon's CEO: Nat-Gas has peaked in North America (6/30/05)
Oil, CO2, Environment, Climate, War
by Caroline Arnold (6/19/05)
Fiddling as the planet burns
(Henry Porter,The Observer,6/19/05)
After the Oil is Gone (James Howard Kunstler - interview)
(5/14/05)
Today's Prophetic Noahs and Paul Reveres Sound Alarms
(5/11/05)
CJ Campbell: The Second Great Depression: Causes and Responses
(5/4/05)
Heinberg on Megaprojects update (4/27/05)
Analyst fears global oil crisis in three years (4/25/05)
The oil supply tusnami alert (4/26/05)
The twilight zone (4/25/05)
former industry insider give six
reasons why we need to act now on Peak Oil
ODAC: Understanding Depletion (4/18/05)
Chris Skrebowski of the Oil Depletion
Analysis Center talks about the meaning
and signifcance of oil depletion
Heading For Peak: Skrebowski's Oilfield Megaprojects Update
(4/11/05)
excellent/important/sobering read! Interview with Chris Skrebowski
about his Oilfield Megaprojects report.
Peak Oil @ Duluth Greens
Below is a mix of links, essays, and discussions concerning Peak Oil & Energy Depletion. "Peak Oil," or the peak of oil production worldwide (after which comes the slow decline of oil production), is for many of us- a very real, serious and near topic. New to Peak Oil? Never heard of Energy Depletion? Below are links that discuss Peak Oil, what it is and what it means....
Maybe start with the Energy Bulletin's "Peak Oil Primer", or try
WolfattheDoor's Introduction ..or..
our local document(slightly dated) Peak Oil Basics.
..or.. this good 2-page summary/flyer (.PDF document) Peak Oil flyer 2006, from crudeawakening.org.
Getting Connected with Peakniks in your area
PeakOilDuluth email list. This is an email list about the topic of Peak Oil / Energy Depletion in the Duluth area. At this link, click "subscribe" to start getting added to the list. (read the instructions) . If you are good at this site (Riseup.net), once a member of the list you can figure out how to read the archives. . . Hopefully a web-based messageboard can be created at some point, too.
Top Things of Interest..
* 10 Books on Solutions for Energy Descent You Must Read in 2006 (by Rob Hopkins)
* Stuart Staniford's 2006 Predictions
* Kunstler's 2006 Predictions
Energy Depletion Duluth, Dec. 3, 2005
Click here for more info on "Energy Depletion Duluth", a workshop that was held at UMD (Duluth,MN) on Saturday, December 3rd, 2005. (sorry, looks like the info/forum on it went away. It was a good event though)
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Richard Heinberg has been researching Peak Oil for years. Besides his Muse Letter site, he has published two books:
The Party's Over
and Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World, dealing with Peak Oil. Some of his very readable article's include these below: 
Back to the post-oil future (this is a good summary by Heinberg
of his Peak Oil views, Feb.1,2005)
Richard is a direct, level-headed person who writes in a clear, approachable style. Before his interest in Peak Oil, he also wrote about the future of civilization in general. Although he offers hope in his book Powerdown, I personally don't believe we can count on fate giving us lots of time to get back to sustainability. [Olwe]
Jan Lundberg
"End-time for USA upon oil collapse, A scenario for a sustainable future " (06/18/2005). Yet another sobering view of Peak Oil, soon, with a vision for sustainability after the chaos. From Lundberg's "Culture Change" letter #100
...OR...
End-Time for U.S.A. Upon Oil collapse
(same piece, except with critique/comments at end by EnergyBulletin staff. good comments)
Jakob Fisker's page "Oil depletion: One of the most important problems of the world" is a very in-depth look, too.
Jay Hanson's infamous DieOff mega-site is about as shocking as you can get. Below are some of his key essays:
Jay is a no-qualms kinda guy. I really like his sardonic "12-step" essay. He nails the issue cold: we follow "economic reality" oblivious to real reality. [Olwe]