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== Growth ==
*[[w:peak oil]]
 
*[[w:Oil reserves]]
 
*[[w:Price of petroleum]]
 
*[[w:Oil price increases since 2003]]
 
*[http://www.physics.otago.ac.nz/eman/The%20End%20of%20Oil%20essay%201.pdf The end of oil.pdf] ''- Bob Lloyd's essay''
 
*What about the [[w:tar sands|tar sands]] such as in [[w:Athabasca Oil Sands|Alberta]] and [[w:Orinoco tar sands|Venizuela]]?
 
**[[News:Norway purchases Canadian oil sands company]] ''- 2007-04-30''
 
*[[w:Renewable energy|Renewable energy]]
 
*[[w:Alternative fuel|Alternative fuel]]
 
*[[w:Battery electric vehicle|Battery electric vehicle]]
 
**[http://Teslamotors.com Tesla Motors]
 
**[[w:Tesla roadster]]
 
*[http://www.interest.co.nz/ratesblog/index.php/2008/11/07/opinion-oil-price-demand-or-supply-driven/ Opinion: Oil price, demand or supply driven?]
 
*[http://www.theoildrum.com/ Oil drum - discussions about energy and future]
 
*[http://www.peakoil.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/2008_october_oilwatch_monthly.pdf Oilwatch Monthly]
 
 
 
;Denial Stops Here
 
:''Michael Rupert talks about post 9/11 and peak-oil. The DVD's are available from purchase [http://www.fromthewilderness.com/store/videos.shtml here].''
 
 
 
 
 
;Peak Oil - Imposed by Nature
 
:''[[w:ASPO|ASPO]] is a network of concerned scientists predicting a world wide energy crisis of unprecedented proportions. They are working to raise awareness of the serious consequences this will have for humans. Vested interests and other forces have done their utmost to prevent the information from reaching the public consciousness.''
 
 
 
 
 
;The Power of Community
 
:''The Community Solution is an organisation exploring the peak oil crisis. Its focus is on local community-based solutions that reflect the values of cooperation, conservation and curtailment. This documentary focusses on Cuba, a nation which has already had to deal with their own peak-oil crisis as they were cut off from all foreign resources including oil and foreign investments.''
 
 
 
 
 
;The End is Nigh
 
:''Peter Lloyd gives a good lecture on the peak-oil implications from a New Zealand perspective.''
 
 
 
==Growth==
 
 
''The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function -[http://www.hubbertpeak.com/bartlett/ Albert Bartlett]''
 
''The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function -[http://www.hubbertpeak.com/bartlett/ Albert Bartlett]''
  

Revision as of 02:26, 27 June 2010

Growth

The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function -Albert Bartlett

Albert Bartlett links the growth of population growth as the fundamental factor influencing energy consumption. The video Arithmetic, Population, and Energy covers expeonential increases with examples in population growth, energy growth and peak oil theory.

Production Sharing Agreements

Oil output

News items relating to oil price

April 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill