With his eye-opening website, Matt Savinar helped make Peak Oil the breakout issue of 2004 while becoming one of the most sought after and extensively quoted . . . (Continue)
Since World War II North Americans have invested much of their newfound wealth in suburbia. It has promised a sense of space, affordability, family life and upward mobility. (Continue . . .)
The world is about to run out of cheap oil and change dramatically. Within the next few years, global production will peak. Thereafter, even if industrial societies begin to switch to alternative energy sources, they will have less net energy each year to do all the work essential to the survival of complex societies. (Continue . . . )
If the US continues with its current policies, the next decades will be marked by war, economic collapse, and environmental catastrophe. Resource depletion and population pressures are about to catch up with us, and no one is prepared. The political elites, especially in the US, are incapable of dealing with the situation and have in mind a punishing game of "Last One Standing." (Continue . . . )
The invasion of Iraq may well be remembered as the first oil currency war. Far from being a response to 9/11 terrorism or Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction, Petrodollar Warfare argues that the invasion was precipitated by two converging phenomena: the imminent peak in global oil production and the ascendance of the euro currency.
The title of political analyst Phillips's latest book may overstate his case (in the text, he prefers the term "theocratic direction"), but his analysis likely will strike chords among those troubled by our current political moment. Phillips expounds upon historical parallels for each of his three subjects. (Continue . . . )
The Post-Oil Bulletin is a quarterly electronic newsletter designed to help you plan and prepare for the post-oil age. Available exclusively at LATOC, each issue includes in-depth articles by some of the most widely recognized voices on matters of sustainability, economics, and geopolitics such as Richard Heinberg, Dmitry Orlov, Steven Laurdan and Adam Cohen. (Continue)
