Life After the Oil Crash

"Deal With Reality or Reality Will Deal With You"
Links

I. Peak Oil 101
Sites whose primary topic is oil depletion:

Citizens Committee on Oil Peak and Decline


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Community Solution
The solution to oil depletion is in the community. Has severalpower point presentations on oil depletion which you can download to show to family and friends.


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Crisis Energetica
Spanish language site on Peak Oil. They are working on getting all of ASPO's newsletters translated into Spanish.


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Culture Change
Are you ready for the fall of petroleum civilization? Seventy-three back issues of ex-oil industry insider Jan Lundberg's informative newsletter "Culture Change Letter" are archived here. Updated regularly.


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Die Off
The grandfather of all Peak Oil and population crash websites. Incredible amount of information on the geological, biological, and economic aspects of Peak Oil.


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Dry Dipstick
Peak Oil metadirectory.


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End of Suburbia
New documentary on the ramifications of Peak Oil.


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Energy Bulletin
Oil depletion news and articles


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From the Wilderness
Energy Editor Dale Allen Pfeiffer's articles are a must read for anybody who wants to learn more about Peak Oil. Both Pfeiifer and Michael Ruppert, the Editor-in-Chief, have authored excellent books about Peak Oil.


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Global Public Media
Hours and hours of audio and video interviews with experts like Matt Simmons, Colin Campbell, and others. Maintained by Julian Darley, author of High Noon for Natural Gas. 


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Great Change: Other Voices
Good repository of articles on Peak Oil, ecological overshoot, and related issues.


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Hubbert's Peak
Excellent website for data, analysis and recommendations regarding the upcoming peak in the rate of global oil extraction


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In the Wake
A collective manual for outliving civilization. Lots of articles and tips on how to survive the coming deindustrialization.


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M. King Hubbert for Petroleum Supply Studies
Archive of Hubbert Center newsletters.


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Oil Crash
Lots of articles on oil depletion and related issues. The owner, Robert Atack, is based out of New Zealand.


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Oil Depletion Analysis Center
The Oil Depletion Analysis Center (ODAC) is an independent, UK registered educational charity working to raise international public awareness and promote better understanding of the world's oil depletion problem.


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Oil Empire
Peak Oil and US Imperialism. Excellent resource for 9/11 related material.


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Museletter
Website of Richard Heinberg, author of The Party's Over: Oil, War, and the Fate of Industrial Civilizations.


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Past the Peak
One college student's efforts at deaing with Peak Oil


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Peak Oil Center
Website dedicated to informing people about Peak Oil


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PeakOil.de
German language Peak Oil site.


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PeakOil.ie
Irish Peak Oil site, home of Colin Campbell


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PeakOil.com
Grass roots efforts at addressing Peak Oil. Has an active message board.


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PeakOil.net
Home of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, a group of highly respected geologists studying Peak Oil.


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Peak Oil.org
Peak Oil related news and links


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Petro Pulse
Oil news and the impact of oil on everyday life.


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Post-Carbon Institute
The Post-Carbon Institute is an educational institution and think tank that explores in theory and practice what cultures, civilization, governance & economies might look like without the use of (nonrenewable) hydrocarbons as energy and chemical feedstocks.


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Surviving Peak Oil
Articles on practical preparation for the coming collapse.


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Wolf at the Door
The beginners guide to oil depletion. Very clear and well laid out explanation of what to expect.  Has been translated into French.

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II. Economics, Money, and Financial Issues
Sites that cover financial and economic issues in light of oil depletion and related geopolitical issues:

Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
FEASTA aims to identify the characteristics (economic, cultural and environmental) of a truly sustainable society, articulate how the necessary transition can be effected and promote the implementation of the measures required for this purpose.

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Financial Sense
Lots of information on the economic aspects of fossil fuel depletion. Great place for investors. Jim Puplava has interviewed several experts on Peak  Oil, including Richard Heinberg, Julian Darley, Stephen Leeb and others.


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Solari
All the replacement fuels and alternative energy means absolutely nothing if we don't fundamentally change the way money and the economy work.


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Urban Survival
Explores longwave economics and how we are repeating the same debt buildup that lead to the Crash and depression in 1929 and the 1930s.

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III. Peak Oil Blogs
Several excellent Peak Oil blogs have been started in the last few months.

The Cultural Economist
By Ron Cooke, the author of Oil, Jihad, and Destiny. Free chapter available here.

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Mobjectivist Peak Oil Blog
Facts on the inevitable world wide energy transition.


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The Oil Drum


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Peak Energy


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Peak Oil Blog Spot
Peak Oil blog.

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Unplanning Journal
A collection news and views on the rise and fall of the built environment in light of the coming crisis. Updated Mondays and Thursdays.


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View From the Peak
Excellent Peak Oil blog.


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Wheat Nibbler's Peak Oil Blog
Peak Oil blog: the specter of energy depletion.

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IV. Peak Oil Groups and Forums
Need to talk to your fellow humans about Peak Oil, but don't know anybody who is taking it seriously? Try these places for a start:

German Language Peak Oil Forum


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Oil Awareness Meetup
Find others in your area concerned about Peak Oil.


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Peak Oil Action Group
People working together to raise awareness about oil depletion and prepare for a post fossil-fuel age.


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Peak Oil Discussion Board
Active discussion of topics relating to Peak Oil


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Post Carbon Outposts
Trailblazing the transition into the Post-Carbon Age


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Refuelled Discussion Board
Well-organized discussion of topics relating to Peak Oil


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Yahoo Group: Energy Resources
High traffic group that focuses on the science and geopolitics of Peak Oil.


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Yahoo Group: Running on Empty 2
With close to 2,000 members, this is a highly active yahoo group. Discussions tend to be focused more on post-petroleum life, as opposed to science, politics etc.


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Yahoo Group: Running on Empty 3
Have trouble accepting the reality of Peak Oil? Feeling confused, unsure what to do, who to tell? Flat out terrified? You're not alone.


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Book: The Oil Age is Over
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Book: The Party's Over (Revised)
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Book: Strategic Relocation
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Book: When Technology Fails
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