4 Books,Peak Oil
- THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE STUDY OF PEAK OIL AND GAS .
NEWSLETTER No. 77 – MAY 2007 .
ASPO started as a network of scientists and others, having an interest in determining the date and impact of the peak and decline of the world’s production of oil and gas, due to resource constraints. Now, independent national associates are in existence or formation in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States.
Missions:
1. To evaluate the world’s endowment and definition of oil and gas;
2. To study depletion, taking due account of economics, demand, technology and politics;
3. To raise awareness of the serious consequences of oil and gas decline for Mankind.
Foreign language editions are available as follows:
Spanish: www.crisisenergetica.org
French: www.oleocene.org (press "Newsletter")
CONTENTS
815. Peak Oil, Peak Food and Peak People
816. ASPO-USA Reports on Peak Oil
817. ASPO-Australia Progress Report
818. Ownership of national energy resources
819. The link between oil and climate
820. Did she peak?
821. ASPO-6 International Conference in Ireland
815. Peak Oil, Peak Food and Peak People
There is a growing list of books and articles addressing the consequences of Peak Oil, some moving on to discuss the positive responses that could be adopted. Attention is drawn to four outstanding and very well written accounts:
a) The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler (ISBN 987654621)
b) Energy and the Environment by Paul Robbins in the Austin Environmental Directory (http://environmentaldirectory.info)
c) The Last Oil Shock by David Strahan (ISBN 978-0-7195-6423-9) (www.lastoilshock.com)
d) The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon (ISBN 13-978-1-59726-064-0)
The first two items look at Peak Oil from a historical perspective, which does indeed deliver key insight; while the third is by an investigative journalist seeking to penetrate the corporate and political reactions to Peak Oil; and the fourth provides an excellent evaluation of the wider aspects of the oil age, seeing parallels with the rise and fall of empires.