Energy is the ability to do work. Without energy nothing happens. We know this when we are sick, when there is a blackout, or when we run out of fuel. No Energy = No Work. Before the industrial revolution humanity was constrained by the limited amounts of energy that could be harvested from nature. To […]
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The UK’s local government association have produced a document called “Volatile times: transport, climate change and the price of oil” which you can download here. The report makes recommendations to local authorities about practical steps they can take to help households and businesses adapt [to peak oil]. It also offers some practical examples of action […]
What an anticlimax. Not a word. No fanfare. Peak Oil has passed us by and nobody even noticed. It’s not for certain but many experts(1) say that July 2008 was it – the moment in time when the world passed over the top of Hubbert’s peak. From here on in global oil production is on […]
Below are some bits and pieces recently posted on YouTube. George Monbiot grills the IEA Environmental campaigner, George Monbiot, grills chief economist Fatih Birol on the International Energy Agency’s annual World Energy Outlook 2008 report. In the interview Mr. Birol admits that previous estimates of oil field decline were assumptions rather than assessments and that […]
In November, Simon Snowden spoke at our Future Proof your Business seminar on the Oil Vulnerability Audit, a toolkit and methodology on how to assess a business for its exposure to peak oil. After the seminar we conducted a short interview with Simon, the key points of which are transcribed below.