The Peak Oil Hypothesis

Summary: Presents the Peak Oil Hypothesis, including resources.

Start with Professor Hayes's presentation on Peak Oil. The main pages in this presentation are these:

1. Energy home page
2. The coming decline of oil, a.k.a. the Peak Oil hypothesis
3. The geopolitics of energy
4. The growing competition between energy and food
5. The conclusion about the decline of oil

Resources about Peak Oil

The annotated links below discuss the theme of Peak Oil.

• Wikipedia survey of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil or see the Association's web site. See the web site of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, founded by geologist Colin Campbell in 2000.
• The popular video, The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream, explains the domestic implications for the U.S.A. of Peak Oil. See also the trailer for Escape from Suburbia.
• The web site for New Zealand-based Oil Crash offers a 2009 update on Peak Oil.

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©Wayne Hayes, Ph.D. | Initialized: 11/30/2009| Last Update: 12/01/2009