Sustainable Solutions for an Overused World
UNM/LA E&PS 110 and CE 500, spring 2005
Internet Resources on Fossil Fuels and Alternatives
Official Statistics
Official and Unofficial Analyses
Useful Introductory Material
Current News and General Links
Articles and Opinion
More on Alternatives
Financing
Preparing for the Future
Other pages
Official Statistics
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Official and Unofficial Analyses
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Kjell Aleklett (2004).
IEA accepts Peak Oil:
An analysis of Chapter 3 of the World Energy Outlook 2004.
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Klaus Illum (2005).
IEA Oil Projections Revisited
(PDF 3.8 MB).
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Robert L. Hirsch et al. (2005)
Peaking of World Oil Production:
Impacts, Mitigation and Risk Management (PDF 1.2 MB.) Report commissioned by DOE.
Executive summary.
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Klaus Illum (2004).
Oil-based
Technology and Economy – Prospects for the Future. (download PDF 4.8 MB)
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Jean Laherrere (2004). Future of Natural Gas Supply
(PDF 3.6 MB)
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Oil field megaprojects, Petroleum Review. The 2005 version of this report is available only to subscribers
but an interview with Chris Skrebowski (editor of Petroleum Review),
Heading for Peak: Skrebowski's
Oilfield Megaprojects Update, includes a link to the 2004 version.
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K. Aleklett and C. J. Campbell (2003).
The Peak and Decline
of World Oil and Gas Production (Word document).
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Colin J. Campbell (2002). Forecasting Global Oil Supply 2000-2050.
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PFC Energy's Global Crude Oil and
Natural Gas Liquids Supply Forecast, September 2004 (PDF 376 KB.)
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W. Zittel, J. Schindler (2004). The Countdown for the
Peak of Oil Production has Begun – but what are the Views of the Most Important International Energy Agencies?
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Matt Simmons' talks
and other useful links from Simmons & Company International (an independent investment bank specializing in the energy industry.
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Oil Depletion Analysis Center,
founded in 2001 to promote informed public debate and promote better understanding of likely impacts of depleting oil supplies. See especially the Assessments page.
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The Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO),
news, reports, links, newsletter.
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Hubbert Peak of Oil Production.
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M. King Hubbert Center for Petroleum Supply Studies.
Newsletter has occasional interesting stuff, but only through 2002?
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Useful introductory material
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Power Switch, new UK site
"dedicated to raising awareness and discussion of the impending and permanent decline of
cheap oil and gas supply, the consequences of which will affect every corner of our lives."
See Essential Oil: Oil Crisis for Beginners, a miscellaneous collection of papers.
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Oil depletion.
Another primer, one that clearly defines a lot of terms (such as "creaming curve",
"R/P ratio", "swing producer") that you will need.
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Energy Bulletin's
Peak Oil Primer.
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Peak Oil Center.
Basic info and links on their "Facts & Data" page.
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The Wolf at the Door,
"the beginner's guide to oil depletion."
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Mike Tooke (2005).
Oil Peak – A Summary.
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Current news and general links
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Energy Bulletin, new articles daily. Editors write
"On the issue of resource depletion we will unapologetically be favouring geological pessimism
over economic theory based optimism.... We will try to publish both promising stories of partial
solutions and articles which provide context and understanding."
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Global Public Media. Articles and interviews
on peak oil, climate change, dollar hegemony, globalization and localization, permaculture, natural gas
and renewables.
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Dry Dipstick, a peak oil "metadirectory".
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From The Wilderness.
Michael Ruppert's site carries news articles almost daily, at least those Ruppert judges
to be the most significant.
(Alternate mirror site.)
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Policy Pete on Petroleum Policy and Geopolitics. Commentary on current news.
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The End of Fossil Energy,
an eclectic collection of annotated links.
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The Coming Global Oil Crisis
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Ralph Blaney.
The
Economics of Peak Oil.
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Bruce Thomson, The Oil Crash and You.
Unfortunately, many links are broken.
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Energy Synopsis page at dieoff.com,
useful entry point into an immense collection of articles, including many classics. However, there are also
many broken links on this site, which suggests that this site is no longer very active.
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Articles and Opinion
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More on Alternatives
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Financing
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Preparing for the Future
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The Post-Carbon Institute, Julian Darley's site. Mission: To help communties develop a parallel public infrastructure that will help ease the transition into the Post Carbon Age. Of interest to computer geeks and co-production enthusiasts:
a new post-carbon wiki.
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Surviving Peak Oil, Dale Allen Pfeiffer's site.
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Life After the Oil Crash. The basics, the politics,
the economics, the alternatives and plenty of up-to-date links. Recommended even by conservative
Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD).
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Peak Oil Action, people working together to raise awareness about
oil depletion and to prepare for a post fossil-fuel age.
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The Apollo Alliance, a "New Apollo Project to create three
million good jobs, free ourselves from imported oil, and clean up the environment."
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Energy Future Coalition, focused on practical political
coalition building among environment advocates, labor and business. Wrote a
widely published letter
to Bush on March 24, 2005.
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Culture Change,
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Oil Crash, a New Zealand site.
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John Busby (2002). The Busby Report: UK Survival in the 21st Century.
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