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Op-ed in NYT Claims Peak Oil is Bad Science

Energy consultant Michael Lynch argues that there are upwards of 10 trillion barrels of oil out there, as opposed to the 2 trillion that peak oil proponents recognize.
26 August 2009 - 2:00pm
New York Times
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Oil Crunch Coming

Peak oil will happen at least 10 years earlier than most governments are expecting, and an oil crunch will occur in the next 5 years, says Dr Fatih Birol, chief economist at the International Energy Agency.
4 August 2009 - 7:00am
The Independent (UK)
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Getting Resilient

A paper published earlier this year by a team of professors argues that cities need to learn to become more resilient as resources become more scarce.
14 July 2009 - 9:00am
ASLA's The Dirt blog

Will it be a Small World After All?

In his new book 'Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller' economist Jeff Rubin describes how 'peak oil' will reverse globalization, revitalize cities and reinvigorate Canada's manufacturing base.
20 May 2009 - 12:00pm
The Globe and Mail
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The New Survivalist Utopians

Locals in Sandpoint, Idaho are banding together to join the Transition movement, which started in the U.K. and is geared towards creating new, ecologically-planned communities to survive peak oil and climate change.
20 April 2009 - 1:00pm
The New York Times

Peak Oil Supply Or Peak Oil Consumption?

'Peak oil' refers to a belief that growing oil demand will outstrip finite oil supplies. Peak U.S. oil consumption is premised on the belief that 2007 marked the peak, population increase notwithstanding, due to efficiency, biofuels and batteries.
20 April 2009 - 10:00am
The Wall Street Journal
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Uncertain Times See Cities Planning for Peak Oil

With energy and the economy both causing headaches, 2008 has been a big year for local governments recognizing and planning for peak oil. Finding a way forward in a future of constrained energy will require much of planners.
11 December 2008 - 6:00am
Post Carbon Cities Blog

Getting Off Oil Without the 'C' Word

Amory Lovins, co-founder and chairman of Rocky Mountain Institute, believes that governments and the private sector need to identify and remove barriers to energy efficiency, rather than simply promoting "conservation."
6 December 2008 - 9:00am
AlterNet

Best Cities To Live In When The Peak Oil Crisis Hits

Common Current recently released a report ranking U.S. cities on their ability to deal with a peak oil crisis. San Francisco comes out on top and Oklahoma City ranks last.
21 November 2008 - 2:00pm
Common Current
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Nate Berg

Live Blogging: Urban Design After the Age of Oil Symposium

Fri, 11/07/2008 - 06:32
I'm in philadelphia for a few days to attend the symposium "Re-Imagining Cities: Urban Design After the Age of Oil". Along with a crew of notable writers and bloggers, I'll be writing live blog posts about the conference, all of which will be posted on the website of Next American City magazine. Tune in to their site to follow along.

This symposium has drawn hundreds of participants from around the globe to discuss the changes facing cities and communities as climate changes and resources diminish.
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Relating Peak Oil To Auto Dependency And Urban Planning

Daniel Lerch, author of "Post Carbon Cities" presents his thoughts for a new California Dream in a 'post carbon future' in which cars still exist but are used sparingly due to urban planning that reduces their necessity. He looks toward Portland.
30 September 2008 - 5:00am
The Sacramento Bee

Oil Supply Crunch May Hit In Five Years

Using the term 'oil supply crunch' as opposed to 'peak oil', this British report indicates that the oil crisis will hit by 2013, with prices jumping to $200/barrel. It states that the problem is not insufficient oil but obstacles to its extraction.
20 August 2008 - 5:00am
BBC News
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Protests, Riots Go Global as Fuel Costs Soar

Protests both peaceful and violent are breaking out across Europe and Asia as people's livelihoods begin to suffer from soaring fuel costs, and some stores are running out of food as truck drivers go on strike.
16 June 2008 - 10:00am
This Is London

Looking Backwards: 'The End of Suburbia' 4 Years Later

When it came out in 2004, "The End of Suburbia" was required viewing for anti-sprawl activists. Now, four years later, the film is both quaint and frighteningly prophetic, writes Dorothy Woodend.
10 April 2008 - 7:00am
The Tyee

Who's Ready for Peak Oil?

Report ranks largest 50 US cities by their readiness for $4+ a gallon gas and $100+ a barrel oil prices
24 March 2008 - 11:00am
Common Current
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South Parked

James Howard Kuntsler muses on how the end of cheap oil will mean the parallel decline of the suburban sprawl economy of the South and its NASCAR subculture.
12 March 2008 - 9:00am
AlterNet
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Greg Smithsimon

A Practical Need for Utopianism

Wed, 02/06/2008 - 14:19
Who doesn’t love the Apocalypse? Society collapses, people run around in chaos, and we try to imitate the survival strategies culled from too many Hollywood end-of-the world blockbusters. Apocalyptic predictions have always been part of American culture, and why not?
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Samuel Staley

Hybrid Nation?

Wed, 09/05/2007 - 07:27

My Toyota Prius just turned 100,000. That’s quite a milestone for a car and it may be a harbinger of things to come. Many planners are betting so-called “peak oil” will undermine our car culture because we won’t have the fuel to feed them. The history of my Prius suggests otherwise.

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