Peak Oil

When world oil reserves begin to run down and demand exceeds supply and the remaining reserves become more difficult to extract, oil becomes more expensive.

We are at or very close to this Peak Oil point now.

The very fabric of our lives is based on cheap oil. A shortage means that not only will fuel prices continue to rise, but so will the price of food and the vast number of oil based commodities we rely upon for day to day living.

It is essential we now begin to take a different path before it is too late.


The Myth of Biofuels

A June 2007 presentation by David Fridley discussing the myths and misperceptions surrounding the rush to manufacture biofuel. A watchable and scientific study on why biofuels are unsustainable and cannot replace fossil fuels. ...

DVD cover for "The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

A positive and uplifting film about how the Cubans coped with the fuel crisis they experienced in the 1990's - a mini peak oil in fact. ...

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A Crude Awakening

This film is a fascinating and well produced insight into the history and future of the oil industry and how future oil shortages (Peak OIL) are likely to affect us all. It is very thought provoking indeed, well produced, poses questions that parallel those in Al Gore's Inconvenient Truth and ...

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Energy Crossroads

"In a society where most people take energy for granted and assume life will go on just as it is, this film is a cold shower of fact. For many of us, energy is something we wish we had more of, drained of it as we might be at the end of a long day. But the energy that lights and heats our h ...

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George Monbiot and Peak Oil

Read George Monbiot's latest article on the speed that Peak Oil is approaching and its potential effects on the world's economy and our lifestyles. Riveting stuff that should galvanise you to action on making your own lifestyle as sustainable as possible. George Monbiot wrote the now famo ...

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Future Scenarios

The simultaneous onset of climate change and the peaking of global oil supply represent unprecedented challenges for human civilisation. Global oil peak has the potential to shake, if not destroy, the foundations of the global industrial economy and culture. Climate change has the potential to ...

Officials Wake up to the Reality of Peak Oil

A very illuminating article about how Governments and the oil companies are finally waking up to the reality of Peak Oil but are still running scared of telling the general public the truth. It is definitely worth reading! ...

The Pipe

The beautifully composed film recounts the struggle by the small fishing town of Rossport in Northwest Ireland to stop Shell building a gas pipeline across a stunning coastline and farmlands. It is a moving story of a community tragically divided and how they deal with a pipe that could bring ...