[kpeavey]

Peak Oil has many ramifications. It is a problem that is pervasive and without a technical solution. If you are new to Peakoil.com, have just been exposed to the idea, or would like the basic information to get started with a deeper understanding of the theory, you will need a place to start. Below you will find links to a great variety of online resources. I encourage all users of this forum, old and new to post links which you feel are pertinent. From time to time I will add links to the bottom of this first post, in order that you can come back to the reading list and continue where you left off without a great deal of searching through pages of posts.

Learning about Peak Oil is not unlike drinking water from a firehose. The information is out there; there is a fantastic amount to assimilate. You can read it all and still not understand everything. Two people can read the same information and draw different conclusions. Feel free to ask questions.

The Basics

What is Peak Oil?

Professor Albert Bartlett's lecture: Arithmetic, Population, and Energy

The Peak of World Oil Production and the Road to the Olduvai Gorge

Matt Savinar's Life After The Oil Crash

Peak Oil Perfect Storm

Peak TV

Assessments and Plans

5 Rules for PO Prep

Tragedy of the Commons by Garret Hardin

Thomas Malthus, An Essay on the Principle of Population

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Advanced Topics

Every paper at dieoff.org

Statistical Thermodynamics

BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2008

The Hirsch report, Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation, and Risk Management PDF

Limits to Growth, Meadows et al, Club of Rome
Short Version .RTF file .HTML page
Simplified graph of the world3 model run

[kpeavey]

Peak Oil Introductory Video
Well worth the time to watch.