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Actually, you've probably bought the last of a lot of things, but I remember being struck when I first heard James Howard Kunstler say, "Most Americans have bought their last car." So I'm going to use the example of cars to demonstrate why that is and why we won't get off of fossil fuel in time.
Dmitri Orlov watched Russia during its collapse and he has insightful observations about peak oil and what we can expect to happen here.
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March 7, 2008
How fast does the economy decline as oil production declines? In his latest report, drawing on various sources, Robert Hirsch reasons that the correlation is 1:1. A 2.5% annual decline rate will shrink the global economy by 25% in 10 years. Other reports substantiate that ratio.
November 9, 2007
The questions I address in this post are:
- Who is working on peak oil and climate change and what are their conclusions?
- How much oil is left? How much coal is left?
- So is the IPCC wrong?
- What does peak oil mean for climate change?
- What should we do now?
- Where can I get the original reports?
