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Introductions to Peak Oil
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ten economic contraction trends (as tree)
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(1) exponential growth came from one-time fossil fuels
(2) growth rate of GDP and oil peaked decades ago
(3) US crude peaked in 1971, world in 2005
(4) the remaining oil is more expensive
(5) oil and gas fracking is a speculative bubble
(7) wind, solar, and geo are still just 1% of energy
(8) key minerals are becoming rarer and costlier
(9) the US is most vulnerable to peak oil
(10) unemployment increases with peak resources
peak oil as cause of the (non-temporary) downturn
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Richard Heinberg
Energy Bulletin
2010-08-11
peak oil as cause of the non-temporary downturn (original version)
a nice peak oil primer by Gail the Actuary
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Tverberg, Gail
Oil Drum
2007-06-01
SF Chronicle introduces peak oil nicely
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Erica Etelson
San Francisco Chronicle
2007-08-26