Journeyman Pictures: Peak Oil Documentary (10 minute preview)
September 2006
The writing was on the wall several years ago but really nothing has been done since. In 2008 people are still fuming over escalating oil prices. Is the age of cheap oil about to come to an end? According to many experts, we are about to reach the point of “peak oil” — the level at which supply can no longer keep up with demand. This, say the doomsayers, could send economies spinning into turmoil and up-end our comfortable, urban lifestyles. But others claim predictions like this are simply scaremongering. They believe supply will match demand for decades to come. So who’s telling the truth? ‘Peak Oil’ investigates.
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‘Wake Up Call – GAO Report Triggers Speculation about Peak Oil - back in March 2007, when oil was still at $65 a barrel, people like Matt Simmons and John Kilduff were quite accurately concerned and warned people to start preparing for the inevitable rise in prices / shortage of demand.
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Interview with Richard Heinberg – Peak Oil, The Party is Over. Civilization has reached the end of its growth phase and doesn’t have a ‘plan B’ for the future.
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Matt Simmons – PEAK OIL: What are some of the Implications and Energy Options for California to consider? Technology Management Program, January 17, 2007 UC Santa Barbara (56:41)
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(below) A talk about Smarter methods of ‘farming’ for Bioenergy. Juan Enriquez (Tedtalks)
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(below) Dr. Joseph DiRuzzo explains about the upcoming, unprecedented global crisis
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(below) Oil Apocalypse (Mega Disasters)
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(below) Oil, Smoke & Mirrors
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(below) Matthew Simmons : Bloomberg
Matthew Simmons quite accurately mentioned the rise in oil prices in this Feb. 2007 Interview on Bloomberg (at the time, oil was priced between $55-$60 per barrel). He says that the issue of Peak Oil would eclipse that of Global Warming in the general consensus.
