Explaining
How do you make people aware of peak oil?
It's not easy.
Peak oil isn't a terribly difficult concept to understand; it doesn't take a rocket scientist. But it does take critical thinking skills and the elimination of so many commonly held misconceptions about the nature of our world.
But as for resources that explain peak oil, which one is best?
I like The Long Emergency for its eloquence and for the way it encompasses peak oil and its implications, but I don't like its lack of an index and a bibliography. The book isn't set up in the most logical sequence either and I think that Kunstler makes a few questionable assertions.
I like www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net for its links, data and thoroughness. But it's so long for a website that a lot of people simply won't take the time to read the whole thing, which means that they won't get the entire concept and grasp its seriousness. And just the fact that there are so many crazy websites out there makes people less likely to believe that this one is actually credible.
And both of the examples listed above come across as being too alarmist for some people.
On the other hand, there are resources like Deffeyes' book Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak, which are good in that they get into the nitty-gritty science, but they really don't shed enough light on the societal implications of peak oil.
If anyone has any suggestions for the best source to recommend to people, let me know.
It's not easy.
Peak oil isn't a terribly difficult concept to understand; it doesn't take a rocket scientist. But it does take critical thinking skills and the elimination of so many commonly held misconceptions about the nature of our world.
But as for resources that explain peak oil, which one is best?
I like The Long Emergency for its eloquence and for the way it encompasses peak oil and its implications, but I don't like its lack of an index and a bibliography. The book isn't set up in the most logical sequence either and I think that Kunstler makes a few questionable assertions.
I like www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net for its links, data and thoroughness. But it's so long for a website that a lot of people simply won't take the time to read the whole thing, which means that they won't get the entire concept and grasp its seriousness. And just the fact that there are so many crazy websites out there makes people less likely to believe that this one is actually credible.
And both of the examples listed above come across as being too alarmist for some people.
On the other hand, there are resources like Deffeyes' book Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak, which are good in that they get into the nitty-gritty science, but they really don't shed enough light on the societal implications of peak oil.
If anyone has any suggestions for the best source to recommend to people, let me know.
posted by Utah Peaknik at 8:14 PM
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