DOCSLIB.ORG

Transition Parts 1 & 2

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Transition Parts 1 & 2 Notes and references* page 2 http://tinyurl.com/4tfhgvo. 1 Rubin, J. (2009) Why Your World is About to 10 You can read the script in full at http://tinyurl. Get a Whole Lot Smaller: What the price of oil com/69mgfhj. means for the way we live. Virgin Books. 11 Which you can read at http://tinyurl.com/2cgnlll. 12 A very touching film celebrating the project’s Introduction first birthday can be found at 1 Alexander, C., Ishikawa, S. & Silverstein, M. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWDerzFiqOo. (1977) A Pattern Language: Towns, buildings, 13 You can read a write-up of the day at construction. Oxford University Press. Alexander’s http://tinyurl.com/yjtv3bt. observation was that any built environment is like a ‘language’, it is composed of different Chapter 2: Why Transition initiatives do what identifiable elements, some obvious, some subtle, they do and like any language, it can be used to write 1 www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/steph-bradley. beautiful poetry or doggerel. Alexander put it 2 Snyder, G. (1974) ‘Four changes’, in Turtle like this: “the elements of this language are Island. New Directions Publishing, p.101. entities called patterns. Each pattern describes 3 Most clearly and forcefully set out in Wilkinson, a problem which occurs over and over again in R. & Pickett, K. (2010) The Spirit Level: Why our environment, and then describes the core of equality is better for everyone. Penguin. the solution to that problem, in such a way that 4 Ibid. you can use this solution a million times over, 5 Figures from David Strahan at without ever doing it the same way twice.” http://lastoilshock.com/map.html. 6 www.worldenergyoutlook.org/docs/weo2010/ PART ONE WEO2010_es_english.pdf. Chapter 1: The emergence of an idea: 7 Owen, N. A., Inderwildi, O. R. & King, D. A. a potted history of Transition (2010) ‘The status of conventional world oil 1 www.kinsalefurthered.ie. reserves – hype or cause for concern?’ Energy 2 The ‘grandfather’ of peak oil, and the first to Policy, 38(8): 4743-9. repopularise the work of M. King Hubbert 8 Vidal, J. (2011) ‘WikiLeaks cables: Saudi Arabia through a 1998 paper co-authored with Jean cannot pump enough oil to keep a lid on prices: Laherrère called ‘The End of Cheap Oil’, US diplomat convinced by Saudi expert that published in Scientific American, 278(3): 78-83. reserves of world’s biggest oil exporter have 3 Can be downloaded from http://tinyurl. been overstated by nearly 40%’. The Guardian, com/4s9z7y5. 8 February 2011, http://tinyurl.com/6dqnjnq. 4 The Kinsale part of the early story of Transition 9 Hirsch, R. L., Bezdek, R. & Wendling, R. (2005) is told in more detail in The Transition Handbook: Peaking of World Oil Production – Impacts, From oil dependency to local resilience (Green mitigation and risk management. National Energy Books, 2008). Technology Laboratory, US Department of Energy. 5 http://thelewespound.org. 10 http://tinyurl.com/3a2ec9d. 6 Which you can watch in full at http://vimeo. 11 http://tinyurl.com/2a6xp9n. com/8029815. 12 http://tinyurl.com/2fpwjm4. 7 www.transitionnetwork.org/news/2011-04-05/ 13 ‘New study links severe storm increases, global announcing-movie-transition-20. warming’. Pasadena Star News, 27 December 8 You can read Miliband’s reflections on the 2008. experience at http://tinyurl.com/5u4gn6k. 14 http://tinyurl.com/2e85q46. 9 There is a short film about Open Space which 15 Shakhova, N., Semiletov, I., Salyuk, A., Yusupov, captures the spirit of the 2007 conference at V., Kosmach, D. & Gustafsson, O. (2010) http://tinyurl.com/63q4ule; a film about the ‘Extensive methane venting to the atmosphere 2008 conference at http://tinyurl.com/6d28yzo; from sediments of the East Siberian Arctic’, and Part 1 of a film about the 2010 conference at Science, 327(5970): 1246-50. * Available in PDF format with live links from http://www.greenbooks.co.uk/Book/403/The-Transition-Companion.html. 298 The Transition Companion 16 ‘Even soil feels the heat: soils release more 29 Homer-Dixon, T. (2007) The Upside of Down: carbon dioxide as globe warms’. Science Daily, Catastrophe, creativity and the renewal of 25 March 2010, http://tinyurl.com/6a9ratd. civilisation. Souvenir Press. 17 Bellamy, P. H., Loveland, P. J., Bradley, R. I., Lark, 30 Smith, R. A. ‘Carpe Diem: The dangers of risk R. M. & Kirk, G. J. D. (2005) ‘Carbon losses from aversion’. Lecture to the Royal Academy of all soils across England and Wales 1978-2003’. Engineering, 29 May 2007. Reprinted in Civil Nature, 437: 245-8. doi: 10.1038/nature04038. Engineering Surveyor, October 2007. 18 http://tinyurl.com/6khm46t. 31 http://tinyurl.com/62z6z6g. 19 Grudgings, S. (2011) ‘Amazon drought caused 32 Jackson, T. (2009) Prosperity Without Growth: huge carbon emissions’. Reuters, 2 February Economics for a finite planet. Earthscan 2011, http://tinyurl.com/5slxs6g. Publications. 20 Kolbert, E. (2007). Field Notes from a Catastrophe: 33 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/ A frontline report on climate change. Bloomsbury 7766057.stm. Publishing. 34 http://postgrowth.org/japan-the-worlds-first- 21 Meinshausen, M., Meinshausen, N., Hare, W., post-growth-economy. Raper, S. C. B., Frieler, K., Knutti, R., Frame, D. J. 35 Farrell, S. (2011) ‘King says living standards may & Allen, M. R. (2009) ‘Greenhouse-gas emission never recover from the crisis: Bank of England targets for limiting global warming to 2 degrees C’. Governor strikes dovish note on timing of Nature, 458: 1158-62. interest-rate increase’. The Independent, 22 Helm, D., Smale, R. & Phillips, J. (2007) ‘Too 2 March 2011, http://tinyurl.com/4flddvj. good to be true? The UK’s climate change 36 You can hear the talk she gave at the 2010 record’, www.dieterhelm.co.uk/sites/default/ Transition Network conference at http://tinyurl. files/Carbon_record_2007.pdf. com/23p4uxc. 23 Sample, I. (2010) ‘UK import emissions are the 37 Daly, H. E. (1977) Steady-state Economics: The highest in Europe, figures show: Study finds economics of biophysical equilibrium and moral 253m tonnes of CO2 are released annually in growth. W. H. Freeman and Company. the manufacture of products bound for UK 38 For more on this see http://tinyurl. shores – mostly in the developing world’. The com/6he37v6. Guardian, 8 March 2010, http://tinyurl. 39 Shields, R., ‘Moss’s £60 high street frock is com/6estzj6. named Dress of the Year: the model beats 24 Munich Re Insurance (2010) press release, fashion greats such as Galliano and Gaultier’. 27 September 2010: ‘Two months to Cancun The Independent, 3 May 2009, http://tinyurl. climate summit / large number of weather com/cza6er. extremes as strong indicator of climate change’, 40 Nordhaus, T., & Shellenberger, M. (2009) Break http://tinyurl.com/5r4socu. Through: Why we can’t leave saving the planet 25 Rubin, J. (2009) Why Your World is About to Get to environmentalists. Mariner Books. a Whole Lot Smaller: What the price of oil 41 Seyfang, G. (2009) ‘Transition Norwich: A fine means for the way we live. Virgin Books, p.206. city in Transition’. Report of the 2009 Member- 26 Rushe, D. (2011) ‘Oil prices may threaten global ship survey, University of East Anglia, economic recovery, says energy agency: as http://tinyurl.com/63vnakr. crude oil prices hit $95 a barrel, it is in a 42 Thompson, S., Abdullah, S., Marks, N., Simms, “danger zone” which may derail recovery, says A. & Johnson, V. (2007) The European unHappy chief economist at Paris’s IEA’. The Guardian, 5 Index: An index of carbon efficiency and well January 2011, http://tinyurl.com/4befnje. being in the EU. new economics foundation. 27 Porritt, J. (2005) Capitalism: As if the world 43 http://tinyurl.com/6c59gae. matters. Earthscan Publications, p.63. 44 The UK Office for National Statistics, 28 Monbiot, G. (2008) ‘Population bombs’, www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=206. www.monbiot.com/archives/2008/01/29/ 45 See, for instance, Putnam, R. D. (2000) Bowling population-bombs, 29 January 2008. Notes and references 299 Alone: The collapse and revival of American Books. Curry, A., Hodgson, T., Kelnar, R. & community. Simon & Schuster. Wilson, A. (2005) Intelligent Future Infrastruc- ture: The scenarios towards 2055, Foresight, Chapter 3: Where we might be headed: the Office of Science and Technology. FEASTA power of future scenarios (2006) Energy Scenarios Ireland, FEASTA. 1 One of the most active proponents of this position, a largely North American phenomenon, Chapter 4: Resilience and localisation is Michael Ruppert, who made the film Collapse 1 Walker, B. & Salt, D. (2006) Resilience Thinking: and publishes www.collapsenet.com. Sustaining ecosystems and people in a 2 John Michael Greer’s concept of the ‘Green changing world. Island Press, p.9. Wizard’, again in the US, is about the gathering 2 Adger, W. N., Kelly, P. M., Winkels, A., Huy, L. Q. and spreading of advice and insight, much of it & Locke, C. (2002) ‘Migration, remittances, from the original 1970s oil shock period, which livelihood trajectories and social resilience’. saw a huge flowering of research and practice in Ambio, 31(4): 358-66. terms of practical sustainability. 3 Adger, W. N. (2003) Building Resilience to 3 For example, Alex Steffen at Promote Sustainability: An agenda for coping http://worldchanging.com, or Stewart Brand’s with globalisation and promoting justice. IHDP Whole Earth Discipline: Why dense cities, Update. Newsletter of the International Human nuclear power, transgenic crops, restored Dimensions Programme on Global Environ- wildlands, radical science, and geoengineering mental Change, February 2003, p.3. are necessary (Atlantic Books, 2010). 4 Edwards, C. (2009) ‘Resilient Nation’. DEMOS, 4 http://tinyurl.com/6dorbu9. p.18. 5 http://tinyurl.com/38kg8u5.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • ROMAHDUS Vipu
    ROMAHDUS ViPu Lokakuu 2014 1 Sisällys Lukijalle……………………………………………………… 2 1 Mikä romahdus?…………………………………………… 2 2 Romahduksen lajeista……………………………………… 6 3 Romahduksen vaiheista…………………………………… 15 4 Teoreetikkoja ja näkemyksiä……………………………… 17 5 Romahdus—maailmanloppu, apokalypsi, kriisi, utopia… 25 6 Romahdus ja selviytyminen………………………………. 29 7 Pitääkö romahdusta jouduttaa?…………………………… 44 8 Romahdus, tieto ja hallinta………………………………… 49 9 Romahdus ja politiikka…………………………………….. 53 2 Lukijalle Tämä teksti on osa pohdiskelua, jonka tarkoituksena on luoda pohjaa Vihreän Puolueen poliittiselle toiminnalle. Tekstin aiheena on jo monin paikoin ja tavoin alkanut teollisten sivilisaatioiden ja modernismin kehityskertomuksen romahdus. Tekstin ensimmäiset 8 lukua käsittelevät erilaisia teorioita, käsityksiä ja vapaampaankin ajatuksenlentoon nojaavia näkökulmia romahdukseen. Ne eivät siis missään nimessä edusta ViPun poliittisia käsityksiä tai tavotteita, vaan pohjustavat alustavia poliittisia johtopäätöksiä, jotka esitetään luvussa 9. Toisin sanoen luvut 1-8 pyörittelevät aihetta suuntaan ja toiseen ja luku 9 esittää välitilinpäätöksen, jonka on edelleen tarkoitus tarkentua ja elää tilanteen mukaan. Tätä romahdus-osiota on myös tarkoitus lukea muiden ViPun teoreettisten tekstien kanssa, niiden ristivalotuksessa. 1 Mikä romahdus? Motto: "Yhden maailman loppu on toisen maailman alku, yhden maailmanloppu on toisen maailmanalku." Moton sanaleikin tarkoitus on huomauttaa, että vaikka yhteiskunnan romahdus onkin yksilön ja ryhmän näkökulmasta vääjäämätön tapahtuma, johon
    [Show full text]
  • Part I: Introduction
    Part I: Introduction “Perhaps the sentiments contained in the following pages are not yet sufficiently fashionable to procure them general favor; a long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.” -Thomas Paine, Common Sense (1776) “For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.” -Patrick Henry (1776) “I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth. On this subject I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! No! Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen -- but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. The apathy of the people is enough to make every statue leap from its pedestal, and to hasten the resurrection of the dead.” -William Lloyd Garrison, The Liberator (1831) “Gas is running low . .” -Amelia Earhart (July 2, 1937) 1 2 Dear Reader, Civilization as we know it is coming to an end soon. This is not the wacky proclamation of a doomsday cult, apocalypse bible prophecy sect, or conspiracy theory society.
    [Show full text]
  • As the World Burns……..……….....……………….…
    $65.00 per year $6.00 U.S. A Nonpartisan Non-sectarian MAP for the Here That Is, Into the Tomorrow of Our Own Making Vol. VII, No. 8 ——–—————–———————————————————–—–——–————————— Dec 8, 2004 © Copyright 2004 FTW Economic Alert AsAs TheThe WorldWorld BurnsBurns By Michael C. Ruppert -- But when the run on the dollar begins, OPEC will inevitably at some point switch its pricing to the Euro, which the entire world is wrangling - much to Europe's chagrin - into not only a safe-haven currency, but a profitable one. The next house is being built before the old one is abandoned. When the run on the dollar begins, it will be as if the rest of the world declared war on the United States of America by launching a missile, dropping a bomb, or landing an army at Bethany Beach, Delaware. That this will lead ultimately to widespread global warfare seems certain. This is exactly the way the administration is setting it up to appear to the American people. Think of 9/11 times fifty. The rest of the world is merely defending itself with non-violent means - for the moment. But it will be portrayed as an attack upon the US. "Why?" George Bush will ask, rhetorically. "They hate us because of our freedom." And, barring a miracle, the end results will be exactly the same as from a physical attack: devastation so complete and unthinkable - magnified by the brutal impacts of Peak Oil - that only a few will even try to prepare for it. That is sad because preparation will make all the difference (barring luck or divine intervention) in who survives and to what extent they remain intact and functioning afterwards.
    [Show full text]
  • Policy 11.Qxd.Qxd
    1755 Massachusetts Ave., NW Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 – USA T: (+1-202) 332-9312 F: (+1-202) 265-9531 E: [email protected] www.aicgs.org 34 AICGS POLICY REPORT OVERCOMING THE LETHARGY: CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY SECURITY, AND THE CASE FOR A THIRD INDUSTRIAL Located in Washington, D.C., the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies is an independent, non-profit public policy organization that works REVOLUTION in Germany and the United States to address current and emerging policy challenges. Founded in 1983, the Institute is affiliated with The Johns Hopkins University. The Institute is governed by its own Board of Trustees, which includes prominent German and American leaders from the business, policy, and academic communities. Alexander Ochs Building Knowledge, Insights, and Networks for German-American Relations AMERICAN INSTITUTE FOR CONTEMPORARY GERMAN STUDIES THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword 3 About the Author 5 The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies strengthens the German-American relation - Chapter 1: Introduction 7 ship in an evolving Europe and changing world. The Institute produces objective and original analyses of Chapter 2: Climate Change and Energy Security: An Analysis of developments and trends in Germany, Europe, and the United States; creates new transatlantic the Challenge 9 networks; and facilitates dialogue among the busi - ness, political, and academic communities to manage Chapter 3: The Third Industrial Revolution: How It Might Look - differences and define and promote common inter - or Is It Already Happening? 17 ests. Chapter 4: Making the Economic Case for Climate Action 23 ©2008 by the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies Chapter 5: A New Era for Transatlantic Cooperation on Energy ISBN 1-933942-12-6 and Climate Change? 35 ADDITIONAL COPIES: Notes 47 Additional Copies of this Policy Report are available for $5.00 to cover postage and handling from the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies, 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036.
    [Show full text]
  • Anatomy of the 10-Year Cycle in Crude Oil Prices Philip K. Verleger
    Anatomy of the 10-Year Cycle in Crude Oil Prices Philip K. Verleger, Jr. David Mitchell/EnCana Professor of Strategy and International Management Haskayne School of Business University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada March 2009 John Wiley & Sons published Twilight in the Desert in 2005. The book’s author, Mat- thew Simmons, contends the world will confront very high and rising oil prices shortly because the capacity of Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, is insufficient to meet the future needs of oil consumers. In 448 pages, Simmons extensively discusses his views regarding Saudi Arabia’s future production levels. He asserts that the Saudis have refused to provide details about their reserves, insinuating at several points that the Kingdom’s leaders withhold information to keep the truth from the public. At its core, Simmons’ book is no more than a long exposition of the peak oil theory first espoused by King Hubbert in 1956. Hubbert, it may be recalled, studied the pattern of discovery of super giant oil fields. His review led him to conclude that world productive capacity would peak and then begin to decline. In 1974, Hubbert suggested the global zenith would occur around 1995. Simmons and other adherents to the “peak oil theory” enjoyed great prominence in the first half of 2008. Again and again, one read or heard that the oil price rise was occurring be- cause the flow from world oil reserves had reached or was approaching the maximum while de- mand was still growing. Here’s what one economist wrote just as prices peaked: Until this decade, the capacity to supply oil had been growing just as fast as de- mand, leaving plenty of room to expand production at the first sign of rising pric- es.
    [Show full text]
  • Twilight in the Desert: Twilight in the Desert: Conventionalconventional Energyenergy Wisdom:Wisdom: Middlemiddle Easteast Oiloil Isis Limitlesslimitless
    TwilightTwilight InIn TheThe Desert:Desert: TheThe FadingFading OfOf SaudiSaudi Arabia’sArabia’s OilOil Hudson Institute September 9, 2004 Washington, DC Presented By: Matthew R. Simmons ConventionalConventional EnergyEnergy Wisdom:Wisdom: MiddleMiddle EastEast OilOil IsIs LimitlessLimitless All long-term oil supply/ demand models assume Middle East oil can grow as fast as oil demand rises. Middle East oil will also be “cheap”. If more is needed, drill anywhere. SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL SaudiSaudi ArabiaArabia IsIs TheThe MiddleMiddle East’sEast’s OilOil KingKing Energy planners’ assumption: – Saudi Arabia can produce 10, 15, 20 or even 25 million barrels per day. Common belief: – More oil can easily be found; – Many discovered but yet to be produced fields are waiting in the wings. SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL SaudiSaudi ArabiaArabia IsIs World’sWorld’s “Oil“Oil Cornerstone”Cornerstone” World’s top oil exporter. 25% of world’s reported proved reserves. SaudiSaudi Arabia:Arabia: Lowest cost oil producer. The World’s Only significant provider of “Oil Cornerstone” spare daily capacity. Image Courtesy of National Geographic. No other oil producer could begin to replace a Saudi Arabian oil shortfall. SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL ThisThis MiddleMiddle EastEast EnergyEnergy BeliefBelief IsIs AnAn IllusionIllusion The Golden Middle East oil is NOT Triangle “everywhere”. Few giant oilfields were found after mid-1960s. Many giant producers are nearly depleted. SIMMONS & COMPANY INTERNATIONAL EvenEven SaudiSaudi Arabia’sArabia’s GreatGreat OilOil ResourcesResources AreAre ScarceScarce Seven key fields produce Field 1994 Production 90%+ of Saudi Arabia’s oil. (B/D) Ghawar 5,000,000 Safaniya 960,000 Average “life” of this produced oil is 45 to Abqaiq 650,000 50 years.
    [Show full text]
  • Analysis of the Application of Solar Energy in the S.A.D.C. Region a Potential Solution for Energy Access in Remote Rural Areas
    Analysis of the application of solar energy in the S.A.D.C. region A potential solution for energy access in remote rural areas. -Master Final Thesis- Author: Carolina Mañoso Gimeno Tutor: Isabel Pont Castejón Hand-in date: 19th of April 2019 CEI INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS Nº 4/2019, 2 DE SEPTIEMBRE DE 2019 COLECCIÓN TRABAJOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN DEL MÁSTER EN DIPLOMACIA Y FUNCIÓN PÚBLICA INTERNACIONAL LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. EVOLUTION OF RENEWABLE ENERGIES IN THE POWER SECTOR AS A GLOBAL POLICY 1.1. Traditional primary energy sources ................................................................................... 3 1.2. Surges the need for an international energy political regime ............................................ 5 1.3. Transition towards the promotion of renewable energy .................................................... 8 1.3.1. Tangible elements of the energy system ................................................................. 9 1.3.2. The actors and their conduct .............................................................................. 10 1.3.3. Socio-technical regimes ...................................................................................... 11 1.4. Sustainable development as the new concept for renewables’ promotion ...................... 11 2. THE SADC, COMPETENCES AND FUNCTIONS IN THE ENERGY SECTOR 2.1. Historical and geographical context of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) ..................................................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • "Twilight in the Desert" and Peak Oil Speaker, Dies at Age 67
    The Oil Drum | Matt Simmons, Author of "Twilight in the Desert" and Peak Oil Shptetapk:/e/rw, Dwiwes.t haet oAiglder u6m7 .com/node/6831 Matt Simmons, Author of "Twilight in the Desert" and Peak Oil Speaker, Dies at Age 67 Posted by Gail the Actuary on August 10, 2010 - 10:33am Topic: Miscellaneous Tags: matthew simmons [list all tags] We are saddened by the news that Matt Simmons died suddenly on Sunday, August 8, at his summer home in Maine. Matt Simmons was an energy investment banker and spoke frequently about peak oil. Matt was Chairman of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil-USA (ASPO-USA) Advisory Board. Matt was also founder and chairman of Simmons & Company International, and author of Twilight in the Desert. Anyone who has attended a meeting of the ASPO-USA will remember hearing Matt speak. One of Matt's big concerns was the lack of availability of transparent data with respect to oil and gas reserves, as explained in slides such as this one (from his talk at the 2009 ASPO-USA conference). In his view (and in ours, too), way too many people hear about the huge reported reserves of Saudi Arabia and other Middle Eastern countries, and assume that this oil is really available for extraction. Matt makes the point that these reserves, and many others around the world, have Page 1 of 5 Generated on August 10, 2010 at 9:26am EDT The Oil Drum | Matt Simmons, Author of "Twilight in the Desert" and Peak Oil Shptetapk:/e/rw, Dwiwes.t haet oAiglder u6m7 .com/node/6831 not been audited.
    [Show full text]
  • The Current Peak Oil Crisis
    PEAK ENERGY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF GLOBAL CIVILIZATION _______________________________________________________ The Current Peak Oil Crisis TARIEL MÓRRÍGAN PEAK E NERGY, C LIMATE C HANGE, AND THE COLLAPSE OF G LOBAL C IVILIZATION The Current Peak Oil Crisis TARIEL MÓRRÍGAN Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies University of California, Santa Barbara www.global.ucsb.edu/climateproject ~ October 2010 Contact the author and editor of this publication at the following address: Tariel Mórrígan Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies Department of Global & International Studies University of California, Santa Barbara Social Sciences & Media Studies Building, Room 2006 Mail Code 7068 Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7065 USA http://www.global.ucsb.edu/climateproject/ Suggested Citation: Mórrígan, Tariel (2010). Peak Energy, Climate Change, and the Collapse of Global Civilization: The Current Peak Oil Crisis . Global Climate Change, Human Security & Democracy, Orfalea Center for Global & International Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara. Tariel Mórrígan, October 2010 version 1.3 This publication is protected under the Creative Commons (CC) "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported" copyright. People are free to share (i.e, to copy, distribute and transmit this work) and to build upon and adapt this work – under the following conditions of attribution, non-commercial use, and share alike: Attribution (BY) : You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). Non-Commercial (NC) : You may not use this work for commercial purposes.
    [Show full text]
  • The Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference, 2013 Event Videos Now on Youtube
    This version of Total HTML Converter is unregistered. NewsFollowup Franklin Scandal Omaha Sitemap Obama Comment Search Pictorial index home Midwest 9/11 Truth Go to Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference The Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference 2014 page Architects & Engineers Conference, 2013 for 9/11 Truth Mini / Micro Nukes 9/11 Truth links Event videos now on YouTube, World911Truth Cheney, Planning and Decision Aid System speakers: Sonnenfeld Video of 9/11 Ground Zero Victims and Rescuers Wayne Madsen , Investigative Journalist, and 9/11 Whistleblowers AE911Truth James Fetzer, Ph.D., Founder of Scholars for 9/11 Truth Ed Asner Contact: Steve Francis Compare competing Kevin Barrett, co-founder Muslim Jewish Christian Alliance for 9/11 Truth [email protected] theories The Midwest 9/11 Truth Conference 2014 is now in the planning stages. Top 9/11 Documentaries US/British/Saudi/Zionists Research Speakers: The Midwest 9/11 Wayne Madsen Truth Conference Jim Fetzer Wayne Madsen is a Washington, DC-based investigative James H. Fetzer, a former Marine Corps officer, is This version of Total HTML Converter is unregistered. journalist, author and columnist. He has written for The Village Distinguished McKnight Professor Emeritus on the Duluth Voice, The Progressive, Counterpunch, Online Journal, campus of the University of Minnesota. A magna cum CorpWatch, Multinational Monitor, News Insider, In These laude in philosophy graduate of Princeton University in Times, and The American Conservative. His columns have 1962, he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and appeared in The Miami Herald, Houston Chronicle, became an artillery officer who served in the Far East. Philadelphia Inquirer, Columbus Dispatch, Sacramento Bee, After a tour supervising recruit training in San Diego, he and Atlanta Journal-Constitution, among others.
    [Show full text]
  • What Is Peak Oil?
    What Is Peak Oil? 1. What is peak oil? ―Peak oil‖ is the term used to describe the situation when the amount of oil that can be extracted from the earth in a given year begins to decline because geological limitations are reached. Extracting oil becomes more and more difficult, so that costs escalate and the amount of oil produced begins to decline. The term peak oil is generally used to describe a decline in worldwide production, but a similar phenomenon exists for individual countries and other smaller areas. 2. Why would oil production begin to decline? Can’t we extract oil as fast as we want, until it finally runs out, many years from now? What happens isn’t quite as simple as ―running out‖. Oil production in an oil field usually starts at a low level and increases as more oil wells are added. Eventually some of the older wells start producing more and more water mixed with the oil, and pressure declines. Oil companies do what they can to maintain production – drill new wells nearby, inject gas or water to maintain pressure, and apply other newer production techniques. Eventually, the proportion of oil in the oil/water mix becomes very low and the cost of extraction becomes very high. When it costs more to produce the oil than the oil is worth, production is abandoned. On a worldwide basis, the phenomenon of peak oil can be thought of as a crisis in resources needed to produce oil. It’s the size of the tap, not the size of the tank.
    [Show full text]
  • THE QUEST: ENERGY, SECURITY, and the REMAKING of the MODERN WORLD by Daniel Yergin, Penguin Press 2011
    THE QUEST: ENERGY, SECURITY, AND THE REMAKING OF THE MODERN WORLD By Daniel Yergin, Penguin Press 2011 Reviewed by Jonathan D. Schneider* Daniel Yergin has done much for the reputation of oil as a central figure on the world stage over the course of the 20th Century. While others have chronicled the careers of those who developed and profited from the resource, Yergin gave the substance itself the starring role it deserves in his 1992 work, The Prize.1 Yergin won a Pulitzer for the book, and he deserved it for so well telling the story of oil’s career as it rose from coal’s less prominent cousin at the outset of 20th Century to its starring role as the world’s predominant energy resource. Yergin’s tale of oil’s influence on world events includes the riveting back story leading to World War II, as Japanese naval strategists pressed for the attack on Pearl Harbor as a means of securing oil supplies in the Pacific. The Prize concluded with the rise of OPEC, and the profound resulting shift in the axis of world power, as developed nations adjusted to a new and relatively less self-sufficient reality. In The Quest,2 Yergin picks up the thread of the story in the latter part of the 20th Century, a time in which fossil fuels have shared the stage with other forms of energy more favored by certain policy makers, while the world reeled from the break-up of the Soviet Union and the emergence of newly independent oil-producing nations in the former Soviet Republics.
    [Show full text]