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Web sites on Looming Oil Crisis

• Web-site by Ron Swenson with an excellent collection of articles on oil depletion
• The Oil Depletion Analysis Centre in London, UK
  
• The Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas
• Exxon World Energy Article

Books

• Walter Youngquist, Geodestinies, The Inevitable Control of World Resources over Nations and Individuals,
  National Book Company, Portland, (1997).
• Colin J.Campbell, The Coming Oil Crises, Multi-Science (1997).
• John Mitchell, The New Economy of Oil: Impacts on Business, Geopolitics and Society,
  Eartscan Publications Ltd, London (2001).
• Colin J. Campbell, The Essence of Oil and Gas Depletion, Multi-Science (2003).
• Kenneth Deffeyes, Hubbert’s Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage, Princeton Univ. Press, (2002)
• Vaclav Smil, Energy at the Cross Roads Peak: Global Perspectives and Uncertainties, MIT Press, (2003).
• Paul Roberts,The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous World, Houghton Mifflin, (2004).
• Julian Darley, High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis, Chelsea Green, (2004).
• Richard Heinberg, The Party is Over: Oil War and the Fate of Industrial Societies, New Society, (2003).
• Richard Heinberg, Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World , New Society, (2004).
• David Goodstein, Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil, W. W. Norton, (2004).
• Ronald R. Cooke, Oil, Jihad and Destiny, Opportunity Analysis, (2004).
• John Howe, The End of Fossil Energy, and a Plan for Sustainability, McIntire Publishing, (2004).
• Kenneth Deffeyes, Beyond Oil: A View from Hubbert's Peak, McMillan, (2005).
• Tom Mast, Over a Barrel, A Simple Guide to the Oil Shortage, Overabarrelbook.com, (2005).
• Andrew McKillop and Sheila Newman eds. The Final Energy Crisis, Pluto Press ,(2005).
• Matthew R. Simmons, Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and World Economy,
  John Wiley, (2005).
• Jeremy Leggett, The Empty Tank, Oil, Gas, Hot Air, and the Coming Global Financial Catasprophe,
  Random House, (2005).
• David Strahan, The Last Oil Shock, A Survival Guide to the Imminent Exctinction of Petroleum Man,
  McArthur & Co / John Murray (2007).
• Pat Murphy, Plan C , Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change

Sustainability

• Minnesotans For Sustainability
• The Community Solution
• Great Change

My Articles

• Security Hinges on Conserving Oil, Columbus Dispatch, Oct. 11, 2001 also posted as:
• Reducing Our Dangerous Dependence on Middle East Oil, Health and Energy, Oct. 11, 2001
• On the World Peak Oil Production in Carfree Times, Jan. 1, 2002
• Oil Depletion in the United States and the World, a Working Paper for a talk
  to the Ohio Petroleum Marketers Association on May 1, 2002, in Columbus, Ohio.
• Prediction of World Peak Oil Production, in The Final Energy Crisis, ed. Andrew McKillop with Sheila Newman, Pluto Press, 2005.
• High Price of Oil Makes Light Rail Attractive, Columbus Dispatch, July 2, 2005
• Oil Reserve Lifetimes, July 4, 2005
• The Developing World Oil Crisis, July 19th 2006
• Oil Depletion in the World, Current Science, November 10, 2006
• Energy Scarcity and Local Solutions, Central Ohio Sierra Club Newsletter, January/February 2007
• Oil and Natural Gas Depletion and Our Future, Energy Bulletin, July 21, 2007
• Prediction of World Peak Oil Production, The Final Energy Crisis, 2nd edition, ed. S. Newman, Pluto Press, 2008.

Interviews

• Interview in the Finnish newspaper, Etelä-Saimaa, on September 9, 2002
• Mention in the Finnish newspaper, Taloussanomat, on May 25, 2004
• Interview in the Finnish newspaper, Suomenmaa, on May 20, 2005
• Reportage in Indian Express of a talk in Pune India, November 16, 2005