http://www.peakoilandhumanity.com/initial_page_english.htm
a PowerPoint book that deals with the future when oil production will no longer keep up with demand.
The author explains the importance of oil in our industrial society, what substitutes are possible and what difficulties they imply.
He then gives an example of a past society on Easter Island, which benefited from a temporary abundance and expanded its population beyond what the environment could sustain. He draws parallels with today's technological society.
He goes further to explain how growth feeds upon growth and he provides insights about carrying capacity and the necessity of living within natural limits imposed by Nature.
Finally, he proposes that we save our technological civilization from extinction by mobilizing Canadians to take appropriate measures at the personal level, at the neighbourhood level, at the municipal level and the national level.