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Article by ODU Professor from Baltimore Sun

Tom Ellis — Sun, 21 Aug 2005 18:02:48 -0700

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Will America be ready when oil supply peaks?
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By Steve A. Yetiv

August 12, 2005
BUDGET DEFICITS explode. Inflation rules. Stock markets plunge. Houses foreclose. Great powers clash. This may be our future if we do not take more serious steps on energy than those offered in the energy bill that President Bush recently signed.

With oil prices hitting all-time highs and war raging in Iraq, serious concerns about "peak oil" slowly have appeared on the public radar screen. Simply put, peak oil refers to a key turning point when global oil production peaks and then begins to decline, signaling a future of dwindling supplies.

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Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis (Peak Oil, Part III)

Tom Ellis — Sat, 03 Sep 2005 06:08:40 -0700

RAISE THE HAMMER
Riding Down the Curve: How Cities Can Survive the Energy Crisis (Peak Oil, Part III)
Special Report
If cities don't plan for the coming energy crisis, many will not survive it.

By Ryan McGreal
Aug. 22, 2005

In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.

Part I of this series made the case for oil peak production some time between now and, say a decade from now. Part II examined the likely candidates to replace oil, concluding that none possess oil's density, portability, and versatility. Part III begins the process of examining what cities can do to prepare for oil scarcity.

Tidewater Post Carbon Network, Virginia

Transition Indiana

Keith Johnson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:09:54 -0800

Tidewater Post Carbon Network, Virginia