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Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil - David Goodstein

Dr. David Goodstein busts the myths of peak oil and climate change in his keynote presentation, "Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil". Dr. Goodstein is a professor of physics and former vice-provost at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Megan Quinn Bachman

Megan Quinn Bachman -- Surviving Peak Oil, Thriving in Community

We, the peak oil aware, have a lot of work ahead of us. How can we move forward armed and inspired to implement the ideas generated this weekend? It's about more than weathering the coming global crises; it's about creating a truly sustainable, cooperative world on the other side.

Megan Quinn Bachman is the Outreach Director of The Community Solution in Yellow Springs, Ohio, a non-profit focused on local and personal peak oil responses. She was a co-writer and co-producer of the film, "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" (2006).

Beyond Sustainability: Surviving Peak Oil and Climate Change

Pat Murphy, author of "Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change", address shrinking fossil fuel supplies, increasing CO2 emissions, and rising global inequity we need to make immediate and drastic cuts to our energy use. Learn about viable curtailment strategies for food, housing, and transportation, why most "sustainable" and "green" techniques are inadequate, and how we can create cooperative low-energy communities to survive.

Peak Oil & Michigan: Julian Darley

Julian Darley explains ways to prepare for peak oil. Darley is interviewed about peak oil at the ASPO-USA 2008 conference in Sacramento.