Peak Oil - Politics, Geopolitics, and Choke Points

Peak Moment 137: These four presentations were taped at the ASPO-USA 2008 conference. Morey Wolfson shows a stunning Google Earth presentation of oil's planetary transportation Choke Points, primarily in the middle east.

Jeff Vail discusses how our energy future is not controlled solely by what's possible economically, technologically and geologically but, equally importantly, geopolitically. He notes we will increasingly produce less because of geopolitical problems--as in Nigeria, Iraq, and elsewhere.

Editor Tom Whipple discusses two significant publications available free on the ASPO-USA.com website and through email subscription: daily Peak Oil News and the weekly Peak Oil Review. He describes how oil scarcity is already being felt in island nations and other less-developed countries.

Connecticut State Legislator Terry Backer provides sound advice on how to get a peak oil resolution through a legislative body: through someone experienced in getting legislation introduced, and by speaking the language of legislators. He succeeded in his state by framing peak oil within economic issues and government's responsibilities to the people of his state.

DVDs of the entire conference can be ordered through ASPO-USA at http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=662327

This is the eighth and final Peak Moment Conversation videotaped at ASPO-USA 2008. Earlier programs are with energy investment banker Matthew Simmons on "Oil and Gas - The Next Meltdown?"; "Making Financial Sense of the Coming Energy Crisis" with Jim Puplava of Financial Sense Newshour; James Howard Kunstler, author of The Long Emergency, and Julian Darley, founder of Post Carbon Institute; Megan Quinn Bachman of Community Solutions, and Bryn Davidson of Dynamic Cities Project; energy analyst Robert Hirsch (lead author of the so-called "Hirsch Report" for the Dept. of Energy), and Kyle Saunders, "Professor Goose" of the Oil Drum website; and "Energy Investment, Energy Return" with financial consultant Jim Hansen, ecologist and professor Charlie Hall, and the closing Q&A panel at the conference.

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[blowfun]

forming a police state that aims at long term planning/ investment and slow growth is the solution. Free market capitalism and careful planning do not go together.

[peakmoment]

Actually, in a way, that's the formula for Cuba--who managed to survive "peak oil" when the Soviet Union collapsed in the early '90s. I think they may have been "helped" in a way because it was a dictatorship and not a free market capitalistic society.

[Thentheresthetruth]

whats better, people not having to pay for energy at all, or paying for energy? for the first time a video has been made that has the device, the plans and measurements done in front of you and its free, no pay for plans that don't have a machine working, or machines that supposedly run themselves but no plans or some pay us a fortune scheme, this is free because of pure hate for government invasion of libya, and they by tax, own 30 % of all energy companies youtube.com/watch?v=jEwzalCFdK­w

[wherearewegoing]

@blowfun What the h*ll are you talking about? Forming a police state to overcome hardships we will face? You are dangerous.You cannot tell the state what to do, it will consume you before you even know what happened.

[californicator]

peak oil is realistic. it is famous because M. King Hubbert's predictions have accurately predicted oil production in the US, and subsequently, the world.

Technology will not allow us to pump more and more oil. Oil was the most economic source of energy but will continue to climb astronomically. when user cost of oil raises too high, clean energy will become more sensible in economic terms but will never be able to replace cheap oil.

uneducated fools such as MrThalji should cut their b.s thx

[MrThalji]

peak oil is not realistic. it became famous because it forcasts and anything with a forecast attached you becomes famous whether right or wrong.

Technology will allow us to pump more and more oil. until then oil remains the most economic source of energy. when user cost of oil raises too high so that clean energy becomes more sensible in economic terms, I would be able to listen to this.

until then cut the b.s please and better spread awareness about sensible use of energy instead of peak oil.

[carlesls]

@brradsullivan

What if a foreigner nation invades your country? a minimal eficient voluntary goverment is required.

[biospharms]

Get some solid facts on what's going on in America and elsewhere I like these You Tubes: Peter Schiff, his are all good watch them all if you can.

Dr. Albert Bartlett, Titled: The Most Important Video You Will Ever See.

National Inflation Association, Titled: Meltup, and another one, Japan: Americas lost decade.

One last one that I just found is: Why Are We In So Much Debt.  Have fun and God Bless

[kroovyandcal]

it's kinda suck ass that your whole station is based on lies of global warming and thoroughly discredited carbon emmission bullshit. makes any person of intelligence want to change the channel

[Moonshield23]

@imthemac420 people are going to suffer either way, the less of the two evils is preferable in my opinion. The flock of sheep known as man will never make the right collective choice. Children will never take their medicine.

[brradsullivan]

how about no government at all id rather that