"Pondering our Post-Petroleum Future" with Michael Ruppert

Peak Moment 28: Michael Ruppert, publisher of FromTheWilderness.com, has made connections between money, Peak Oil, and geopolitics for years. He discusses his move to Ashland and offers specific to-do's around money and investment "in light of the imminent collapse of the U.S. economy": invest locally.

You can read Michael Ruppert's current thinking at www.mikeruppert.blogspot.com.

"Peak Moment: Community Responses for a Changing Energy Future" is an online television series showcasing perspectives and initiatives for local self-reliant living. The half-hour programs feature host Janaia Donaldson's conversations and tours with individuals and communities preparing for accelerating energy decline, climate chaos, and economic uncertainty.

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[OSCAR1777]

STOP WHISTLING WHILE DOING AN INTERVIEW PLZ.

[peakmoment]

@OSCAR1777, where do you hear whistling? No one else has mentioned this.

[drummerforreal1]

If we were running out of oil do you think it would be at the $3.00 a gallon price? use your head man..

[peakmoment]

@drummerforreal1, the US Army is already onto peak oil and planning for it now.

[MrEnergyCzar]

Mike has accepted Peak Oil and now has a simple happier life...

[gkkhan]

To all the people reading this blog, please watch the movie Collapse. It is not some Conspiracy theorist individual. He discusses Conspiracy facts and talks about where this country is headed. It is not a horror movie but many people will be terrified after watching it.

[EmberwildeProd]

@peakmoment at 11:30.

[hume1234561]

talk about prescient. a lovely conservational style interview with mutual concern and empathy for humanity. a rarity.

[KrunchyJD]

Instead of looking to Chavez and Venisuala for a good example I would point you to Denmark, or The Netherlands. They build their cities correctly and get people out of cars and on to bikes. Venezuala uses too much oil.

[IdigHistoryVideo]

Welcome. And STAY here in Oregon Michael!!!! I love this state. And I have done everything I can to support my local community. And my clan.

[peakmoment]

@samisacool1, and Richard Heinberg was right, too in his "Calm Before the Storm" (episode 115). We taped it in early June 2008, oil prices spiked in mid-July, and the economy collapsed in September.

You can keep up with Mike Ruppert at collapsenet-dot-com. He's creating a network for people on this wavelength to find each other while maintaining their privacy. And putting out his inimitable opinion pieces. Check it out!

[jjstoney1]

Remember, "Energy can be changed from one form to another, but it cannot be created or destroyed." Fossil fuel is sunlight energy, many years of sunlight stored in a concentrate form. The earth cannot support todays populations without the energy that hydrocarbons provide. Get real now, where will that energy come from? No alternatives near to working yet. That's the rub, everything is theory or "planned" up to now. That fact could prove death to 5 billion people or so.

[Sathael]

Stop touching his arm, woman!