The Problem - Peak Oil - Part Two Understanding and looking forward - Part 2a

The Problem - Peak Oil - Part Two Understanding and looking forward - Part 2b

What will be our future after peak oil? How will our jobs, lives, and the overall economy be impacted?

What will be our future after peak oil? How will our jobs, lives, and the overall economy be impacted?

Roland Horne, Thomas Davies Barrow Professor in the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University, discusses the future of oil. The Energy Seminar meets weekly during the academic year. For a list of upcoming talks, visit the events page at the Woods Institute for the Environment website.

Responding to peak oil will require reshaping our communities. These two interviews, taped at the September 2008 ASPO-USA conference, are with Megan Quinn Bachman of Community Solutions, and Bryn Davidson of Dynamic Cities Project.

Dr. Peter Bishop - University of Houston Future Studies Program
Seth Itzkan - Futurist/Analyst, Planet-TECH Associates

Fresh from a major INET Conference in Berlin sponsored by George Soros, on the need for new economic thinking, economic thought-leaders Dr Michael Kumhof (IMF), Australian Professor Steve Keen (author of "Debunking Economics" and Philip Coggan (Bagehot columnist in the Economist) and others discussed how to correct the failure of our existing economic models to take account of the impact of rising energy prices and the banking crisis on the economy. This fascinating discussion was co-hosted with ASPO.

Economist and author Jeff Rubin talks with Allan Gregg about his new book "Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller: Oil and the End of Globalization."

Two Views of a Post-Oil Future