The End Of Fossil Fuel

Prepare for a radically different lifestyle as global crude oil production peaks and begins to decline. 
 
Chris Nelder

You will never see cheap gasoline again. You will probably never see cheap energy again. Oil, natural gas and coal are set to peak and go into decline within the next decade, and no technology can change that.Peaking is a simple concept. We generally exploit natural resources in a bell-shaped curve, with the rate of extraction increasing over time until we reach a peak and then gradually slowing down until we stop using them. 
Peak oil is not about "running out of oil"; it's about reaching the peak rate of oil production. It's not the size of the tank that matters, but the size of the tap.

Read more about how soaring energy prices will transform our lives in our special report on $20 a Gallon. 

The peak is usually reached when resources become too difficult to extract, or too expensive, or they are replaced by something cheaper, better or more plentiful. Unfortunately, we have no substitutes for oil that are cheaper or better.

According to the best available data, we are now at the peak rate of oil production. After over a century of continual growth, global conventional crude oil production topped out in 2005 at just over 74 million barrels per day (mbpd) and has remained at that level ever since.

$20 Per Gallon
The Debate 
The End Of Fossil Fuel 
Oil's Fading Relevance 
Don't Bet On $800 A Barrel Oil 
Book Excerpts 
The Road To $20 A Gallon 
A Skinnier, Safer America 
Empty Skies 
Revenge On The Big Box 
Crude Oil Prices 1861 - 2009