Sleepwalking into the Apocalypse: A conversation on Peak Oil

Recently, I’ve been discussing with friends the prospects for Life After Cheap Petroleum. It’s surreal sometimes to see the way we all go about our lives as if there were no end to the Potemkin Village fossil fuel economy we’ve built ourselves. Sometimes, talking about the very real reality of resource depletion, you’d think you were talking about UFOs or something.

What follows is a series of private emails, as well as some closing thoughts of my own, prompted by this discussion, and some resources I’ve found that people may find timely.