“Peak Oil Awareness Survey”

Matthew Schneider-Mayerson is writing dissertation entitled “Running on Fumes: The Peak Oil Phenomenon and American Politics“ through the Department of American Studies at the University of Minnesota. As part of this dissertation, he’s collecting opinions from our community via “The “Peak Oil Awareness Survey.” The survey is anonymous and intended to gather information about people engaged with peak oil, and provides a clear picture of who peak oil-aware people are, where they are from, what they believe, and what they’re doing about it. If you complete the survey, once you have finished, you will be able to see real-time results for all survey responses.

You can link to the survey here. It will be active for the next 6 days only.

If you would like to find out more information, you can e-mail the researcher at schne641@umn.edu.

Of himself, Matthew writes:

My interests are fairly diverse. I have articles under consideration on alternate history novels (a genre of popular fiction) and the connection between peak oil movement (a secular apocalyptic movement of the new millennium) and the American ideology of unlimited economic growth. My dissertation focuses on this subject and a growing awareness of the limits of natural resources and America’s global power. However, this is something of an outlier: my primary interest is in postwar American popular culture and political power, from film to music to popular fiction. In addition, I am an avid lifelong basketball fan, and find myself returning to sports, which I view within the context of race, class, and culture.

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2 Comments on "“Peak Oil Awareness Survey”"

stephankrasner on Thu, 18th Aug 2011 4:50 am

If anyone wants to see the results: https://survey.cla.umn.edu/77445/

Kenz300 on Fri, 19th Aug 2011 2:06 am

Interesting Survey……

https://survey.cla.umn.edu/77445/

“Peak Oil Awareness Survey”

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