Author warns of oil catastrophe

An award-winning investigative journalist who was born in Sudbury is warning that the world faces a terrifying energy crisis as its oil supplies run out.

David Strahan quit his job with the BBC to spend two years researching and writing his new book, The Last Oil Shock.

The book, which has just been published, is described as a wake-up call to a world sleepwalking towards catastrophe.


…In The Last Oil Shock he argues that global oil production is set to go into terminal decline within a decade, triggering a huge energy crisis.

He predicts effects including soaring fuel prices, financial collapse, economic depression and wars over dwindling resources.

But he warns so-called climate change solutions, including biofuels and hydrogen are completely inadequate.

His analysis shows that to produce enough hydrogen to run Britain’s road transport would mean building 67 nuclear power stations, a solar array the size of two counties, or a wind farm bigger than the South West of England.

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