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Commentary/Book & Movie ReviewsWorld Made by Hand - a NovelA Dry Dipstick Book Review Author: James Howard Kunstler 
This book could more precisely, but less poetically, be named "World Made by Kunstler". Author and Peak Oil commentator James Howard Kunstler has written a novel that brings to life a community and world that Kunstler himself has created. It's not just any creation, however, because what he has created is informed by his many years of study of our society, its built environment, and the Peak Oil threat. As a novel it's entertaining and interesting. As a demonstration of Kunstler's vision for the post-Peak Oil future, it's vivid and compelling. Kunstler imagines a world where all systems have broken down because of Peak Oil, climate change, economic collapse, apparent nuclear war—a number of U.S. cities are gone—and, of course, famine and pestilence. In short, it's a world ravaged by the Four Horsemen and a bunch of their close friends. After the Peak - The End of Cheap OilA Dry Dipstick Movie Review 27 minute DVD 
After the Peak is a mock-TV news program. It's presented as if live from a local television station in North Carolina, with anchors in the studio reporting and talking to reporters in the field. And, yes, there's even the obligatory sports guy. The time is "one year from today". Worldwide oil production has peaked and is declining. It's still early in the Peak Oil saga with gasoline usually available, but prices are going up. Oil is now $195 a barrel and prices at the pump average $10.29 a gallon, seriously affecting people's lives, their businesses and their commutes. Monbiot on the Biofuel FantasyGeorge Monbiot in the Guardian has written what I consider the best, and most accessible, summary of the biofuel fantasy. Read his article: Apart from used chip fat, there is no such thing as a sustainable biofuel. The Circle is Closed - The End of Suburbia's BeginnerIn a little noticed news item, it was reported on November 11th ("Levitt and Sons files Chapter 11") that Levitt and Sons, a builder in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, had filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 on November 9th. There's a Choo-Choo Train A-Comin'There's a train speeding toward me. Toward all of us, actually. I'm aware of the train. A number of people are. Far more people aren't. But it is coming, regardless of awareness or non-awareness. I can see it coming. So how do I deal with this approaching train? I have a comfortable chair and a computer and I sit in the middle of the tracks with a cup of coffee and I read about the speeding train. What a Way to Go -
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Book Review The Last Oil ShockA DryDipstick Book Review 
Author: David Strahan The last thing I needed to do was read yet another book about Peak Oil. I've been reading extensively about it since 2003. But I promised the publisher I would read it. So I finally did. I'm glad I carried out my promise. |
 Peak Oil Prep Prepare for Peak Oil, Climate Change and Economic Collapse 246-page paperback
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A guide to self-sufficiencyLiving sustainably with Peak Oil
and economic collapse
www.beyondpeak.com
What a Way to Go
"I have seen a number of films on Peak Oil, climate change and the other ills of our society and planet, but none has moved me so much as this one."--Mick Winter, DryDipstick.com
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Oil Depletion Protocol, The
A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse, by Richard Heinberg
Escape from Suburbia
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The End of Suburbia
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