Richard Heinberg

Peak Oil: Challenges and Opportunities at the End of Cheap Petroleum
Sunday, July 29, 3:00 pm

Cheap oil is now a thing of the past. As a result, the world is entering a new era of shrinking energy resources and heightened competition for remaining supplies. Richard Heinberg will discuss the most recent evidence regarding the timing of the global production peak, its likely consequences, and what can be done at both the international and local levels to prepare for the event and mitigate its impacts.

Widely regarded as one of America’s foremost Peak Oil (oil depletion) educators, Richard Heinberg is a journalist, educator, lecturer, and a Core Faculty member of New College of California, where he teaches a program on "Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community." He is also a Research Fellow of the Post Carbon Institute and the award-winning author of seven books including The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies; Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World; and The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse. His monthly MuseLetter has been published since 1992; his essays and articles have appeared widely and in many languages; and he was featured prominently in the documentary film The End of Suburbia. Since 2002, he has given over two hundred lectures on oil depletion to a wide variety of audiences including insurance executives, peace activists, and local and national elected officials.