Your First Response to Peak Oil

• Peak Oil is not a theory. The peaking of individual wells, fields and producing countries has been observed. Global peaking is the issue.

• The question is not ‘if’ but ‘when’, and there are three possibilities:

• Peaking will be in the “distant” future, say 2030 or later

• Peaking will be in the “near” future, say 2010 or earlier

• Peaking has already taken place, or is now taking place.

• What is your First Response? Sit in silence for a moment with the ideas. Weigh them up in your intuition. Which feels right? (Remember the Beware! warning.) If you can’t get clarity, come back to it later.

• Bear your response in mind as we move on to Climate Change.