In July, 2008 the production of oil around the world peaked.
For years prior to this, geologists, economists, politicians, and a growing number of concerned citizens had tried to sound the alarm bell--that world oil production would max out around the year 2010 and begin to decline, no matter what we tried to do.
Peak Oil, they insisted, would mark the end of the growth phase of industrial civilization, because economic expansion requires increasing amounts of high-quality energy.
Where are we now? A year after the peak, the global economy is in tatters. World energy consumption is down, world trade is down, the airline industry is shrinking, and most of the world's automakers are on life support. Meanwhile, evidence has mounted that we are already past safe levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Maybe it is a stretch to say that the production peak occurred at one identifiable moment, but attributing it to the day oil prices reached their high-water mark may be a useful way of fixing the event in our minds. So we suggest that we remember July 11, 2008 as Peak Oil Day.
A year has past, and while it may be too late to prepare for Peak Oil, it's not too late to take action.
Part of that is helping the world understand that we've entered a new point in human history--a time when old assumptions of perpetual growth have to be thrown out the window. So, please join us in spreading the word by making July 11th Peak Oil Day.
With enough signatures, we will deliver this petition to Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Get involved in community responses: Visit Transition US to learn about the Transition Initiatives, a grassroots effort spreading quickly around the world to transition local communities away from their dependence on fossil fuels.
Spread the word: Educate your friends and ask them to sign this petition.
In July, 2008 the production of oil around the world peaked.
For years prior to this, geologists, economists, politicians, and a growing number of concerned citizens had tried to sound the alarm bell--that world oil production would max out around the year 2010 and begin to decline, no matter what we tried to do.
Peak Oil, they insisted, would mark the end of the growth phase of industrial civilization, because economic expansion requires increasing amounts of high-quality energy.
Where are we now? A year after the peak, the global economy is in tatters. World energy consumption is down, world trade is down, the airline industry is shrinking, and most of the world's automakers are on life support. Meanwhile, evidence has mounted that we are already past safe levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
Maybe it is a stretch to say that the production peak occurred at one identifiable moment, but attributing it to the day oil prices reached their high-water mark may be a useful way of fixing the event in our minds. So we suggest that we remember July 11, 2008 as Peak Oil Day.
A year has past, and while it may be too late to prepare for Peak Oil, it's not too late to take action.
Part of that is helping the world understand that we've entered a new point in human history--a time when old assumptions of perpetual growth have to be thrown out the window. So, please join us in spreading the word by making July 11th Peak Oil Day.
With enough signatures, we will deliver this petition to Energy Secretary Steven Chu.
Get involved in community responses: Visit Transition US to learn about the Transition Initiatives, a grassroots effort spreading quickly around the world to transition local communities away from their dependence on fossil fuels.
We signed the "Make July 11th Peak Oil Day" petition!
# 536:
8:39 am PDT, Oct 31,Helle Collin, Denmark
# 535:
6:01 pm PDT, Oct 9,Name not displayed, Canada
engage my friends in discusssions of peak oil
# 534:
8:31 am PDT, Oct 3,Name not displayed, United Kingdom
# 533:
2:19 pm PDT, Oct 1,Vincent Christophe, France
# 532:
9:13 pm PDT, Sep 30,Glenn Brown, Nebraska
# 531:
6:39 am PDT, Sep 18,Jan Isakson, Sweden
This summer I didn't celebrate in any special way since I was not aware of Peak Oil Day. Next year, however, I will lie down the whole day just reading. I will not use any fossil energy at all. In Sweden July 11 is in the middle of the summer so no hot water is necessary and no heating is used.
# 530:
8:35 am PDT, Aug 16,Kevin Shumway, Utah
# 529:
12:53 am PDT, Aug 5,Larry LaVerdure, Colorado
I be working in my garden and teaching my grandaughter to grow what she eats.
# 528:
5:14 pm PDT, Aug 3,Edward N K Cooper, Canada
First reasonable thing to do is PARK the car, take the transit to the farmers market and purchase organically grown produce by LOCAL farmers.Plus making sure that EVERY appliance that consumes electricity is turned OFF. Period!
# 527:
4:28 am PDT, Aug 3,John Marshall, United Kingdom
# 526:
2:46 am PDT, Aug 3,Nick Granch, Michigan
# 525:
5:31 am PDT, Aug 2,Donatella COSSU, Italy
I'm studyng and reading lot about transition..!!
# 524:
12:29 pm PDT, Aug 1,Marilyn Johnson, Michigan
At home using the solar oven and watering the garden.
# 523:
12:27 pm PDT, Aug 1,Laird Towle, Maryland
# 522:
7:44 am PDT, Aug 1,Steve Arnold, Wisconsin
# 521:
2:02 am PDT, Jul 31,Elisabetta Volpato, Italy
# 520:
1:13 am PDT, Jul 30,Suneeta Eisenberg, Washington
Remember to plant the late harvesting fruits and have a bbq with friends and talk about how we can impact our future!
# 519:
5:30 pm PDT, Jul 29,Andrei Serbanica, Romania
What will I do? I'll read my Peak Oil sites as I do every day. This may sound sick but I find a strange satisfaction in knowing Homo Arrogantus will get what's coming to him. And no I'm not suicidal, but I'm not very happy with our society either...
# 518:
2:30 am PDT, Jul 29,Anthony Hodge, United Kingdom
Have decided to join up with the new Transition Town movement in our area, in the hope that this inspiring idea when put into practice will make a difference.
# 517:
11:40 am PDT, Jul 27,Nils Tiberg, Sweden
Harvest the food I grow with friends
# 516:
3:12 am PDT, Jul 27,John Crocker, United Kingdom
# 515:
5:06 am PDT, Jul 26,Octavian Paul Draja, Romania
# 514:
2:35 pm PDT, Jul 25,Stuart Lane, United Kingdom
I don't know really - Take a walk, go for a bike ride, appreciate that life can be lived quite satisfactorily without the demon that is the automobile. An awful lot of people are still blissfully unaware/ignorant or uninterested in peak oil but they are in for one hell of a shock, although not for a while yet.
# 513:
10:46 pm PDT, Jul 24,Mark Rieke, Missouri
Not Drive. Not eat meat.
# 512:
3:30 pm PDT, Jul 22,Stella Melgrati, Italy
# 511:
2:44 pm PDT, Jul 20,Caroline Courtright, California
# 510:
3:26 pm PDT, Jul 19,Mark Lyons, Florida
# 509:
7:59 am PDT, Jul 19,Bill Wyler, Georgia
If fuel should be rationed, I vote to get available quantities to food production and transportation within the USA. My family and I will be buying more locally and trying our own efforts to raise a small garden.
# 508:
10:02 pm PDT, Jul 18,Seabrook Leaf, California
Use no petroleum, celebrate nature, use some renewable energy.
# 507:
1:35 pm PDT, Jul 18,Tod Brilliant, California
# 506:
11:40 am PDT, Jul 18,Juan Wilson, Hawaii
What will I do to celebrate Peak Oil Day... Not burn any!
# 505:
7:22 am PDT, Jul 18,Joe Doe, Arkansas
# 504:
1:11 am PDT, Jul 18,Brad Parsons, Hawaii
Peak Oil is here. The System need only admit it and finally begin to deal with that reality. Economists and political leaders at the highest level (Obama) still have not come to terms with this.
# 503:
12:39 am PDT, Jul 18,Judie Lundborg, Hawaii
It's time to seriously relocalize!
# 502:
11:17 pm PDT, Jul 17,Name not displayed, Washington
