peak oil
Government Agency Warns Global Oil Industry Is on the Brink of a Meltdown
We are not running out of oil, but it's becoming uneconomical to exploit it—another reason we need to move to renewables as quickly as possible.
Indonesia's Running Out of Oil Reserves, But That Doesn't Mean It's Running Out of Oil
Yeah, there is a difference, but really either one is going to hurt your wallet.
Welcome to the Age of Crappy Oil
UK's climate chief says we’re running out of cheap oil, but fossil fuels can still burn the planet.
The Eclipse May Have Been Crappy but What It Told Us About Our Future Is Great
Today, a solar eclipse had a slight chance of fucking up the UK power grid—and that's a really great thing because it means that we're slowly starting to wean ourselves off oil.
Are We Already Running Out of Useful Smartphone Apps?
Games and novelties aside, there are simply fewer and fewer areas of daily life that remain to be "disrupted" by utopian-minded Silicon Valley geeks. The golden age of the app may be coming to an end.
Strategy's Latest EP Uses Every Iconic Sample Known to Humankind (And It's Glorious)
Don't miss our exclusive premiere of the Portland producer's Pressure Wassure EP.
The Man Who Predicted the Future for BP Says Peak Oil Is Nigh
An ex-BP geologist says that we've hit peak oil, and that it will "break economies."
Watch "Motorville," a Tale Of Oil Addiction Told Through Animated Digital Maps
Artist Patrick Jean brings industrial civilization's monster to life.
Peak Oil Is Here Even If We Haven't Actually Hit Peak Oil
For all intents and purposes, peak oil is here right now. Of course, that statement has alternatively been laughed off and become the focus of intense doom-saying over the last few decades. Oil companies shrug it off—we'll drill deeper and better and...
Peak Oil is Here, There is No Peak Oil
The logic that anchors peak oil is beyond simple—there's a finite amount of the black stuff, and we'll eventually run out of it. The question of when, precisely, we'll hit bottom is the matter of intense speculation, and for good reason. No substance...