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Richard Heinberg is the author of eight books including The Party’s Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies (New Society, 2003, 2005), Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World (New Society, 2004), The Oil Depletion Protocol (New Society, 2006), and Peak Everything (New Society, 2007). He is a Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute and is widely regarded as one of the world’s foremost Peak Oil educators.

He writes a regular column for The Ecologist, and has also authored scores of essays and articles that have appeared in such journals as The American Prospect, Public Policy Research, Quarterly Review, Z Magazine, Resurgence, The Futurist, European Business Review, Earth Island Journal, Alternative Press Review, and The Sun; and on web sites such as www.Alternet.org, www.EnergyBulletin.net, www.GlobalPublicMedia.com, www.ProjectCensored.com, and www.Counterpunch.com. He has appeared in numerous video documentaries, including Leonardo DiCaprio's 11th Hour.

Welcome to Richard Heinberg's website!

Read past MuseLetters, learn about the projects Richard is working on, find out where and when he's speaking, read Richard's blog or purchase his books, including his latest, Peak Everything: Waking Up to the Century of Declines.

News: Richard Heinberg is now a full-time, paid, Senior Fellow of Post Carbon Institute. Richard has been collaborating with Post Carbon Institute since its inception in 2003. Richard has written four seminal books on Peak Oil and related topics: The Party's Over, Powerdown, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything. At Post Carbon Institute he will be devoting his time to writing, research, thinking, public speaking and the strategic direction of the organization. Watch for Richard's upcoming article in HopeDance and his monthly column in the Ecologist.

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PROJECTS

The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan for a Sensible Energy Future

The Oil Depletion Protocol is an international agreement that will enable nations of the world to cooperatively reduce their dependence on oil. It was proposed by Dr. Colin Campbell, a prominent petroleum geologist and founder of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO), in 1996.

By agreeing to reduce oil imports and exports by a specified amount each year, about 2.6 percent, signatory nations will help mitigate the negative consequences of an over-reliance on cheap oil and help prepare for a global decline in the world’s oil supply. The premise of the Protocol is inherently straightforward: oil importing nations would agree to reduce their imports by an agreed-upon yearly percentage, referred to as the World Oil Depletion Rate, while oil producing nations would agree to reduce their rate of production by their National Depletion Rate. This simple and sensible formula will produce, in effect, a global rationing system. If the entire world adopted the Protocol, global consumption of oil would decline by almost 3 percent per annum, thus stabilizing prices, preserving the resource base, and reducing competition for remaining supplies.

In 2005, peak oil author and college professor Richard Heinberg read Dr. Colin Campbell’s proposal and immediately realized the Protocol’s potential. Richard began working on the book, The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism, and Economic Collapse, which highlights the need for the implementation of the Oil Depletion Protocol and suggests ways in which the Protocol can be adopted. Written for policy makers and the general public, the book is an informative and easy-to-understand must-read. Dr. Campbell’s idea and Richard’s book are the backbone of the Oil Depletion Protocol Project – the implementation of the idea and the book.

The Oil Depletion Protocol Project is an initiative undertaken by Post Carbon Institute, in association with Richard Heinberg, to lay the groundwork for and facilitate the successful adoption and implementation of the Protocol. This will be achieved by:

* creating outreach and educational tools and resources that foster a reduction in oil consumption
* urging nations and policy-makers to adopt the Oil Depletion Protocol
* publicizing the importance and necessity of the Oil Depletion Protocol through educational literature (Richard Heinberg’s book, this website, a booklet, and a DVD)
* fostering the sharing of information and strategies
* researching best practices of existing international agreements

Visit the Oil Depletion Protocol's website www.OilDepletionProtocol.org to learn more about this important initiative, what you can do to reduce your oil dependency, and how you can urge government to get on board.

Read Peak Oil: Why We Need an Oil Depletion Protocol by Richard Heinberg (published in EnergyAsia). Please note: this is a large file. We recommend you right click and save to your computer before opening.

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CONTACT

Contact Richard Heinberg

care of:

Post Carbon Institute
6971 Sebastopol Avenue
Sebastopol California
USA, 95472

707.823.8700 x 102

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LINKS

AFFILIATED WITH RICHARD HEINBERG

Post Carbon Institute: http://www.postcarbon.org
A think, education, and action tank offering research, project tools, education, and information to implement proactive strategies to adapt to an energy constrained world. Richard Heinberg is a Fellow of Post Carbon Institute, and Post Carbon coordinates the Oil Depletion Protocol.

New College of California: http://www.newcollege.edu
Richard is a core-faculty member of New College of California, Santa Rosa Campus, teaching the BA course in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community.

Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas (ASPO): http://www.peakoil.net

New Society Publishers: http://www.newsociety.com
An activist publishing house whose books are tools to Build a New Society. Publishers of Richard's books The Party's Over, Power Down, and his new book, The Oil Depletion Protocol.

Global Public Media: http://www.globalpublicmedia.com
Public Service Broadcasting for a Post Carbon World. An initiative of Post Carbon Institute. Global Public Media Audio: Richard on The End of the Petroleum Age

RECOMMENDED PEAK OIL and SUSTAINABILITY SITES

Energy Bulletin: http://www.energybulletin.net
A daily compendium of news on Peak Oil, other energy and Sustainability.

Oil Drum: http://www.theoildrum.com
On-line blog and discussion about peak oil issues

ASPO (Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas, International): http://www.peakoil.net

ASPO Ireland: http://www.peakoil.ie
Dr. Colin Campbell's home ground

Transition Culture: http://www.transitionculture.org
Energy descent action planning

Titanic Lifeboat Academy: http://lifeboat.postcarbon.org
Fosters new sustainable lifestyles

Island Rover and Captain Arndt: http://www.islandrover.org/Phoenix.pdf
Another lifeboat educational project in Maine.

PetroCollapse: http://www.petrocollapse.org

Peak Oil and Permaculture in Australia: http://www.holmgren.com.au
Dave Holmgren and Su Dennett

Community Solutions: http://www.communitysolution.org
Hosts The North American Conference on Peak Oil, 2006, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, US.

Life after the Oil Crash: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
Matt Savinar's informative site on Peak Oil science and issues

Dry Dipstick: http://www.drydipstick.com
A peak oil metadirectory

Earth.oca.net: http://earth.ocha.net/tiki-index.php
Working toward a sustainable way of life

Ian McPherson: http://art.ianmc.com.au/heinberg
Article featuring The Party's Over and Powerdown (reviews)

Why Civilizations Collapse: http://www.museletter.com/Greer-on-Collapse.rtf
A Theory of catabolic collapse [RTF 48k]

From the Wilderness: http://www.fromthewilderness.com

Oil Empire: http://www.oilempire.us

Permatopia: http://www.permatopia.com

WEBCASTS of RICHARD

Financial Sense News Hour: http://www.financialsense.com

2004 Interview with Jim Puplava: http://www.museletter.com/Financial%20Sense.JimPuplava.Heinberg.080704.r...

2005 Interview with Jim Puplava: http://www.museletter.com/Puplava.Heinberg.interview.11232005_for_web.m3...

Steppin' Out of Babylon: http://www.suesupriano.com
Radio interviews produced by Sue Supriano

ALTERNATIVE PRESS / MAGAZINES / BOOKS

Dissident Voice: http://www.dissidentvoice.org
Reporting on the struggle for peace and social justice

Project Censored: http://www.projectcensored.org
A media research group out of Sonoma State University in Northern California, which tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters and from these, compiles an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country's major national news media.

The Sun: http://www.thesunmagazine.org
Essays, stories, interviews, and poetry on challenging topics

Richard Moore's Escaping the Matrix, dedicated to making the world more liveable: http://cyberjournal.org

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

A Depletion Protocol for Non-Renewable Natural Resources: http://climatechange.flinders.edu.au/various%20attachments/Bartlett%20-%...
by Albert A. Bartlett, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Colorado

The Essential Exponential! For the Future of Our Planet: http://scimath.unl.edu/exp/exp.html
Albert A. Bartlett, Professor Emeritus of Physics, University of Colorado. A compilation of Bartlett's works, including several articles on oil production, population, and natural resources. View the Table of Contents.

MISC

Findhorn Foundation Easter Conference: http://www.findhorn.org/programmes/programme258.php Findhorn Foundation ecovillage, north of Scotland, March 22-28, 2008. Speakers include Richard Heinberg, Rob Hopkins, Megan Quinn, Joanna Macy and many others.

EarthWorks Expo: http://www.earthworks2007.com/index2.html Denver, Colorado, July 27-29, 2007. EarthWorks Expo is a celebration of solutions that enable our evolution to a truly sustainable society. Keynote speech by Richard Heinberg.

Links Provided By Oily Cassandra - http://oilrelease.com

Welcome

Energy crises are not new; every time a species runs out of an energy source, populations decline to sustainable levels. With booming population growth and dwindling supply of the most powerful energy supply in the history of mankind, our time has come.

That sinking feeling that so many of us live with (even through the holidays) might be simply a deeper understanding that what we see around us -- this fairytale culture of consumption you and I have created -- is a system that is burning up all we have left.

Alternative fuels and new technology can keep up some of our lifestyle, but all combined can not come close to giving us what oil gives us, meaning a drastic change of lifestyle is unavoidable.

Check out some of these select links, and google whatever from there. For every argument, read its counter argument and ala Fox News, you decide!

Then talk about it. With your friends, family… you'll have to ruffle feathers, as this is something no one wants to hear. Truth through uncomfortable discussion is essential.

Feel free to discuss what you've learned below, or write angry rants of denial.

Let me know if you have any ideas. I can't answer all my mail, but "I do read all of it", as they say. But I mean it.

Thanks!
OilyCassandra

LINKS

ADAPTING - WAKING UP

Family Awakening to Oil Release - Waking Up to Peak Oil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZIx3DTABfw&eurl=http://oilrelease.com/ad... - 28 Minutes 34 Seconds

In-depth Video Series: http://www.peakmoment.tv/conversations/index0001.html

Transport: Cheap Gas: Gas Prices Article: http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/default/display_article.aspx?ArticleId=1...

Car Pooling: http://www.erideshare.com

Bicycling: http://bicycleuniverse.info/transpo/beef.html

FOOD AND OIL

Release the TV Dinner: Yes, You Can Plant Your Own Food: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avQliiEhexo

Energetic Releaser Shows You How: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9J1cZHY-Uc

WHAT YOU CAN DO NOW

Peak Oil Action: http://peakoilaction.org

NYC - Big City Approach: http://www.peakoilnyc.org

Becoming a Vegetarian (for carnivores like me): http://www.veggie123.com

PLANNING FOR YOUR FUTURE

Your City: How Cuba Released Oil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VHt5QchfdQ

Inform Your City -- It's Easy! (watch the guys on the huge couch and the woman on the tiny chair): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNaIzznYj7Y

Free Booklet for Beginning a Transition Town (pdf):
http://transitionnetwork.org/Primer/TransitionInitiativesPrimer.pdf

Post Carbon: http://www.postcarbon.org

World Oil Release Plan: http://www.oildepletionprotocol.org

Local Change: http://www.relocalize.net

More Local Change: http://local.theoildrum.com

On Your Own - Books:

Peak Oil Survival: Preparation for Life After Gridcrash -- Aric McBay
The Coming Economic Collapse: How You Can Thrive
When Oil Costs $200 a Barrel-- by Stephen Leeb and Glen Strathy

WHY THEY WON'T COME UP WITH SOMETHING

Renewable Alternative Fuels: http://www.grinningplanet.com/2007/03-27/peak-oil-solutions.htm

More about Alternative Fuels: Article on Peak "Soil": http://www.energybulletin.net/28610.html

Biofuel/Oil Crisis Slideshow: http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/files/Biofuels%20Oct%2015.pdf

Alternative Fuel Pollution: http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/alternative-fuel-pollution

Classic Alternative Fuels Options: http://www.grinningplanet.com/2007/01-30/peak-oil-and-environment.htm

Veggie Car Hopes: Veggie Car Reality: http://money.cnn.com/2006/07/21/news/economy/vegetable_cars/index.htm

WHAT WE CAN DO TO ADAPT

Solar Power: Saving Energy Dollars: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5ycSXY91wQ

Wind Power: The World's Fastest Growing Energy Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rVfcgZ0l7s

Release Your SUV: Electric Cars: http://www.sundancechannel.com/videos/230201328

ESSENTIALS

Oil Release Basics

Peak Oil Aaron Wissner: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3843862593588606769 or try: http://www.youtube.com/user/cronewise Where You Will Find 27+ Videos On Peak Oil

NOTE: This video suggests Peak Oil is a "theory". It is technically theory, but like evolution, it is accepted as fact among scientists. Everyone from oil company geologists to the U.S. Department of Energy agree there's only so much oil left in the ground. The only question is when we peak.

Oil Release Presentation by Richard Heinberg - Richard Heinberg Describes Peak Oil: Energy Transitions: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caDpfAXBEro

Quick View on Peak Oil: http://www.energybulletin.net/primer.php

Basics of Peak Oil (Awesome!): http://wolfathedoor.org.uk

Books:

The End of Oil: On the Edge of a Perilous New World -- Paul Roberts

The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies -- Richard Heinberg

Out of Gas: The End of the Age Of Oil -- David Goodstein

Films:

A Crude Awakening

End of Suburbia

ENERGY PEAKS OF THE PAST

History of Releasing Energy - 300 year history of renewable energy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIXuXlfKyrc

Previous Societies' Energy Downfall: http://anthropik.com/2005/10/peak-wood

MAKING IT WORSE

Food - Sums Up Why The Way We Get Food is a Huge Factor - Watch Your (Fo)odometer!: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4RCyxgz97g

Eating Beef More Destructive to Environment than Driving a Car: http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_9184.cfm

PEAK OIL DISAGREEMENTS

Shell Oil President: There's Plenty of Oil left: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9lRbINiA78

Confessions of an Ex-doomer: http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/2006/07/307-confessions-of-ex-doomer...

Peak Oil Debunked

Abiotic Oil Considered: http://globalpublicmedia.com/richard_heinberg_on_abiotic_oil

MORE OIL RELEASE NEWS

Energy Bulletin: http://www.energybulletin.net

Energy Bulletin: http://www.oildrum.com

Good General Links

ASPO - Association for the Study of Peak Oil: http://www.peakoil.net

News and Links: http://www.peak-oil-crisis.com

Many To-The-Point Slide Shows: http://www.simmonsco-intl.com/research.aspx?Type=msspeeches

Life After The Oil Crash: http://lifeaftertheoilcrash.net

DISCUSS

Peak Oil Forums

http://www.peakoil.com

http://www.latocforum.com

Also comment on postings at http://theoildrum.com