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RVML Resource Center 2002-2007 Calendar Archives 4 June 2005, Saturday |
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Lecture: "Peak Oil"- Near-Term Challenges for a Petroleum-Dependant Civilization by Michael Ruppert
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Southern Oregon University, Stevenson Union- 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland
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Lecture: "Peak Oil"- The Near-Term Challenges for a Petroleum-Dependant CivilizationBy Michael Ruppert
Time: 6:00pm Saturday June 4, 2005
Location: Southern Oregon University, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd, Ashland
350-seat Rogue River Room, Stevenson Union Building, main level
Admission: $10.00 General, $5.00 Students
Tickets on sale beginning 4:30pm at the door only (no advance sales.)
(100% of proceeds will be donated to support Michael Ruppert's work.)
Copies of Michael's book and other FTW publications will be available for purchase.
Presentation Description:
(Lecture & Multimedia Presentation)
All oil production follows a bell curve. Right now, the world is at the all-time peak of global oil production, plus or minus one year. After that point, no matter how much money, technology or effort is applied; oil production will never again increase. This, even as demand and population are soaring globally. Eighteen of the world's largest oil producing countries have already entered decline. By 2007 absolute shortages of oil become apparent. It takes 3-5 years to bring an oil field online after discovery. We know what's coming. Oil discoveries have been in dramatic decline since 1964. There have been no major discoveries anywhere for more than two years. Economic growth (maintenance) depends upon oil. Food production depends upon oil.
The problem, simply stated, is one of population overshoot, collapse and die-off. The question is: How do we deal with it? What is the plan you would want for yourself, your family or our planet?
Presenter's Biography:
Mike Ruppert, 54 is the author of 2004's hot-selling book, "Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil". "Rubicon" was voted 2004 "Book of the Year" by the online review of books and was listed by C-SPAN as one of the hottest selling books of late 2004. Released in September '04, Rubicon remains high on the Amazon sales ranking charts and may soon have a second birth of popularity around the world as foreign language editions are released.
Mike is also the Publisher/Editor of "From the Wilderness", a newsletter he founded in March 1998 by mailing out 68 copies to friends and researchers. FTW is now read by more than 20,000 subscribers in 40 countries including 40 members of the US Congress, the intelligence committees of both houses, and professors at 20 universities around the world.
Through the newsletter and his website at http://www.fromthewilderness.com, Mike has pioneered innovative analysis and groundbreaking original stories about the consequences of Peak Oil -- the fact that the world is at or near an inevitable decline in the availability of hydrocarbon energy, and what this might mean for human civilization.
A popular lecturer who has spoken in eight countries, Mike is beginning a new direction for FTW in 2005 focusing on breaking news in a world that is moving steadily toward global warfare and economic collapse in an effort to mitigate the consequences through broad-demographic education.
Website: http://www.fromthewilderness.com
This event is presented by RVML in cooperation with the SOU Media Collective.
Headlines:
- "After the Oil is Gone" - Salon, May 16, 2005
- "An Oil Supply Tsunami Alert" - Asia Times May 5, 2005
- "Oil Could Hit $100, Hurt Growth" - CNN Money, April 7, 2005
- "The End of Cheap Oil" - National Geographic (Cover Story) - June 2004.
- "What to Use When the Oil Runs Out" - BBC - April 22, 2004
- "Adios Cheap Oil" - Interpress News Agency - April 27, 2004
- "Refining Shortfall Goes Global, Drives Oil Strength" - Reuters - April 26, 2004
- "G7: Oil Price Threatens World Economy" - Moscow Times - April 26, 2004
- "World Oil Crisis Looms" - Jane's Defense Weekly -- April 21, 2004
- "US Procuring the World's Oil" - Foreign Policy in Focus - January 2004
- "Are We Running Out of Oil? Scientist Warns of Looming Crisis" - ABC News.com - February 2, 2004
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