I have watched several documentaries and presentations about Peak Oil and the following is in my opinion the most informative, complete and comprehensive, if only a bit shocking for some people (with spanish subtitles btw):

The End of Suburbia

Crude Impact: The most boring due to slow talking, long static scenes and general lack of moving statements or facts. Still recommendable.

Oil, Smoke and Mirrors: Its first part is a really good summary of the Peak Oil phenomena and its implications, straight to the point and even more mind-opening than The End of Suburbia. It switches to 9/11 conspiracy theory mode, however, and only wraps around Peak Oil a little bit at the end. Highly Recommendable if you can take that with a grain of salt.

Let me introduce you to Peak Oil. That we are running out of oil, we all have known for years. But with how’s, why’s and especially when’s are answered, it starts to get… “interesting”. Watch the clip below and if you’re fact-hungry, he (Jeremy Leggett) explains it all in all detail in the presentation after the jump (here).

NOTE: The only thing Jeremy is forgetting to take into account is that with the end of fossil fuel burning (which indeed reduces CO2 emmissions) comes the solution of Global Dimming. And for those of you who still don’t know what this means, the dissappearance of CO2 in the atmosphere (in the form of sunlight-dimming particles) will actually let more sunlight onto the Earth’s surface causing Global Warming not only to continue, but to grow at a higher rate. It is already happening in hotter and hotter Europe, where the emissions are being lowered. Scientific community and BBC, I think we’re ready to hear about Global Re-enlightening.

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