<![CDATA[io9: Peak Oil]]> http://cache.io9.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/io9.com.png <![CDATA[io9: Peak Oil]]> http://io9.com/tag/peak oil http://io9.com/tag/peak oil <![CDATA[Your next ocean vacation could be on an abandoned oil platform]]> What do you do with an oil platform after it has outlived its usefulness? You've got this giant structure, set up for people to live and work on it, and it's solidly sunk into the ocean floor. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5801452&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Lloyd's Of London warns businesses to prepare for peak oil]]> Venerable financial institutions Lloyds of London and Chatham House issued a dire warning to UK businesses. Energy shortages and peak oil are going to be major issues for insurance markets in coming years. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5585512&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Only Way To Save The Environment May Be Setting An Oil Slick On Fire]]> This white, foamy oil slick appears almost beautiful in this satellite image — but it's set to become the worst oil spill in U.S. history. The Coast Guard is considering setting it on fire to save the environment. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5525817&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[This Waterfall Represents The Amount of Oil We Use Every Second]]> The world reportedly uses 40,000 gallons of oil every second to keep the globe a-whirring. But what would this river of Texas Tea look like? The amount of water per second that flows down India's Jog Falls. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5524754&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[The Perfect Near-Future Novel To Get You Through The Recession]]> Need a book to get you through another year of unemployment, glacier melts or maybe even another oil crisis? World Made By Hand could do the trick. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5456691&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Love Mad Max? You Could Be Living It Soon Enough]]> Mad Max's vision of a shattered world where social order has broken down, and everyone fights over the last drops of oil, could be reality soon. Oil prices are starting to tick upwards again after coming down from summer 2008's heights. Imagine what would happen if oil reached double the price levels it hit a year or so ago, says the Guardian: More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5390664&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[How Do We Get New Science Fiction Stories? Have New Nightmares]]> Tired of the creaky entertainment machine churning out copy-cat stories of zombies, superheroes, apocalypses and cyborgs? Then you need to conjure new dreads and fantasies in the real world, since that's where all our science fiction cliches come from. More »
]]> http://io9.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5328999&view=rss&microfeed=true <![CDATA[Experts Say Oil Wars Will Hit in 2-5 Years]]> Oil prices are set to double between 2010 and 2015, and the Guardian's Michael Meacher says this might spark the global oil wars that scifi writers and futurists have been predicting for decades. He's got hard statistics to back up his claims, and some interesting ideas for solutions. [UK Guardian] More »
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