Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

Tuesday, November 22, 6:30 PM

Donald R. Wright Auditorium
Pasadena Central Library
285 East Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91101

Free Event

Learn about the affects of Peak Oil and the decline of petroleum on our Oil Dependant Industrial Society. The film screening will be followed by a discussion on the effects of fossil fuels on our community and the actions we can take.

\"Cheap oil is the party that we have been enjoying the past 150 years and that party is coming to an end. Within our lifetimes were going to see the end of the age of oil, and the result of that will be the end of the American way of life\" - Richard Heinberg - in an excerpt from The END of SUBURBIA

What is Peak Oil?

End of Suburbia is a good introduction to peak oil. Peak oil is the point in time when extraction of oil from the earth reaches its highest point and then begins to decline. Many oil experts estimate this peak will occur between 2000 and 2008.

q Oil is used for transportation, electricity, heating, cooling, pesticides, plastics, pharmaceuticals, asphalt, concrete and steel.

q On average an American consumes 3 gallons of oil per day (1.8 gallons of which are imported).

q In the US, 10 calories of fossil-fuel energy go into every 1 calorie of food.

q Oil extraction will be physically unable to meet global demand

q Alternative energy sources like nuclear and natural gas will fall far short of compensating for expected shortages of oil.

q The first step in preparing for an energy-reduced future is to educate yourself.

Peak oil introduction: www.lapostcarbon.org/peakoil.htm

LA Post Carbon Website: www.lapostcarbon.org

Documentary website: www.endofsuburbia.com