bookclubs

With the impending peak in oil and natural gas, it is essential that we all become much more informed about energy issues. Since most of us do not have training in energy issues or the related impacts of peak oil, we as concerned citizens must read books and articles, and have regular conversations on the difficulties we all face.

Forming a bookclub to read and dicuss High Noon For Natural Gas, Powerdown, Twilight in the Desert and other books will help readers to better understand energy, our predicament, and our choices for action.

Here are some suggested steps:

1. Form a group of friends, associates, and colleagues around the intention of becoming more energy literate and understanding what people can do on an individual and community basis.
2. At regular meetings (e.g., once a month) discuss the previous months reading in the context of people's lives. Below are some questions to get you started.
3. At each meeting, agree on how much to read before the next meeting and set a meeting date

Here are some suggested titles to get your bookclub started:

1. High Noon For Natural Gas, by Julian Darley: http://highnoon.ws
2. Twilight in the Desert, by Matt Simmons: http://www.twilightinthedesert.com/
3. Powerdown by Richard Heinberg
4. The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg
5. Half Gone by Jeremy Leggett
6. Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak by Kenneth Deffeyes
7. The Long Emergency by James Kunstler
8. The End of Oil by Paul Roberts
9. The Coming Oil Crisis by Colin Campbell
10. Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil by David Goodstein