The first Association for the Study of Peak Oil USA Conference wrapped up in Denver last week.
Former Colorado Governor Richard Lamm explained the coming peak and decline of oil production as a clash of cultures between growth and sustainability. “While growth has 500 years on its side,” he said, “the downside of the curve is a vastly different world.” Lamm added, “Our lifestyle is up for re-definition.”
Others at the conference talked about a new way of living in a post peak oil world. Maxwell, a Wall Street investor who is known as the “dean of energy analysts,” recommended planned conservation and going “back to the basics,” including turning off lights and adjusting thermostat settings.
Maxwell also suggested that the United States will need to develop more of a “sense of community, like in Cuba,” as he referred to segments of a new documentary shown at the conference on Cuba’s response to the loss of 50 percent of its oil following the breakup of the Soviet Union. That documentary was produced by The Community Solution program in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
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