3. The end of the oil age has been coming a long time Oil production surpasses discovery 1980 Peak Oil production per capita 1979 Activities surpass biocapacity 1988 1990 Carbon Dioxide levels surpass 350 ppm Peak of Oil Discovery 1968 2005 Peak of cheap oil production 2007 Runaway oil price Food price hike 2008 Global Economic downturn 2009 three of nine Boundaries exceeded Geologist M King Hubbert: peak will come 2000s 1956 Peak soil, phosphorous, water, etc 1800s Start of oil age Ecological and Climate System destabilisation? Oil production per capita globally in time
4. TRANSITION TOWNS-...the story so far Transition Oxford “The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by sceptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need people who can dream of things that never were” John F Kennedy Bath www.transitiontowns.org www.transitionculture.org Naresh Giangrande
5. Oil is in everythingwedo and use. We are stuck.