Simmons

Matthew Simmons, energy investment banker and author of "Twilight in the Desert", talks about the reaction he's gotten from giving his peak oil presentations all over the world, and the damage Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) has done by minimizing the problem of peak oil.

Matt Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert", talks about discussions he had about peak oil with the Bush family and campaign staff before the 2000 election, and continuing on into advising the Cheney Energy Task Force.

Steve Andrews, co-founder of ASPO-USA, discusses what needs to be done to prepare for peak oil.

Matthew Simmons, investment banker and author of "Twilight in the Desert", discusses ways to motivate people to take action and avoid the worst societal effects of peak oil.

Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute, discusses a key idea that will help society adapt to life after peak oil.

Economist Doug Reynolds discusses the effect that peak oil will have on the US economy.

David Strahan, author of "The Last Oil Shock", discusses the first steps people can take to adjust to life after peak oil.

Columnist David Cohen discusses what individuals can do to prepare themselves for life after peak oil.

Permaculture expert Albert Bates discusses the disconnectedness of today's society and how we have become detached from fundamental values.

Part 4 of 4 looks at how peak oil affects various people on a personal level and how they have come to change their way of thinking and living.

Part 3 of 4 examines the decline in Energy Return On Investment (EROI) in the world's biggest oil fields, and the consequences that will have for cilivization.

Part 2 of 4 discusses the bigger picture of the impacts that peak oil will have on our society.

Pt. 1 of 4 gives a humorous overview of the looming threat of peak oil - features Matthew Simmons, author of "Twilight in the Desert" and Charles A. Hall, professor of Forestry at SUNY.

"The CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere and there's no end point, it just gets hotter and hotter, and so at some point it becomes unlivable," he said.