Deepwater Horizon blowout

See The Oil Drum take and this refresher course for background on our oil dependency.

See CBS 60 minutes' Blowout: The Deepwater Horizon Disaster

A Survivor Recalls His Harrowing Escape; Plus, A Former BP Insider Warns Of Another Potential Disaster

Newsweek: How Quickly We Forget

Our addiction to cheap energy has a way of clouding memories of even the most vivid disasters.

The New Republic: New Video Suggests Gulf Spill Far Worse Than Thought

For a moving tale from the past of the ocean deep and an earlier oil boom, see PBS' Into the Deep: America, Whaling & the World.

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

A refresher course from The Oil Drum

The Oil Supply (or Oil Demand) Problem

There is Plenty of Oil, but . . .

Our Energy Supply, Some Basics

World Oil Production Forecast - Update November 2009

Financial Problems which are likely to be Connected to Oil Supply Issues

Delusions of Finance: Where We May be Headed

Tipping Point Paper

Peak Oil and the Financial Crisis

Insights on Where We May be Headed

The Failure of Networked Systems

Dennis Meadows - Economics and Limits to Growth: What's Sustainable?

The dark side of coal - some historical insights on energy and the economy

Technical posts related to oil supply

See Tech talks by Heading Out (Dave Summers)

Other posts

We have posts on many other topics, including biofuel, wind, nuclear, solar PV, electricity, and many other subjects. Google search can provide help in finding posts.

We also have posts related to the general subject of sustainability. Many of these are in our Campfiresection. We also have many posts on related to Net Energy and Energy Return on Energy Invested. These are generally found in the Net Energysection.