A Quick 3 minute video visually explaining Peak Oil, what oil is used for, and what the future may hold with regards to Peak Oil.
This is the culmination of my year-long thesis project looking at how Graphic Design can help communicate a complex topic such as Peak Oil.
Duration : 0:3:6
Features Richard Heinberg, Matthew Simmons, Roscoe Bartlett & David Goodstein
Oil is the primary fuel of the global economy. 98% of cars and trucks, 100% of farm equipment, 99% of trains, and 100% of airplanes run on oil. Oil provides 50% of all energy in the USA. It is used for plastics, cosmetics, packaging, etc.
Shell oil geologist M. King Hubbert predicted that U.S. oil production would peak around 1970, which it did.
Now, the USA consumes more than twice as much as it produces.
The GAO states that world oil production is expected to peak any time now but the federal government doesn’t have a plan.
Oil will continue to become more and more expensive as peak oil is passed and prices rise.
Duration : 0:4:24