The Prize – Empires of Oil

“Witness capitalism on a grand scale: how Shell Oil and Royal Dutch merged, then challenged the supremacy of Rockefeller’s Standard Oil. A compelling tale of how oil transformed everyday life in the farthest corners of the globe, made Russia a great oil power, and helped the Allies win World War I.”

How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

Peak oil is an interesting and often-ignored fact that will occur in our lifetimes, it’s interesting how the day-to-day politiking usually loses sights of these large challenges. This documentary explores Cuba in 1991 after the “peak-oil crisis” that occured because of the breakup of the Soviet Union. From the description:

In 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, Cuba experienced an ‘energy famine.’ Transportation and agriculture virtually came to a stop due to lack of diesel fuel and fertilizer shortages. This film explores what changes were put in place. The makers of the film “The End Of Suburbia” went to Cuba to explore it as a test case for what the conditions after Peak Oil would look like. This is that story.

Securing the International Oil Supply

From the comments:

It took me two days to get through this, but it was a really good watch. It was interesting to see different sides explained, but it is hard to deny the consequences that Mr Klare outlines.

Biofuels: Think outside the barrel

These Google tech talks are a great resource.

ABSTRACT On Wednesday, March 29th, by invitation from our co-founders and CEO, our special guest, Vinod Khosla, visited Google to deliver a tech talk about the emergence of ethanol as a viable, market ready, and competitive source of renewable energy.

Democracy, Governance, and War in Oil-Exporting Nations

A very indepth panel discussion at the University of Chicago on the state of oil-exporting nations.