Peak Oil and Personal Preparation for It

Amazon, 2006, Digital

Product Description

I wrote this piece to explain to people how to safeguard themselves from different aspects of peak oil. That includes inflation, and ultimately financial (currency) collapse, shortages of water, food and fuel, and how to produce your own. The instructions for doing these things are detailed and specific, quite unlike the generic and vague advice found elsewhere.

Product Details

Title: Peak Oil and Personal Preparation for It
Sales Rank: 650832 in Books
Author: Steven Woeste
Publisher: Amazon, 2006-10-11, Digital, 22 pages

Customer Reviews

Advice is mostly common sense, but a few useful hints: This writeup may be helpful and perhaps a good introduction to those who are new to the topic, but most of the material presented is basic common sense and the presentation lacks necessary detail. For instance, he suggests keeping gold and silver coins in small and widely recognizable denomination which seems like common sense. There are a few tidbits… More reviews

50 cents I won't have to spend after The Crash: This short piece by Woeste is only the most basic introduction to a survival manual. His ideas about silver and gold currency are the most interesting part of the paper. Otherwise he advises the reader how to horde canned food and water.
The portion about growing food for survival is next to useless. A few short paragraphs advise the… More reviews

Intriguing ideas: Dr. Woeste (an emerging science fiction novelist and molecular biologist) turns his focus to the question of survival in a post-oil world. His focus is not national or international activism and/or research into alternative energies (this has been and should continue to be debated elsewhere), but the question of what individuals can do if "the worst" happens and society collapses due… More reviews

Swaim Missed the Point: A agree with reviewer Swaim that "Peak Oil and Personal Preparation for It" does not address energy needs in a species-wide, we-are-all-in-this-together way. "Peak Oil and Personal Preparation for It" also does not include instructions for operating a radio telescope or instructions for programming in FORTRAN. However, "Peak Oil and Personal Preparation for It" does not… More reviews

Review Posted Is From Jim Otis - The Optimist: I think this short delivers substantial value by focusing reader attention on the problems related to peak oil and solutions that individuals can do for themselves. Swaim must really be attached to the 49 cents he paid for this if he cannot find value here. I was actually disappointed after getting this based on Swaim's review. Swaim led me to believe that I would learn something… More reviews