‘The end of cheap oil & the imminent decline in oil production’

Talk & discussion with Dr Colin Campbell petroleum geologist and world oil expert

8pm, Wednesday, 26th January

West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen

For more information contact: Paul McCormick, email: paulfmccormick@eircom.net. For general information on oil depletion: www.peakoil.net

Growing Awareness www.growingawareness.org email paulfmccormick@eircom.net

You are cordially invited to a presentation & discussion by West Cork resident, Dr Colin Campbell on the issue of the global decline of oil stocks and its impact. The talk will take place in the West Cork Hotel at 8pm on Wednesday 26th January. Admission is free & all are welcome.

The presentation will be based on Dr. Campbell’s recent publication ‘The end of cheap oil’, published by Eagle Printing, Skibbereen. We will also be featuring part of a new documentary ‘End of Suburbia’, featuring Dr. Campbell and other leading oil experts from around the globe.

It is now reliably estimated that the world will be reaching the peak of oil production on or before 2010. Beyond peak oil, supplies will gradually become more scarce and more expensive. With world demand increasing, the decline in oil supply will have major consequences for us all. During the discussion we hope to address the likely local impacts on West Cork as an agricultural region and the possible impacts on farming and food supply.

Our research over the past year has highlighted the need to bring this matter to the attention of the public and particularly leaders in the community. We hope that you can attend the presentation next Wednesday and we would be very grateful if you could inform others. Yours sincerely,

Paul McCormick, Director, Growing Awareness

BIO Dr. Colin J. Campbell Dr. Colin J. Campbell earned his PhD at Oxford in 1957. He worked for Texaco and then for Amoco as an exploration geologist. His career has taken him to Borneo, Trinidad, Colombia, Australia, Papua New Guinea, the US, Ecuador, the UK, Ireland and Norway. He was later associated with Petroconsultants in Geneva, Switzerland, and co-founded the Association for the Study of Peak Oil (ASPO - www.peakoil.net ). He has published extensiverly on the subject of petroleum depletion, and is author of ‘The Coming Oil Crisis’ and ‘The End of Cheap Oil’. Dr. Campbell has recently retired to West Cork. He continues to give presentations and recently was interviewed on the Pat Kenny show and has given formal presentations to both houses of the Oireachtas.

Growing Awareness is a local food and farming group, established in 1998. For more information www.growingawareness.org