A water-well drilling outfit in Wichita County hit oil causing the oil boom to begin. The Electra oilfield produced approximately ten million barrels between 1911 and the mid-1920s. The population of Electra grew from 1,000 people in 1910 to 5,000 within months. 1914: Houston Ship Channel ...
But it is a mistake to assume that government is going to fall apart because of peak oil or climate change or for any other reason so long as there are enough people left for a government to exist. Government continued to work during the plagues in medieval times when every second or thi...
By exploring the worldview of peakists, and the unexpected way that the fear of peak oil and climate change transformed many members of this left-leaning group into survivalists, Schneider-Mayerson builds a larger analysis of the rise of libertarianism, the role of oil in modern life, the p...
"Johnathan and this car are going to make history," Young told The Wichita Eagle. "We're going to change the world; we're going to create a car that will allow us to stop giving our wealth to other countries for petroleum." Young has poured about $US120,000 ($A126,000) so far ...