Economic outlook october 2014 and the cia world factbook, while information on oil reserves and electricity generation comes from the eia. Besides creating a rich documentary of an oil shock, world without oil became a forum for citizens to share life. A san jose designer is trying to solve a crisis before it can happen. The longer oil prices rises, the more attractive these options will be. Nov 04, 2009 the other is the world without oil game. When this point is reached, oil production will steadily decline and eventually cease to exist. Bbc documentary aftermath a world without oil full.
Being touted as the worlds oldest oil, coconut oil has been. Watch one scenario of what happens when one day oil. World without oil is an alternate reality game that was free to play online. Each day, the world uses over 80 million of barrels of oil. Jul 05, 20 rob hopkins is the founder of the transition movement.
Its in the food we eat, the houses we live in, the cars we drive. As national geographic reported in june 2004, oil, no longer cheap, may soon decline. Co was extracted using a fermentation method with and without applying heat. But what would happen if all the oil in the world suddenly disappeared. We can certainly replace oil and other fossil fuels like coal and natural gas for stationary power production with solar, wind, tidal, geother.
Jul 27, 2015 in a world without oil, renewable energy will take the place of oil and gas, and we will eventually become as dependent on the culture of stewardship of the earth and the body as we are today on. You can view world without oil 2007 in context using the wayback machine at the internet archive. Mitigation crash programs started at the time of world oil peaking. An almost completely co2free energy source is nuclear energy. What would our world look like if we ran out of oil. Energy information administration, there are fewer than 1. In america, unlike the rest of the world, over 12 of the oil we use goes to the production of gasoline. He proposes a unique solution to this problem the transition response, where we prepare ourselves for life without oil and sacrifice our luxuries to build systems and communities that are completely independent of fossil fuels. Oil plays a huge part in our civilization that the sudden disappearance of this resource would throw everything into a virtual standstill. Discovery channel documentary the world without oil video.
Students discover the world of fossil fuels and oil shortages. Play jane mcgonigals world without oil boing boing. World without oil photos aftermath national geographic. There is still a lot of heavy crude laying around the globe that can be grabbed without much effort. So, how exactly would you run an entire country without oil. Wwo is a game for good the first alternate reality game to tackle a realworld problem. The world without us kindle edition by weisman, alan. I was watching a national geographic documentary called aftermath. Find out how to expand your audience engagement through ovee. World without oil, the latest alternate reality game from jane mcgonigal, my colleague at institute for the future, is now in high gear. Within a few years, predicts morse, america will overtake russia and saudi arabia and become the worlds largest oil. Connecting you to new and targeted communities, this digital platform lets you screen your film and lead a conversation, engage with panelists, and answer poll questions from any desktop or mobile device.
The idea of completely powering our world without fossil fuels and. World without oil is a milestone in the quest to use games as democratic, collaborative platforms for exploring possible futures and sparking futurechanging action wwo is a model for using a hot netnative storytelling method alternate reality to meet civic and educational goals and be compellingly fun. For this world economy lesson, students read articles on the internet discussing the world s dependence on oil and the possibility of an extended oil shortage. Feb 08, 2006 sweden plans to be world s first oil free economy. For this world economy lesson, students read articles on the internet discussing the worlds dependence on oil and the possibility of an extended oil shortage. Bbc documentary aftermath a world without oil full documentaries documentary, documentariesdocumentary documentaries bbc documentary aftermath a world without oil full documentaries related tags. Rob hopkins is the founder of the transition movement. King hubbert came up with the theory of peak oil which is a period of time when oil production reaches its climax. Jun 02, 2014 what would our world look like if we ran out of oil. The united states, with 7% of the worlds population, uses over 25% of that 80. Oil is one of the most important commodities in the world. World without oil see videos and i couldnt help but feel fearful for the future.
As of today we have 79,825,8 ebooks for you to download for free. There is now global recognition that without such adjustments by opec and nonopec na tions, the. The plan is a response to global climate change, rising. Rob hopkins reminds us that the oil our world depends on is steadily running out. Oil without oil, global transportation will be severely debilitated. World without oil an alternate reality game imagine a world without oil. Read free book excerpt from the world without us by alan weisman, page 1 of 9. This world without oil lesson plan is suitable for 4th 6th grade. No annoying ads, no download limits, enjoy it and dont forget to bookmark and share the love. A world without oil by zainab calcuttawala mar 02, 2017. World without oils aim is to use an alternate reality game to engage the. World without oil serious game for the public good if.
Aug 16, 20 the panel debate the various options available to us in the impending world without oil. Perpetually stuck in a steam driven dirty world filled with coal dust we probably would have progressed up to an equivalent of the 1920s or 1930s by the 1980s and then coal gasification and liquefaction would have taken off we would be going. It is not unfeasible that in a decade, we will simply not need or want to consume oil any more. Watch one scenario of what happens when one day oil does run out. World without oil wwo is an alternate reality game arg created to call attention to, spark dialogue about, plan for and engineer solutions to a possible nearfuture global oil shortage, post peak oil.
Errata two pages pdf also available as html if you prefer, you can get the book in five slightlysmaller chunks or in other electronic formats. May 03, 2007 world without oil, the latest alternate reality game from jane mcgonigal, my colleague at institute for the future, is now in high gear. Wwo invited people from all walks of life to contribute collective imagination to confront a realworld issue. The transition to a post oil world could be a lot more painful that we would like to admit. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart. In a matter of days, gas prices will skyrocket, a dwindling food supply will rot, and the oil crisis will literally stop americans in their tracks. It is the sound of crude oil being sucked out of the ground to allow those cars to go flying by.
If our current demand continues, this oil will only be enough to supply the world demands for the next 46. World oil magazine features technical articles, news and industry statistics relating to drilling, completion and production and segments of the worldwide oil and gas industry, both onshore and. Dec 29, 2014 10 huge countries without their own oil. World without oil is a serious game for the public good. During its live period from 30th april 2007 to 1st june 2007 it used the narrative device of an oil crisis to encourage participants to better understand their individual dependencies on energy. We learned how dependent we are on oil and one of the possible outcomes of what would happen if the world really did just lose all. The english town of kingsbridge works to survive as the king leads the nation into the hundred years war with france while europe deals with the outbreak of the black death. Jul, 2007 produced by the design team at writerguy, world without oil leveraged the power of people connected by the internet to imagine the actual events of an oil shortage, document them and innovate solutions. New technologies and consumption patterns even with a growing economy, the incremental relevance of new technologies and consumption patterns may in the future demand less units of oil per unit of economic growth. Within a few years, predicts morse, america will overtake russia and saudi arabia and become the worlds largest oil producer. The culture of a world without oil barry lord medium.
Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the world without us. The world can definitely survive with much less oil. The lifeblood of our hightech, highly mobile world wont last forever. It was the creation of san jose game writer and designer ken eklund, and arg veterans jane mcgonigal, dee cook, marie lamb, michelle. Without oil, society and the economy would look quite different. However, this transition to a world without oil may not be as smooth as many hope. Wwo invited people from all walks of life to contribute collective imagination to confront a real world issue. Pdf on jan 1, 2005, robert l hirsch and others published peaking of. The oil and gas industry has unmatched intellectual, financial, political. It is vital to transport air, sea, road and rail and also the production of goods like tar and plastic. Discovery channel,full documentary,discovery channel. World oil provides news, oil prices, data, statistics, shale reports and upstream industry trends relating to the exploration, drilling, completion and production of oil and gas, both onshore and. Oil is one of the most important commodities today. It was the creation of san jose game writer and designer ken eklund, and arg veterans jane mcgonigal, dee cook, marie lamb, michelle senderhauf, and krystyn wells were on the.
Can the world make the chemicals it needs without oil. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A webbased project of itvss independent lens, world without oil not only demonstrated the potential of online roleplaying games to spark participation around social issues, but foreshadowed public reactions to our current oil price crunch. Sep 09, 2014 bbc documentary aftermath a world without oil full documentaries documentary, documentariesdocumentary documentaries bbc documentary aftermath a world without oil full documentaries related tags. We want to be both mentally and technically prepared for a world without oil. Energy sources, renewable energy, oil, coal national geographic. At its heart, the transition movement, which has spread from the totnes in devon to almost every corner of the world.
That said even if saudi arabia is out of oil we still have a lot of oil around the world we can easily get. What would our world look like if there were no fossil fuels. Oil remained the worlds leading fuel, accounting for 32. World without oil was a serious alternate reality game in 2007, a massively collaborative simulation of a global oil crisis. Free or paid and how much free archive from 2007 where it is available url or market link worldwithoutoil. Wwo is a game for good the first alternate reality game to tackle a real world problem. The panel debate the various options available to us in the impending world without oil. Sciences extensive covid19 coverage is free to all readers. Can we survive in a world without oil pacebutler recycling blog. In a world without oil, renewable energy will take the place of oil and gas, and we will eventually become as dependent on the culture of stewardship of the earth and the body as we are today on. Jan 19, 2020 is this the future of a world without oil.
World oil is the leading technical magazine covering exploration, drilling and production in the global upstream industry. Ken eklund, writerguy, world without oil, used with permission. Rape oil y1 premiumsdiscounts y2 january 2004 until 26 mar 2020 ja04 ja05 ja06 ja07 ja08 ja09 ja10 ja11 ja12 ja ja14 ja15 ja16 ja17 ja18 ja19 ja20 0 100100 0 your information provider independent, unbiased, authoritative. A world without petroleum by brian westenhaus jul 27. Take the next 30 seconds to sign up as a citizen hero for world without oil.
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