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Peak Oil: High Tide for an Oil Addicted World/Resources

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Where can I learn more about preparing myself?

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You could start by learning how to become more self-sufficient in all aspects of your life. Teach yourself some essential skills that will useful to yourself and others. Here are some resources to get your started.

Books
Save Cash and Save the Planet ISBN 000719420X
The New Complete Book of Self-sufficiency ISBN 0751364428
The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Countries ISBN 185623021X
Organisations
Centre for Alternative Technology
Green Energy Centre
General self-sufficiency
http://www.downsizer.net
http://www.inthewake.org
Case studies
http://www.theyellowhouse.org.uk

Where can I learn more?

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There are many resources available both online and in hard copy form. There are also a number of good organisations that work within areas that are of interests such organic farming, permaculture or seed for planting.

On-line resources
PowerSwitch
http://www.downsizer.net
http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net
http://www.communitysolution.org
http://communitiesofthefuture.org
http://www.geocities.com/holonicfuture
Books
Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage - Kenneth S. Deffeyes
The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook for Britain and Other Temperate Countries - Patrick Whitefield
Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak - Kenneth S. Deffeyes
Oil, Jihad And Destiny: Will Declining Oil Production Plunge Our Planet Into A Depression? - Ronald R. Cooke
Oil As a Finite Resource: When Is Global Production Likely to Peak - James J. MacKenzie