I haven't read a book on the oil 'bidness since, "The Seven Sisters, " by Anthony Sampson and the Joe Stork and Michael Tanzer books circa the OPEC boycott era. I'm skeptical of the Peak Oil books by Richard Heinberg and others...though ones written by geologists and economists unlike, "The End of Oil, " , might be much better? "The End of Oil is a stunning piece of work—perhaps the best single book ever produced about our energy economy and its environmental implications. Paul Roberts writes regularly for Harper's magazine, and he has schooled himself deeply in these questions, " says hairshirt Bill McKibben http://www.nybooks.com/articles/17179 (Paul Roberts being a mere journalist scribbler ;-)
Would be interested what James Heartfield thinks about the Peak Oil thesis.Skeptical me feels that there is a weird confluence of interests between the Pig Oil Companies and some enviros on this.
In the meantime, found these pieces by Dave McGowan http://www.davesweb.cnchost.com/ vs. Michael Ruppert http://educate-yourself.org/cn/peakoilindex.shtml (accused of being from a family w/ CIA connections, heh!) on Peak Oil, amusing. Since McGowan had a book blurbed by Christian Parenti, http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1567511848/ref=sib_rdr_bc/002-8550992-3049612?%5Fencoding=UTF8&p=S00J&j=0#reader-page
I give him a little slack.