Oil God

Ok you've played the McVideoGame but now you feel like really hurting humanity. Well lucky for you, now you can really cause some global damage with Oil God.

You are an Oil God! Wreak havoc on the world’s oil supplies by unleashing war and disaster. Bend governments and economies to your will to alter trade practices. Your goal? Double consumer gasoline prices in five years using whatever means necessary: start wars, overthrow leaders, spawn natural disasters ? even beckon the assistance of extra-terrestrial overlords. The game explores the relationship between gas prices, geopolitics, and oil profits.

Originally from Grand Text Auto

Saudi oil minister denies peak oil

Article today in the the Age (via Reuters).. the Saudi oil minister denies we have reached Peak Oil....

This is a striking piece of evidence supporting the importance of the theory. Why on earth would the Saudi oil minister even acknowledge Peak Oil's existence if it was not a credible explanation of what is happening.

Dance monkeys dance

Sometimes you just have to remember how important your own needs are.



Picked this up reading Steven Lagavulin's deconsumption blog. Made me smile and cry at the same time. Written and spoken by Ernest Cline