Richard Heinberg, a professor at New College of California, will lecture on Peak Oil tonight at 7 p.m. at the Eugene Hilton, 66 East 6th Ave. Admission is $5 at the door.
The concept of Peak Oil, developed by geophysicist M. King Hubbert, is that the rate of oil extraction will reach a peak and then decline, causing problems for an oil-based economy, according to www.hubbertpeak.com.
Heinberg, who has written two books on the topic, will discuss when the peak will be, what will happen and what can be done about it.
“If what Professor Richard Heinberg has to say is true, there will soon come a time when we will look back nostalgically on $3.00 per gallon gasoline,” Eugene Permaculture Guild Coordinator Doug Black said in a press release.
The event is organized by the Eugene Permaculture Guild and sponsored by the Eugene Water and Electric Board and Lane Transit District. Eugene Mayor Kitty Piercy will introduce Heinberg.
– Eva Sylwester