{"id":64397,"key":"Energy_descent","title":"Energy descent","latest":{"id":1223948,"timestamp":"2026-01-08T23:45:34Z"},"content_model":"wikitext","license":{"url":"https://www.appropedia.org/Appropedia:Copyrights","title":"CC-BY-SA-4.0"},"source":"The term '''Energy descent''' refers to descent from [[peak oil]]. See for example [http://transitionculture.org/?p=318]. '''Oil descent''' might be a more precise term. Precisely what will happen during the inevitable decrease in oil production depends on whether or not effective methods of capturing [[solar energy]] are developed. The global economy, and the modern 'way of life', is built upon affordable, abundant conventional oil.\n\n== Links ==\n\n[http://www.transitionnetwork.org/blogs/rob-hopkins Transition Culture] Permaculture teacher Rob Hopkins' research on Energy Descent Action Planning: useful Web site\n\n[http://www.peakoil.net/ ASPO] The Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas, founded by Colin Campbell: a network of scientists studying the decline of oil and gas production. The site is good for news, but hard to navigate. [http://www.aspoitalia.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=46 APSO holds annual conferences].\n\n[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267748678_Some_behavioral_aspects_of_energy_descent_How_a_biophysical_psychology_might_help_people_transition_through_the_lean_times_ahead De Young, R. (2014). Some behavioral aspects of energy descent: How a biophysical psychology might help people transition through the lean times ahead. ''Frontiers in Psychology'', 5, 1255.]\n\n{{Page data\n| license = CC-BY-SA-3.0\n| keywords = Energy transition, Energy\n| ported-from = http://permaculture.wikia.com/wiki/Energy_descent\n| description = Energy descent describes the shift after peak oil. Appropedia explains its impact on society’s path toward sustainability.\n}}\n\n[[Category:Energy]]"}