Peak+Oil+Planning


 * What are we talking about? **



Peak Oil. Peak oil is a theory where we will eventually use up our oil resources one day. Some people think that we will never ever each peak oil one day, but we must bear in mind that oil is a finite resource. At the scale that we are using it today, it is possible that we might use up all of it one day. The post peak oil world is quite difficult to imagine as our lives today revolves around oil. Our lives are in fact, fueled by oil. Transportation, food, clothes, electricity, roads- everything that we use requires oil. Imagine a future without oil, now what fuels our cars? How will we get electricity? How will we get food? The future looks quite bleak without oil. But fret not. We also found out more about different resources that we can use. For example, USA uses biofuel to fuel cars. Now, owing to the advancement of technologies, we have hybrid cars which runs on electricity. Acknowledging the impact of plastic bags on our environment (and that petroleum is used to mass-produce plastic bags), we cut down use on plastic bags and use reusable bags instead. Or we can use oil sparingly from now on, so the impacts of a post-peak oil world can come slowly and we can adjust accordingly.


 * Brief Research Findings **

__Political + Economical + Social__

e.g Iraq, Afghanistan || Transition towns- sustainable agriculture. || - countries may invade each other to gain oil supplies which may lead to a full scale, worldwide war. || Bicycles and walking will be the mode of transport until new biofuels/ electric cars are used instead. ||
 * Personal || National || Global || Future ||
 * Increased cost of living. || Propaganda created mislead civilians/ Political instability || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Invasions
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Unemployment rate rises dramatically. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Anarchy/Riots || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">World War III?
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Doubt the government || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Petronas in debt due to no oil- bankruptcy? || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Human rights abuse. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Increased cost of transportation. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Countries unwilling to divulge information regarding oil reserves. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">High demand, low supply || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Countries spend more money to invest in renewable sources. This was seen in the 1973 oil crisis when OPEC countries decided to call an embargo on exporting oil. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Riots and civil unrest which may lead to civil wars || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Governments overthrown. -Anarchy || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Half of electronics will be reduced. To generate electricity from conventional power plants, fuel is burnt to produce electricity. Peak oil= no fuel= no electricity ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The switch from an oil-dependant country to a country which works also on alternative sources. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Health care would deteriorate. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Half of food production will be reduced. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No more oil subsidies if price of oil increase, or else it’ll remain the same || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Education will be seized- close down of schools. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">50%of jobs will disappear. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Governments would not emphasis on its people’s living conditions, which results in the deterioration in the quality of life. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">International trading/ links would halt = no access to the outside world. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instead of fuel, other renewable energy such as solar energy, wind energy, hydroelectric energy will be used instead. ||
 * || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Palm oil as alternative fuel- leads to possible environmental issues || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Food supplies go down- severe food shortages- worldwide famine. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Biofuels derived from corn (USA), and sugar (Brazil) can be used instead. But this will lessen our food source drastically. ||

=<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">How did we decide on our project outcome? = <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Our focus on our project outcome is centred on political, social and economical; we think it's suitable to integrate them together because they are related one way or another. At first, we decided to produce a documentary- literally, a long documentary- with lots of facts and figures, but after much deliberation that might not be interesting and viable. After all, nobody wants to watch a dull and boring 15-minute video with a solemn pace and tone. So, we came up with the idea of a mockumentary/spoof, inspired by Nigahiga, which is more appealing to our audience: school students.



<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">While we’re able to enhance our video by adding in elements of comedy, we are careful not to compromise any of the relevant information that we are trying to convey. At the end of the day, it still boils down to whether our audience actually benefited and absorbed knowledge from our video- thus we avoid straying off topic and being too focused in making the video funny. We always make sure that all the information we’ve gathered from our intense research can be channeled through our mockumentary, while keeping it engaging at the same time.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Using a Gantt Chart to schedule our mock project and decide on the deadline: **




 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #cc0000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 18.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What is it? **

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A gantt chart is a horizontal bar chart that stretches over a timeline to show scheduled and completed work. It is a very useful tool in work that involves groups because it is a visual display of tasks that have to be completed over a specific period of time. The visual representation of the duration, that can be set, and the order of tasks allows us to see clearly what work needs to be done first and the time scale that is allocated.