world+without+oil

Imagining the World Without Oil.
In this exercise, we'll be examining our lifestyles in a effort to understand how dependent we are on petroleum products and what it would be like if they went away.

Stage 1: Begin by watching the short video from the World Without Oil called Oil Spike. Discuss what signs might signal an onset of a petroleum shortage. How would it affect us here in Beijing? Less people driving, Cleaner Air, Cost of Bikes go Up, Public Transit: more expensive, crowded, Markets crash - oil prices spike... How would it affect us? - longer time to get places, less traffic, protests, crime, hoarding, increased fitness, plan trips (fewer, more efficient use of transit), social infastructure : class struggle, difficult to get to school, Household budgets, impact on travel, some families would be sent back or go out of business, etc. Tourism.

Stage 2: Examine how important petroleum products are to your life. Begin by documenting the things you use that directly contain petroleum. Use this [|list] & [|list] to help you. Then, move on to consider things that would be affected indirectly if petroleum were no longer available.

Stage 3: Think about how your life would change, not just from the lack of "stuff". What "pre-peak" skills would become endangered in a "post-peak" environment? What new "post-peak" skills would emerge? What "post-peak" skills do you have?

Take your thoughts and work from this lesson and create something with it. Short video?, Collage? Writing? It's open... Sites for image mash-ups:[|Animoto], [|Collagr], [|Slideshare] Link it from here. Jack Sun - World Without Oil Jun Ho Kang-World Without Oil Jordan Mech--world without oil Charles Lee - Life Without Oil Karoliina -- World With vs. World Without David Su - World Without Oil Bernice- World Without Oil Mandy- My life without oil Linda Harmaala ~ A World Without Oil Sara Hua -- Our World Without Oil [|LilyAnn Chen - World Without Oil (things we wouldn't have)] Andrea Blackburn- [|Peak Oil.ppt]  Ching Fung - A Reflection/Panic Attack on a World Without Oil Emilie Chien - the World without OIl Angela He and My non-existent future without Oil Benjamin Gu - World without Oil. Is there such a thing? Frankie Yu - World Without Oil Bilal Butt -[|World without oil] Paige Anderson - World Without Oil