Chris Nelder's Profit from the Peak
Posted by Prof. Goose on June 1, 2008 - 9:45am
Topic: Supply/Production
Tags: chris nelder, profit from the peak [list all tags]
We have been terribly remiss here at The Oil Drum in letting you know about Chris Nelder's book Profit from the Peak: The End of Oil and the Greatest Investment Event of the Century. It features wonderful analysis and a well-written guide on ways to muddle through the investing side of the energy crisis we face--and a good number of the analyses cite research done here by The Oil Drum staff. We were hoping to get a review up on it, but it just hasn't happened. I am only 1/4 of the way through it, and I will attest that I have learned something from it. Give it a look, it is doing quite well on Amazon. (And my congratulations--well done sir!--and my sincere apologies for not getting this out sooner.) Under the fold, I include the book's "blurbs" from Charlie Hall, TOD's own Rembrandt Koppelaar, Julian Darley, and Kevin Kerr.
Also Chris will have another book (with Jeff Siegel) coming out soon, Investing in Renewable Energy: Making Money on Green Chip Stocks, but it doesn't come out until October.
"This book is a clearly written, succinct, and well-referenced summary of information about, and related to, what I believe will be the most important issue to strike Western civilization ever: the end of cheap oil. It is clear to me that how we make investments over the next few decades will determine whether we can survive the end of cheap oil and in what fashion. While I am not nearly as optimistic as the authors that there is a supply-side solution to the issues we will face 'post-peak oil,' they certainly have lots of good ideas as to where we might invest in alternatives. This book is a must-have on the shelf of any savvy investor as we face the second half of the age of oil."
-Charles Hall, ESF Foundation Distinguished Professor, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, State University of New York
"Profit from the Peak will help you develop and maintain financial security as the price of oil soars and our globalized economy gets into trouble. Hicks and Nelder show how you and your community can tackle the long transition of relocalization. Learn about the power of locally generated energy-and benefit from their practical guide to investing in the most efficientand attractive of today's post-petroleum alternatives."
-Julian Darley, founder of the Post Carbon Institute and author of High Noon for Natural Gas
"Brian and Chris deliver the painful yet potentially profitable truth about peak oil. Not theory anymore, but reality. This book is a must if you want a clear path to profits in the age of peak oil."
-Kevin Kerr, Editor of Dow Jones Global Resources Trader and President of Kerr Trading International
"Profit from the Peak shows not only why investment in alternative energy sources is about to skyrocket, but more importantly, where investment is going to pay off the most, by concisely describing the huge variety of upcoming energy sources and their relevant companies."
-Rembrandt Koppelaar, oil analyst, President of ASPO Netherlands




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