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Peak Oil - the notion that the amount of oil the world can produce per day will max out and then enter a state of irreversible decline - is a fascinating subject to explore on the web. Very complex, often frightening and hotly debated, peak oil has spawned some fantastic web pages. If you have a brain, you'll probably want to spend some time thinking about the occurrence and timing of peak oil. These 25 peak oil websites will help you come up to speed and hash it all out:

1. The Oil Drum - Dedicated editors, juicy daily threads with hundreds of comments, data-driven posts and lots of pretty graphs. TODers know why this site is numero uno.
2. Energy Bulletin - Worth a daily stop, Energy Bulletin is a news source and aggregator for all things energy and peak oil.
3. Wikipedia Hubbert Peak page - A wonderful portal into the world of peak oil for the Wikipedia junky.
4. CERA - Cambridge Energy Research Associates claims the world can and will produce enough oil to meet demand through 2030. Detailed analysis will cost you $$$, but press releases offer a peek behind the curtain.
5. PeakOil.com - Forums and message boards devoted to - you guessed it - the peak of world oil production.
6. Life After the Oil Crash - Is civilization really coming to an end soon? Run for the hills! Also, number one in Google for "peak oil".
7. Rigzone - Oil industry exploration and production news.
8. Simmons & Company - Matthew Simmons, author of Twilight in the Desert and an oil industry financier, is also a peak oil believer. His website archives his peak oil presentations, loaded with facts & data about the oil (and natural gas) situation.
9. BP Statistical Review of World Energy - Download BP's amazing Excel spreadsheet loaded with world energy statistics and do your own analysis. India's oil consumption fell 3.5% in 2005? Surprising!
10. Econbrowser - Economists make compelling blog posts about peak oil. Check the righthand side to get straight to the peak oil stuff.
11. Sprott's Peak Oil Watch - Sprott Asset Management believes the peak is real. Can peak oil make you money?
12. Peak Oil Debunked - The name says it all. Although the site hasn't been updated in quite a while, there is a lot of interesting content in the archives.
13. RealClimate - The burning of fossil fuels and the warming of the globe appear to be inextricably linked. Great weather site at the very least.
14. GraphOilology - Owning a real tongue-twister of a name, this blog site features the work of Khebab, a respected practitioner of Hubbert Linearization. Not for the faint of heart.
15. Clusterfuck Nation - James Howard Kunstler rails against easy-motoring American society in posts every Monday. Oil dependency never sounded worse.
16. Ken Deffeyes - Though this page is rarely updated, it's a must-read when it is.
17. Peak Oil: Fact and Fiction - Cool page with lots of great stats you don't find everywhere else.
18. Oil Age Poster - A graphical representation of global oil production over time. Good Secret Santa gift too.
19. Trouble with Ghawar - Read about the Babe Ruth of oil fields.
20. Oilcast - Oilcast is now an archive site; it's still worthy of a visit. Recommended: the PDFs on the lefthand side, especially the Goldman Sachs "Superspike" report and the PEMEX podcast.
21. Hydrocarbons Technology - Find detailed information on current and future oilfield development projects.
22. Global Public Media - Access to interviews, podcasts and other media focused on energy and peak oil.
23. Energy Information Administration - Official energy stats from the US goverment, inlcuding weekly storage reports.
24. From the Wilderness - This site, recently mothballed, serves up years of content about peak oil ... and strong doses of conspiracy theory.
25. Resource Insights - Deep thoughts about deep stuff, including peak oil.