What is Peak oil?
"The term Peak Oil refers to the maximum rate of the production of oil in any area under consideration, recognising that it is a finite natural resource, subject to depletion."
--Colin Campbell
The link between oil and xenophobia
Publication date:
2008-06-25
First published in:
Cape Argus
Abstract:
What have oil and xenophobia got to do with each other? What is the link between the finiteness of oil and South Africans driving Zimbabweans living in South Africa out of their homes?
Much of what we are witnessing in real time on our television screens and in our newspapers seems unconnected and yet when we dig into it, we find that events taking place in one part of the world can lead to profound changes in other parts....
Published in: Cape Argus 25 June 2008
Available from: Cape Argus Online
