Peak Oil Tasmania aims to help Tasmanians understand the issue of Peak Oil and to show that, with optimism, creativity and decisive action, we can not only overcome this challenge but create a healthier, more sustainable society at the same time.

Simply put, Peak Oil is the point in history when maximum oil production is reached – beyond that point, less and less oil is produced as the major oil reserves run down, leaving a growing gap between supply and demand. A supply gap like this inevitably results in sharply increasing prices..