Contentious debates about "peak oil" aside, imagining how the world looks post oil is increasingly easy as alternatives to fossil fuel develop rapidly.
World Energy Supply (Global Education Project)
US Energy Information Administration
‘Energy Myths and Realities’ (Amazon)
‘Power Trip’ (Amazon)
13 Best Energy Ideas (YES Magazine)
7 Cutting-Edge Energy Ideas (Gigaom.com)
Analysis of Obama energy speech (PBS Newshour)
Clean energy companies have made money for some investors, but that doesn't mean they're successful businesses. Clean energy – or clean tech – will create winners eventually, but maybe not in the United States.
An engineer says microloans and cooking oil can make over a fleet of old jeepney buses, and a city in the Philippines is ready to jump on board.
A petite entrepreneur wants to bring hydropower to the 90 million Indonesians without electricity.
Scientists compress the oil-forming process with a deep water bacteria to create electrofuel, a possible post oil era alternative.
"Green Hawks" at Pentagon see energy security in biofuel alternatives for a post-oil world.
More than a dozen new plug-in electric car models will hit the market by 2012, offering drivers a true post oil experience.
Pulitzer Prize-winner Daniel Yergin demonstrates how the global quest for energy will reshape our world.
The Monitor asked two energy experts to share their lists of the best books on the future of energy.
Author Amanda Little talks about America's energy addiction and how it can be cured.
Gallery: World's biggest energy hogs
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Imagining worlds without oil sounds like the easy work of daydreams. But the future is a complicated place, even when we're making it up. Fantasy worlds have rules, and the best fans know them. Do you?
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