Check the credentials and see if this person is qualified.

There are a lot of crackpots trying to pass themselves off as global warming and peak oil experts, and when they combine the two it is usually a crackpot that does that.

I did a search to see if we wrote anything else, or if he had a degree. All I could find was that he is an investigative journalist, and does not list any science degrees.

It seems like his book plays on the peak oil and global warming fears in order to sell more copies. I cannot find any peer reviews of his research or even if he followed the scientific method.

I cannot verify this person's credentials or even prove that he used science in any way or even holds a degree.