Richard Heinberg, author of Powerdown, makes plain the dire situation we’re in as declining oil supplies fail to meet demand. He notes there are no easy “supply side” solutions (like substitute fuels): we must reduce demand, initially through conservation and efficiency. Julian Darley, president of Post Carbon Institute observes that while personal action is very important, individuals can only do so much. A deeper response must come at the municipal level — to change infrastructures on how we heat, transport, and power our society. Sharing, he notes, can bring enormous energy reductions almost immediately: after all, two people rather than one in a car cuts energy use per person in half. Bottom line: Americans love rising to a challenge. And this IS a challenge! (www.postcarbon.org, www.richardheinberg.com) Produced September 27, 2008. Episode 129.
Peak Moment 129: Meeting the Energy Challenge
By Janaia Donaldson, originally published by Peak Moment Television
January 29, 2009
Janaia Donaldson
Janaia Donaldson is the host and producer of Peak Moment TV conversations showcasing grass roots entrepreneurs pioneering locally reliant, resilient communities during these challenging times of energy and resource decline, ecological limits, and economic turbulence. We tour North America in our mobile studio, taping on location. Peak Moment Conversations are online at www.peakmoment.tv/ conversations. Produced bi-weekly, there are over 200 half hour programs as of 2012.
Tags: Building Community, Consumption & Demand, Culture & Behavior, Fossil Fuels, Oil
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