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May 13, 2013
by Philip Ackerman-Leist, Post Carbon Institute
Data sometimes hurts, especially when it hits home. Just when it seemed like we could blame the farmer, the processor, and the distributor for our food energy woes, lo and behold, our constant culinary vacillations between hot and cold have conspired to put the American kitchen in the crosshairs …
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Mar 6, 2013
by Atlee McFellin, Shareable.net
Even Forbes is jumping on the bandwagon of the “sharing economy” with a recent article on AirBnB. This closely follows Van Jones’s CNN article about the “sharing economy,” but the push to transform our broken economy isn’t just about sharing, though; it …
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Feb 6, 2013
by Brian McConnell, The Joule Standard
We live in a vast mechanized economy, where machines do 90-99% of the mechanical work needed to create and deliver products and services, even food. These machines are paid in energy, and have no notion of human currency. This article explores the idea of metabolic (energy backed) currency, how …
Energy |
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Jan 27, 2013
by Kurt Cobb, Resource Insights
It is hard to imagine a more unlikely vehicle for advancing energy literacy than a finely crafted large format picture book. Energy, after all, is invisible. We see its effects, but never the thing itself. And yet, Energy: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth succeeds and succeeds …
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Jan 8, 2013
by Atlee McFellin, The Symcenter blog
Here is a short overview and strategic assessment of the green economy movement, including its organizational makeup. It concludes with recommendations for transitioning from a double bottom line movement to a triple bottom line one: being more inclusive of historically marginalized …
Environment |
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Dec 14, 2012
by Lindsay Curren, Transition Voice
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. With that in mind, the 195 color, mostly full page — often double page — photographs in the Post Carbon Institute’s latest book, ENERGY: Overdevelopment and the Delusion of Endless Growth, speaks volumes beyond its gigantic sized …
Energy |
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Nov 19, 2012
by Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly update, including:
•Oil and the global economy
•The Middle East
•The IEA's forecast
•Quote of the week
•Briefs
Energy |
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Nov 19, 2012
by Ugo Bardi, Cassandra's legacy
Every time that I find myself discussing “cold fusion,” I need to explain why I think there exists a "good" science and a "bad" science; the latter sometimes defined also as “pseudo-science” or “pathological science.”. It is a point which …
Energy |
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Nov 15, 2012
by Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A midweek update.
Energy |
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Nov 12, 2012
by Tom Whipple, ASPO-USA
A weekly update, including:
-Oil and the Global Economy
-The Middle East
-The Superstorm’s Aftermath
-Europe
-Quote of the Week
-The Briefs
