Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Bates’s new book delivers a concise summary of the problems of peak oil and climate change followed by chapter after chapter of ideas to prepare yourself and your family to live more self-sufficiently… I have not yet tried his recipe for grasshopper quesadillas.
The awareness of a future decline in world oil production needs to be incorporated at the local level in public health systems planning. Here in Oregon, Portland’s Peak Oil Task Force is the first in the nation to identify likely impacts from Peak Oil.
Responses from Robert Rapier, Andrew Leonard (Salon), Lou Grinzo and James Kunstler.
Peak oil: Why smart folks disagree (#2)
Bakhtiari: End of peak oil’s modeling phase
Review of Crude by Sonia Shah
Squatter communities as model intentional communities
Ten things wrong with sprawl
Bright green buildings & dark green buildings
Reflective scientist sees a red roof and he wants to paint it white
U.S. spies urged to assess global warming
Supreme court rules against Bush in global warming case
60 Minutes: The age of warming
TIME special on global warming survival
ELP plan: Economize, Localize & Produce
Chicks teach sustainable community
Peak Moment TV highlights localization
WorldChanging is making lists
CSIRO Sustainability Network newsletter
Lovins: US can cut oil imports to zero by 2040
Stories for sustainable future (Orlov on sailboats)
UK’s CO2 emissions reach 10-year high
Understanding and evaluating carbon offsets
Global warming may be bad for asthma sufferers
Poor nations to bear brunt as world warms
Climate report maps out ‘Highway to extinction’
GW could bring hunger, melt Himalayas
Global warming puts 60 nations at risk
Australia faces extreme weather rise
Health woes worldwide
The issue of immigration and border security is already a thorny one, but it will likely become even more confused as oil depletion proceeds in Mexico.
Kos, Obama, Hillary – join StepItUp (April 14)
Hamburg complains!
Complaints Choirs worldwide
Drugs to fix peak oil, climate problems
Major oil deposit found beneath Manhattan
UN Panel says climate skeptics stuck closer to data
The Oil Drum editor actually a high ranking administration official
