Solstice 2100: Q&A
Further explorations in the post-peak scenario presented last week in “Solstice 2100,” the second of three snapshots of life in deindustrial America.
The 12 Step Programme for Breaking Oil Dependency – a useful tool for powerdown groups
“My 12 step programme for reducing my oil dependency. In order to make my life less reliant on the unreliable, I pledge to myself to strive towards the following 12 goals over the next 6 months…”
Soil food web – opening the lid of the black box
As fossil fuels become more expensive, so will chemical agriculture. The emerging science of soil ecology shows ways that food can be grown with less energy and pollution.
National energy policies – Dec 6
Canada: To sow the oil, or give it away?
Australia’s energy future more costly
Russian spending spree is fueled by oil and gas
Venezuela minister on the effect of Chavez’s re-election on energy policy
Chavez wants to build longest gas pipeline in the world
Peak oil – Dec 6
Michael Klare: the post-abundance era
ASPO Newsletters for Nov and Dec
Mystery Cassandra
Renewable resources: investment hedge against peak oil
Affluenza – Dec 6
Affluenza, Prozac and Pavlov’s dog
Conspicuous consumption comes out of the closet
Asian affluence: going, going, going up
The rich vs. the filthy rich
Dare to consume less
Dropping out – Dec 6
My back to the land fantasy (And why it feels more real every day)
Ran Prieur: How to drop out
Village blog: Dropping out (added 7/12)
The origins of peak oil doomerism
My point is not that Peak Oil doomerism is wrong. We face enormous crises and we have the tools to end civilization. But remember, as you feel yourself drawn to the apocalyptic story, that it is the natural place to go in uncertain and dangerous times. We are culturally programmed to do it.
Biofuels – Dec 5
A Grist special series on biofuels
Algae: Companies convert CO2 to auto fuel
Expert: Careful on biofuel subsidies
Council of Foreign Relations report: “National security consequences of oil dependency”
With little media fanfare, a heavyweight think tank has released a major report on energy security which paints a more urgent picture than most research coming out of Washington.
Jeff Vail’s “A Theory of Power”
Rhizome-based structures need to replace hierarchical ones, Vail argues, in all areas of our society — social, political, economic, educational etc. to entrench the power and sustainability of self-sufficient communities and render them invulnerable to re-expropriation of that power by hierarchies.
Post-peak pessimism: Looking for new tools
Rob Hopkins of Transition Culture recently asked, could pervasive peak oil pessimism be the result of men realizing we are ill-equipped to handle what is coming? The answer is yes. We need new skills and new tools.
