(Video) Megan Quinn: Peak Oil as opportunity
This is a short video interview of Megan Quinn, Outreach Director of The Community Solution. (Quicktime – 4MB)
Lessons for California and the U.S. from movie “How Cuba survived Peak Oil”
After seeing the film The Power of Community: How Cuba survived Peak Oil at a San Francisco Oil Awareness meeting in May, I thought about how those lessons might apply to California Agriculture. California grows about one-third of the U.S. food supply.
Solutions & sustainability – Jun 8
Dr. Sustainability /
Steve Case Leads the Charge to Popularize Alternative (Green) Products /
The People of the New Society /
Learning to Localize /
Revolution! Britain embraces the bicycle /
Woodworking in Amish country
Columbia, the gem of the oil patch
Andrew Carnegie profited handsomely from the Pennsylvania oil boom. It was, in many respects, the oil boom of Titusville that gave Carnegie his first real fortune, which he then leveraged into even greater wealth. (The Saga of Oil)
What can we learn from the oil field size distribution?
Applying the Parabolic Fractal Law to the UK field-by-field data set, we find that bringing smaller oilfields online will not make a significant difference in the amount of oil that will ultimately be pumped from the ground.
The peak oil crisis: one year in review
As the world oil situation is rather quiet at the minute, it’s a good time for a review.
Greenspan testifies on oil dependence and economic risk
Now that Greenspan is retired he seems to be prepared to voice some hard truths. After watching the video of his testimony, I felt he was trying to give a strong warning about an increasingly unpleasant future. (Video and partial transcript)
Biofuels and agriculture – Jun 8
Ethanol: “laundering fossil fuels” (Audio) /
Thermodynamics of the corn-ethanol biofuel cycle (Audio) /
Pimental on organic agriculture (Audio) /
The Dirty Truth About Green Fuel
Gender, peak oil and culture: part 2
Differences are important. We ignore dealing with gender and cultural issues at the risk of excluding diverse voices. Instead, we should welcome and seek to enhance their power, thus strengthening Peak Oil work.
Total sees peak oil output around 2020
France’s Total estimates global oil production will peak around 2020 if output growth continues at current levels and has advised governments to cool demand to avoid a supply crunch, its chief executive said.
Other Energy – Jun 8
Airline association predicts $3bn loss for global industry /
Debate Over Wind Power Creates Environmental Rift /
Survey: Americans Leery Of New Refineries, Nuclear Plants /
For freedom from Big Oil, California looks to Denmark /
Campaign to ‘Kick the Oil Habit’
Is Our Collective Oil Dependence an Addiction? Your Thoughts Pleaseā¦
What we can learn from innovative approaches to addiction that might prove to be useful tools for weaning communities off oil?
