Thinking about peak oil – Jan 10
TOD Review: The Upside of Down
Review: Post-Petroleum Survival Guide & Cookbook
Heinberg’s synthesis deserves an Oscar
10 steps for a transition town initiative
Photographer documents peak oil
Society
Yes, but…
Perhaps the most crucial argument to the peak oil debate–that there is a huge difference between how much of a resource is theoretically available on planet Earth and how rapidly we can extract it–is too difficult to explain the way we have been explaining it. Perhaps we need some new approaches for explaining this and other aspects of peak oil.
Misplacing the apocalypse
The foundation of the “doomer” perspective is implicitly theological – and as such is open to theological critique.
Predicting global health trends: why peak oil matters
We need to know how vulnerable our current medical systems are to oil scarcity and what we can do to reduce that vulnerability… To achieve those aims, we need a “Hirsch Report” for both public health and acute (hospital) care.
Urban & housing – Jan 3
Interview with “Subdivided” filmmaker
Revenge of the small
Chicago architects envision the future city
Parin Shah on urban environmental accords
A response to the President’s order for us to “go shopping”
Regarding whether I am more or less optimistic over this past year over the local and global response to peak oil, my response is what President Bush just said in his recent speech… “We are not winning, but we are not losing”.
Solutions & sustainability – Dec 24
Holiday-induced thoughts about peak oil
How to have a green Christmas
Community size in a post-fossil-fuel age
Skilling up for Powerdown – course notes
Global warming-era parenthood
Henry Miller quote
China, Africa, and the struggle for oil – Dec 24
The coming fight for oil
African perspectives on China in Africa
Resource warfare intensifies across “Grand Chessboard” and Horn of Africa
Housing & urban design – Dec 24
Rail-Volution: Building livable communities with transit
The collective costs of suburban sprawl
“It’s a Wonderful Life” – not so wonderful
The way we will live: houses of the future
Rail – Dec 24
Rail boom hits environmental, NIMBY snags
North Coast Railroad Authority
Rail-Volution
“Happy Relocalisers”, Doomers, Wheelwrights and the concept of Resilience
A key concept in the whole responses-to-peak-oil debate of whether one might prioritise individual survival over communal survival, or vice versa, may well be one found in the study of ecology, that of resilience.
Iran & Mideast oil – Dec 22
UN poised to pass Iran sanctions despite threat
U.S. plans naval buildup in Gulf to counter Iran
Finally, wisdom in Washington on our oil future
