Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Those who write about the future from the perspective of peak oil fall along a spectrum ranging from life-as-we-know-it with hydrogen cars to most-have-died-off from oil wars, famine, and disease with the remainder living in scattered tribes on subsistence agriculture.
Imagine community life in a Peak Oil world. Are ecovillages, sustainable communities, and organized eco-neighborhoods prepared?
Friedman: the first law of petropolitics /
America’s geopolitical mightmare & Eurasian strategic energy arrangements / Oil a sticky issue for next Mexico president /
Bolivia’s populism steps on Brazil / Cuba seeks oil near Keys / Saudi Arabia, a kingdom divided / Kossacks push an energy platform for Democrats
Fritjof Capra is one of the foremost green thinkers, especially in the field of ecology and systems thinking. He speaks with Rob Hopkins about relocalisation, community building, globalisation and technological solutions.
Rod Dreher’s political hybrid: the all-natural, whole-grain conservative /
UK: ‘Clear lead needed’ on green life /
Zero emissions, village-style car-free neighbourhoods – in China /
Derrick Jensen: Beyond hope /
Ex-mayor of LA:
Leave the gas at the pump and pedal away
Congressmen Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) and Tom Udall (D-NM) urged immediate action to reduce America’s dependence upon oil and address climate change while endorsing an upcoming conference sponsored by the University of Maryland, Sustainable Energy Forum 2006: Peak Oil and the Environment.”
Petrocollapse conference in Washington DC May 6 / Forum on energy future at UC Davis May 16 /
ExxonMobil CEO: Oil won’t run out in our lifetimes /
TOD: OPEC declines and the world plateau /
US, Saudi energy officials on PO /
Tough times ahead for energy (good Simmons interview)
Adapting a popular inspirational message for the post-carbon era.
Rob Hopkins on Peak Oil’s implications for the continuing real estate boom in England for continental holiday houses… problematic.
I wish to briefly discuss and integrate:
1. The Precautionary Principle (PP) in public health
2. Peak oil as a multi-faceted public health threat
3. Why public health has not paid appropriate attention to peak oil. (Seminar at The Ohio State University School of Public Health)
I left [the talk] convinced that, if I would only drop my car keys in the toilet and flush, a revolution would sweep the globe.
Anger rises in oil-rich Chad as funds don’t aid the poor /
Bolivia gas now under state control /
Venezuela buys Russian oil to avoid defaulting on deals /
Oil-rich exclave of Cabinda rich in oil – conflict /
High oil prices hit Thailand hard /
Oil-industry graft keeps Iraq unsteady, U.S. says
