Posting will be lighter than usual the next few days, since I’ll be preparing a short talk for the ASPO-USA conference in Sacramento. I’ll be back Wednesday. In the meantime, Simone from the UK will be at the helm.
Bart Anderson
Bart Anderson lives in a small condominium in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since retiring in 2002, he spends most of his time monitoring and writing about peak oil, climate change and sustainability. As energy issues have grown in prominence, he’s had to cut back on his gardening and work in Master Gardeners, as well as the natural history and outdoor activities that he loves. In his previous lives, he was a technical writer for Hewlett-Packard (computer diagnostics and repair), a high school teacher, and a newspaper reporter/editor. He is active in a nascent Transition Palo Alto.
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