Peak oil notes – Nov 15
A midweek update.
Year: 2012
You can’t say that!
Yes, the most effective way to slow climate change is to shrink the economy.
Deterrence in an Age of Decline
There are times, and this is one of them, when I wonder if somewhere in the last few weeks we all somehow got teleported into an alternate universe where nothing works quite the same way as were used to.
Don’t just divest, re-invest
What we really need is to invest our capital (both financial and sweat) in community-owned, distributed, and small-scale renewable energy. Why? Because we must fundamentally remake the energy economy as if nature, people, and the future actually mattered.
China energy outlook: an inside look at Chinese energy thinking
Globally, only two reports are published on an annual basis wherein the world’s energy situation is fully scrutinized…A number of years ago China decided it needs its own version of the truth.
Commentaries on the IEA WEO 2012 – peak postponed? – Nov 14
•IEA Oil Forecast Unrealistically High; Misses Diminishing Returns •2012 World Energy Outlook: James Hamilton •IEA report reminds us peak oil idea has gone up in flames •US to overtake Saudi Arabia in oil as China’s water runs dry •Did Peak Oil Doomers Fixate On a False Scenario?
Low-Carbon Future?
It’s quite easy to bury your head in the sand but even with our heads fully submerged, our bottoms cannot ignore the fact that over the last five years they have been intermittently frozen, drenched, dried out and/or baked at the most odd and unexpected of times.
Cheer up — things really are as bad as you think
So, it’s up to local communities around the world to save themselves. Three new books will inspire you to join the effort while helping you achieve the calm and cool mind you’ll need to succeed.
Ignorance by consensus
How could such acknowledged experts, well resourced, stuffed with economists and consulted by governments, get things so wrong?
Human bodies for fertilizer?
I thought I had an original idea recently only to find that thousands of others were way ahead of me. I got to thinking about cemeteries and their potential for garden farming while making death a little less abhorrent. That’s when I had this “new” idea that actually is very old but is now a new movement.
Building resilience in Vermont & measuring the right stuff
Noelle MacKay, Liz Schlegel, and Jon Erickson on building resilience in Vermont…
Extrovert haven
From each community I have visited, something wonderful’s stuck in my mind.
