Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
Staff June ASPO newsletter available /
New book: Eating Fossil Fuels by Dale Allen Pfeiffer /
Mother Earth News: Declare energy independence /
Kunstler in Canada /
(Audio) Roger Blanchard on the Future of Global Oil Production /
Oil Geologist: Peak Oil is here /
Special Screenings of OilCrash documentary in Newport, NY and LA
UK business chiefs press for tougher curbs on greenhouse gases /
Climate change could crush wheat yields /
UK utilities warn climate change to threaten power investment /
Lloyd’s tells members climate change could destroy insurers /
Global warming could be ‘major economic opportunity’
WSJ: Tradeable Gasoline Rights /
Discouraging Energy Use (gasoline tax) /
Friedman: Hooking us won’t solve gas crisis /
Carbon Taxes Are Good For You /
Proposal: Replace the Payroll Tax with an Energy Tax
South Africa’s bright future will have to be candle-lit /
Dutch giants told gas has run out /
Energy appetite remains hearty /
Greenspan: Oil prices starting to hurt economy /
U.S. survey shows support for renewables over nuclear /
Oil exploration, production spending rising-report
An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.
An Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP) is a local plan for dealing with Peak Oil. It goes well beyond issues of energy supply, to look at across-the-board creative adaptations in the realms of health, education, economy and much more. An EDAP is a way to think ahead, to plan in an integrated, multidisciplinary way, to provide direction to local government, decision makers, groups and individuals with an interest in making the place they live into a vibrant and viable community in a post-carbon era.
This is a short video interview of Megan Quinn, Outreach Director of The Community Solution. (Quicktime – 4MB)
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.
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
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)
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.
As the world oil situation is rather quiet at the minute, it’s a good time for a review.
