Deep thought – March 5
Lessons from the Collapse of the USSR (Orlov video)
British historian Mark Jones on the world crisis
The Free Nature Movement
Nate Hagens – On Credit, Depletion, Energy Nationalization – Radio Interview
Staff
Economics – March 5
Job Losses Show Breadth of Recession
A Depression doesn’t have to be Great
Food-backed Local Money
Archdruid Report: The End of Retirement
Coping
Berlin’s Poverty Protects It from Downturn
In a recession, cheap is chic
“We had everything but money,” A Suggested Guidebook for the “Greater Depression”
The national aviation policy: flight path to the future?
Submissions to the Australian Government’s National Aviation Policy (NAP) Green paper have just closed. Unfortunately, but not surprisingly, there is no mention of peak oil nor its impacts in the Green Paper.
Peak Oil Notes – March 5
A mid-week update, including:
-Prices and production
No, we can’t?
What is the biggest impediment in 2009 to mitigating the harmful effects of energy problems in the 21st century? The answer may surprise you—it is insolvent zombie banks and our entrenched FIRE economy (Finance, Insurance, Real Estate).
Surviving two billion cars: China must lead the way
The number of vehicles worldwide is expected to reach two billion in the next two decades. Surprisingly, China – where the demand for cars has been skyrocketing – just may offer the best hope of creating a new, greener transportation model.
The coming liquid fuels crisis: the natural gas (partial) solution
Recently, Dr. Robert Hirsch wrote an article titled “Peak oil – what do we do now?”. This brief but content-laden article opined that Peak Oil was essentially past tense, and it correctly implied that little mitigation has taken place, to date…but notably missing was any mention of natural gas.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Oil in the Great Recession
It appears there are least two possible scenarios that could play out in the months ahead. Either demand holds up to a level at which OPEC can control the situation and we have higher prices, or the Great Recession causes demand for oil to simply melt due to lack of economic activity and declining incomes.
Food & agriculture – March 4
Who needs a garden?
California: A tiny town in the Central Valley prepares for ‘Armageddon’
Kitchen Gardener International
Solutions & sustainability – March 4
Spring 2009 issue of Yes! Magazine
Backed by Green Party, Reverend Billy Runs for Mayor
“Going Green” starts here: One student’s quest for sustainable living
Seussian Paradigm Shift
I was thinking of Seuss this morning, because my children are anxious to celebrate his birthday (his 105th), but also because it strikes me that the world-turned-upside-down qualities of our present situation are in some ways Seussian.
