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Larry Hughes PhD Our safety is at risk when governments fail to respond effectively to changing heat supplies and prices, according to Larry Hughes, the lead author of two new reports released today by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in Nova Scotia.
Tonight I’m going to assume that you all know the basics of peak oil and climate change, and move past the debate about whether they are real, move past the more apocalyptic and fearful ideas, and think about what kind of futures we might realistically see. [also YouTubes of talk]
A relocalized world would probably mean a more complicated existence. Instead of having others simply take care of these things for us, we would have to become much more actively involved.
Population growth lies at the core of all questions of “sustainability”. It is growth of the human population and the increasing resources that it requires that drives the destruction of habitats, the increasing levels of pollution (especially CO2), and the accelerating depletion of finite resources. It is impossible to stop exacerbating these problems if we do not stop population growth.
Jim Kingsdale: When will the oil price pop?
The role of peak fossil fuels in climate change scenarios
Peak oil, peak coal and a peek at the future
How $30,000 can be more than $300,000
Hanging On, or how to get through a depression and enjoy life
For many homeless students, schools substitute for homes
The upside of moving back into your parents’ basement
Aleklett: Jorma Ollila, Chairman of the Royal Dutch Shell
Newspaper interview with Jorma Ollila – peak oil and supplies
AAPG president Scott Tinker and peak oil
Chevron seeks new Mid-East reserves – unlocking billions of barrels?
World Bank says global economy will shrink in ’09
Subprime Europe
Wall Street on the tundra (outstanding article on Iceland craziness)
The New Depression
Thomas L. Friedman questions growth
This is not youthful rebellion. We see the catastrophe ahead
Tom Hayden: Rage is good
Can natural gas break our oil habit?
Anatomy of a natural gas price spike
CNQ needs higher gas prices to drill
The coming liquid fuels crisis: the natural gas (partial) solution
Natural Gas Vehicles—how much can they reduce oil imports?
The future of the green blogosphere
Ithaca College program relishes change in media
San Francisco historians condemn 1906 Earthquake deniers
Kurgmann: The big dither
Will Keynesianism be enough to halt the investment decline?
Roubini says recession may continue until end of 2010
How should Venezuela face the coming recession?
