Activism Archives

Some Thoughts on “Peak Oil” as a “Disinformation Campaign”

December 15, 2020April 28, 2005 by Steven Lagavulin

If [peak oil] appears to have suddenly “burst” onto the scene it’s due to two principle factors: 1) the “tipping point” is only now fast being realized, and 2) the rise of the internet has given the public a comprehensive, responsive and uncensored media forum in which to recognize it….the case for Peak Oil has been slowly pieced together by a kind of open committee of researchers–some admittedly dubious or ill-informed, but many quite well-informed and highly regarded.

The Politics of Peak Oil and Fascism

December 15, 2020April 27, 2005 by Roland Watson

At the recent “Peak Oil UK” conference in Edinburgh, Scotland, one attendee stood out from the usual peak oil crowd: Nick Griffin, chairman of the far-right British National Party.

Richard Heinberg on megaprojects update

December 15, 2020April 26, 2005 by Richard Heinberg

Can the world’s new oil projects match demand? Richard Heinberg comments on Skrebowski’s latest Oilfields Megaprojects Report and its implications for local and global security (or lack of it) and discusses the need for relocalization.

Forum for UK “Peak Oil” Awareness & Discussion Launched

December 15, 2020April 20, 2005 by PowerSwitch UK Press Release

UK oil depletion awareness organisation PowerSwitch.org.uk officially launches free forum for people concerned about the imminent peak in global oil production and the consequences for the UK to meet, talk and work locally to raise awareness.

Friedman Fighter

December 15, 2020April 19, 2005 by Amanda Griscom Little

Interview with New York Times columnist and “geo-green” advocate Thomas Friedman

An uphill bike ride ahead for green party

December 15, 2020April 18, 2005 by Jonathan Milne

The New Zealand Green Party in anticipation on an election this year, is beginning to prepare by advertising on billboards throughout the country about Peak Oil.

Hawks, hippies and the holy unite to turn America green

December 15, 2020April 14, 2005 by Andrew Sullivan

Between them, the Christian and neocon right, the enviro-left, and the mullahs of the Middle East may finally achieve what a young Thatcherite once dreamt of. The geo-neocon-green movement may have arrived. Just in time.

Natural Gas and the future of Arab Cooperation

December 15, 2020April 8, 2005 by Emirates News Agency (WAM)

Report from a regional thinktank, concluding that exporting natural gas is not the best strategic option for the Arab World.

The Great Phase Transition: The Post-oil Era

December 15, 2020April 2, 2005 by Jorge Figueiredo

Jorge Figueiredo argues that Peak Oil will exacerbate a crisis in capitalism, and the as yet unwritten result could either be fascistic or ‘revolutionary’.

Going Geo-Green

December 15, 2020March 31, 2005 by Kelpie Wilson

So where are the Democratic voices linking energy conservation and national security? With awareness of Peak Oil rising along with prices at the pump, it’s time for Democrats to make it clear they are leading the charge for the geo-green strategy.

Energy insanity

December 15, 2020March 29, 2005 by Molly Ivins

Just when you thought it was impossible, Cheney energy schemes get even worse

Activists and hipsters without territory or a plan

December 15, 2020March 28, 2005 by Jan Lundberg

There exists today almost no social movement of a kind that leads human industrial society into a new, safe direction. This may be because (1) the anti-war movement, for example, offers little to the public in terms of a vision of sustainable living, and (2) the likely participants and leaders of a vanguard have no territory.