Transport – July 30
Riders flock to T in record numbers
Oil shock: China’s cars, accelerating a global demand for fuel
Pedal power challenges car culture as cyclists seize Los Angeles freeways
Riders flock to T in record numbers
Oil shock: China’s cars, accelerating a global demand for fuel
Pedal power challenges car culture as cyclists seize Los Angeles freeways
Housing crisis hits exurbs hard
Freeways give way to boulevards — slowly
New houses are universally horrible, and eco-houses are the most horrible of the lot
Amish also feel strain of high fuel costs
Schools look to save money with four-day week
Will clotheslines turn dryers into relics?
Ok, I’m going to try and work some more on the list of necessary skills. So five more entries on this subject – and more coming. Last time was the absolute minimum – but I’m still working on a list of everything you might ever need to know.
“The challenge we face at this moment is pretty simple. We just need to completely transform our economy, our technology, our system of agriculture, our food system and the governance systems that go with it, and we needed to have done this all 10 years ago! It’s easy.. ” (laughs).
On July 17th, 2008, Vice President Al Gore challenged the nation to produce 100% of its electricity from renewable sources within 10 years. Post Carbon Institute has responded to Gore’s challenge by putting forward a new plan: “10 Steps in 10 Years for 100 Percent Renewable Power.” The plan shows how we can make Gore’s vision a reality, with a keen understanding of the roles that energy depletion, the vulnerabilities of the supply chain, and the limits of technology all play.
Like my title? Never let it be said I’m not ambitious.
A student in my class asked me for a list of skills we need to get ready for peak oil, prioritized. I admit, it took me about a day after she asked to stop thinking “Holy Crap, how do I figure that all out!” But it is an interesting question. And while it isn’t all just about food preservation, I thought I’d take a shot at it. I will, of course, be relying on my fearless readership to point out gaps in my thinking.
Alex Steffen: Al Gore, clean energy and a better nation
UK needs ‘Green New Deal’ to tackle ‘triple crunch’
Building a greener Britain, home by home
Sharon Astyk and Aaron Newton: Peak energy and what that means for food
MIT’s guru of low-tech engineering fixes the world on $2 a day
7 rules of design From MIT’s guru of low-tech engineering
Short week for state workers proposed
As gas prices rise, police turn to foot patrols
Food rise has Bolivia’s coca farmers planting rice instead of cocaine
The promise and perils of agricultural trade liberalization: Lessons from the Americas
Africa’s last and least – cultural expectations ensure women are hit hardest by burgeoning food crisis
We recently reached the 2 year anniversary of peakoilblues.com. To mark this milestone I invited back our earliest contributors to give us an update of how their lives have changed since they first wrote us two years ago.
Imagine what comes after green
Oil shock
The Apocalypse makes us dumb
Monthly Review: The political economy and ecology of biofuels