Peak phosphorus
Phosphorus is one of the three major nutrients required for agriculture. Applying Hubbert analysis reveals that production of phosphates probably reached a world peak in 1989.
Culture & Behavior
How vulnerable to oil shocks are we, really?
Many pundits claim that the absence of severe consequences from oil price hikes were due to a growing independence of GDP creation from oil in our more efficient and more service-oriented economies. To what extent this is really true, and at what point will serious consequences set in?
Ethical consumption: consumer driven or political?
“If ethical consumption campaigns are to succeed they need to transform the infrastructures of every day consumption rather than focusing on changing individual consumer behaviour”.
Water – Aug 8
Bottled water: the triumph of marketing finally gets the scrutiny it deserves
Queensland may continue outdoor watering
Cities in the deindustrial future
One of the most common assumptions about the world after peak oil is that cities will become deathtraps and only isolated rural communities have a chance at survival. Does this rarely questioned belief require a hard second look?
Escape From Suburbia: beyond the American dream
A review of the new Peak Oil documentary and an interview with its director.
Deep thought – Aug 7
Insurgent American
Sharon Astyk de-constructs
The really inconvenient truth
In dusty archives, a theory of affluence
Media – Aug 6
Eco-couple go prime time: they spread the word on “Wife Swap”
Blame the media for climate woes: analysis
Facebook and “object-centered sociality”
Meeting best friends for the first time
Nuclear – Aug 5
The high cost of going nuclear
Why Not Nuclear Power?
Hindu nationalists slam US deal
No-bid decommissioning contract raises eyebrows
Electricity demand – Aug 5
Smart meters, dumb response
Businesses paid not to use power
Kenya: Darkness in the Slums
Vietnam keen on Chinese electricity
Black Google power saving figures are wrong
The name is blog, peak oil blog
High rollers trying to cut consumption
My name is Randy… and I support Al Franken
What about the Third World?
Rock music for when the grid goes down: Celtic battle music
Community – Aug 5
BBC: Towns prepare for ‘peak oil’ point
Review: Escape from Suburbia
In pursuit of sustainable communities
