Insight and inspiration in turbulent times.
My anomalous position as a writer and speaker on the future of industrial society who holds down a day job as an archdruid has its share of drawbacks, no question, but it also has significant advantages. One of the most important of those is that I don’t have to worry about maintaining a reputation as a serious public figure. That may not sound like an advantage, but believe me, it is one.
The economy of Italy seem to be declining as a consequence of the increasing cost (or – equivalently – declining energy returns, EROEI) of primary energy sources, mainly natural gas and crude oil.
Italy’ peak oil has arrived: we are back to 1967 in terms of oil consumption.
Energy round-up including EU climate targets, UK fracking plans, and peak oil.
All these questions are questions of agency: to what extent, if any, can humans be purposeful agents of historical change. This question, I will suggest, has up to now been given something like a free pass in much post-carbon discourse, for reasons that I will explain in depth later.
Permaculture teaching and activism have always aimed to work with those already interested in changing their lives, land and communities for the better, rather than proselytising the disinterested majority.
This post will show how ignoring early peak oil warnings by Irish oil geologist Colin Campbell led to mis-investments in the Australian car industry.
What is correct way to model the future course of energy and the economy?…With different approaches, researchers can obtain vastly different indications. I will show that the real issue is most researchers are modeling the wrong limit.
‘After Oil: SF Visions Of A Post-Petroleum World’ is a short story collection edited by John Michael Greer.
A weekly review including Oil and the Global Economy, The Middle East & North Africa, China, Quote of the Week, The Briefs
On 10 December, Lt Col Davis and I convened video-linked gatherings in Washington and London of people who share our concerns about the risk of a global oil crisis.
De Wereld Morgen asks Richard Heinberg about the prospects for fracking in Europe.
