Naomi Klein & the Letdown of the Leap Manifesto: Politics Doesn’t Trump Physics, Nor the Economics of Collapse (part 2/3)
Politics can be egalitarian when going up Hubbert’s Curve, but it’s a whole different story when going down.
Politics can be egalitarian when going up Hubbert’s Curve, but it’s a whole different story when going down.
Climate change denial is often decried for its destructiveness. But energy depletion dismissal – and by Naomi Klein of all people – could have consequences just as bad.
So, what was that "something" that changed everything in the early 1970s?
One of the most compelling charts I have ever seen is the “Growing Gap” chart that used to appear on the front page of every ASPO Newsletter.
Motorists enjoy lower prices at the pump. How long will that continue?
The impact of the Tooth Fairy Syndrome is all the more felt in the main media and among politicians – with the end result that so many lay people (and many experts) end up highly confused about what to think and do about energy matters.
The ‘peak oil’ controversy is staging a come-back as the industry confronts higher costs—and low prices
The Peak Oil story got some things right.
Let’s acknowledge that the situation we are in, as depicted in Part 1, is complex.
As you no doubt can gather from the title, I am of the view that we do not have 50 years to agonise about oil.
We are fully under the influence of petroleum demand destruction.
A review of Mason Inman’s timely new book, The Oracle of Oil: A Maverick Geologist’s Quest for a Sustainable Future.