Transportation

Book Review: Preparing for Peak Oil: local authorities and the energy crisis

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The whole question of how to communicate peak oil to local government, and how to support and encourage their creative and rapid responses to it, is huge and very timely. Preparing for Peak Oil is an excellent guidebook for anyone who wants to bring their local authority up to speed on energy depletion and climate change issues. It is clear, well presented, and achieves an excellent balance between presenting the hard facts about peak oil alongside some positive and inspiring examples of change, as well as some clear and well thought through thinking tools.

The peak oil crisis: The first rule of holes

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America has dug itself into the deepest hole it has been in since 1860 when the dispute over slavery reached its zenith. That hole took five years of war and 150 years of social discord before we could start climbing out. The current hole, reliance on fossil fuels for nearly everything, will also take many decades of hardships to work itself out.

Spoof New York Times has new vision for America

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A new vision of America was presented yesterday in an elaborate parody of “The New York Times by the Yes Men, a group of liberal pranksters. Thousands of paper copies were handed out and a web version is online. Articles include:
“Nationalized Oil To Fund Climate Change Efforts”
“New York Bike Path System Expanded Dramatically”
“Crumbling Infrastructure Brings Opportunities”
“Biofuels Ban Act Signed Into Law, Seeks to Ease Food Shortage”