If we choose to marginalize and destroy our oil and gas infrastructure - we will see what “Hubbert’s Cliff” looks like, due to accelerating depletion. I suspect that the accompanying scenario would make Mr. Kunstler’s novel look like a walk in the park.
If we choose to marginalize and destroy our oil and gas infrastructure - we will see what “Hubbert’s Cliff” looks like, due to accelerating depletion. I suspect that the accompanying scenario would make Mr. Kunstler’s novel look like a walk in the park.
- NYT: As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies
- Aleklett: Oil in the veins of sub-Saharan Africa
- SciAm: What happens when coal is gone?
- WaPo: Pigs in Takoma Park highlight rise in suburban livestock
- Titanic Syndrome
- NYT: As Oil Industry Fights a Tax, It Reaps Billions From Subsidies
- Aleklett: Oil in the veins of sub-Saharan Africa
- SciAm: What happens when coal is gone?
- WaPo: Pigs in Takoma Park highlight rise in suburban livestock
- Titanic Syndrome
The irony here is that Boston Magazine intended this to be a positive piece on the impact of my message and the large audience it’s resonated with to-date. But in relying on easy “survivalist” stereotypes to frame the story (bunkers, Mad Max references, etc), they’ve succeed in missing the forest for the trees - conveying an image in polar opposition to what we actually stand for. … The most unfortunate thing about this is that Boston Magazine missed out on a really big story. The movement that’s building around this material is not a fringe thing. There are millions of people - from across the socioeconomic spectrum - thinking about this and changing their lives because of it.
The irony here is that Boston Magazine intended this to be a positive piece on the impact of my message and the large audience it’s resonated with to-date. But in relying on easy “survivalist” stereotypes to frame the story (bunkers, Mad Max references, etc), they’ve succeed in missing the forest for the trees - conveying an image in polar opposition to what we actually stand for. … The most unfortunate thing about this is that Boston Magazine missed out on a really big story. The movement that’s building around this material is not a fringe thing. There are millions of people - from across the socioeconomic spectrum - thinking about this and changing their lives because of it.
We need public policies that help people become happier — things like national health care, social security, and shorter work hours. But we also need to discover things we can do as individuals
Comparing the cost and results of the Manhattan and Apollo projects with that of US energy research since 1975 — it’s not a pretty picture. There is widespread confidence among Americans that we need not prepare for peak oil because a crash program will produce a breakthough solution. This appears unrealistic, unless we wish to trust our luck.
Caribbean Community (Caricom) leaders are gathering here next
week for their annual summit still struggling to recover from
the two-year global economic and financial crisis that has
taken a major toll on their individual economies.