tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-126295692011-11-04T01:53:04.645-04:00For those who believe mankind needs to re-evaluate and change the roles each one of us plays in our ecosystem of finite resources, to redirect our impact on future generations and their ways of life.peaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543711331478791883noreply@blogger.comBlogger6961100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629569.post-43688000233034938062009-06-12T18:59:00.005-04:002009-06-12T19:49:32.766-04:00

Update: June 12, 2009;The transition has begun in earnest. Of the big three auto builders in North America, Ford is standing tall with a world class hybrid model line-up. Many towns and cities throughout the world have established sustainability strategies in addition to existing recycling programs. Carbon trading, although controversial, is slowly growing. May you/we live in interesting times!

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Imagine the American healthcare industry as the proverbial proud oak tree that refuses to bend during a windstorm. For decades the industry has been deft at fending off resolution of the Three Cs, cost, coverage and quality of care. Predictably, this political success has nurtured a lack of resilience, by which I mean the ability of an organization to absorb exogenous shocks or disturbances and

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This video is actually a good depiction of my husband and me (I have the role of the guy and he the wife) only he hasn't arrived at the acceptance stage yet!)

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Full interactive U.S. map here.

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Click here for full article and video on Chelsea Green.What does this have to do with peak oil, you say? Well, if we are to have stronger, more localized communities in order to become more sustainable and not rely on mass energy, corporations deemed as persons will not help the matter much.

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Full article here.As The Oil Drum pointed out last week, oil has peaked. We have officially entered the post-oil age in which the transition to lower energy lives is inevitable. (No doubt, pundits and policy wonks will debate this ad nauseum for the far too long, and to them I say, "AAAAAAAAAAAARGH!")This energy transition can happen gracefully with fore-thought and planning, or, if we continue

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Mr. President, I know it's been since May 2008 during your campaign that I met you in Northern Indiana and gave you Heinberg's book on oil depletion with my blog address written on the inside cover. I really hope you remembered or chose to take the book with you to the White House during your move. I also hope that with recent news that you can keep your Blackberry, that you can/would bookmark

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Three North American firms - no ads intended, but all sites listed below have an FAQ - providing installable, removable insulation panelling or similar usage with varying degrees of flexibility:http://www.sumcan.com/faq.html (firm based in Alberta, Canada)http://www.coverflex.net/ (Texas, USA)http://www.p2000insulation.ca/faq.php (throughout Canada)

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The article describes how to implement clean and renewable energy carrier technologies here and now, based on established methodologies in first world countries located in temperate climate zones. http://www.montrealgazette.com/story_print.html?id=1188444&sponsor=

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INTERNATIONAL. Investor Jim Rogers is bullish on oil as crude prices collapsed to four-year lows and the world is running out of known oil reserves.Rogers said he is the world's worst market timer and a horrible short-term trader, but a sharp sell-off in oil prices suggested a bottom.Rogers, who remains bullish on commodities, estimated known world oil reserves at today's consumption rate are

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As we draw nearer to reaching the point of Peak Oil, it benefits us to imagine what our cities will look like in a world without oil. Does this conjure up images of cities turned into urban farms just to produce enough food for us all? Do we devote all our energy to growing, bartering and trading the food we grow? Or will the city become divided, with the wealthy moving to the center while higher

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For more than a century it has been cheaper than coffee and as constant as ocean waves.Getting it is simple. You select the grade, insert the nozzle, squeeze the handle and gasoline comes out. There seems no end to it. Until now.On top of the other problems plaguing the world, such as global warming and the current financial meltdown, there's a third pressing issue that threatens to bring the

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Approximately 48% of U.S. E&P chief financial officers believe that the world has reached its peak petroleum production rate or will reach it within the next few years, while another 52% disagree with that statement, according to a new survey by Chicago-based national professional services firm BDO Seidman LLP.The BDO Seidman Natural Resources 2009 Outlook survey was conducted by Market

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Patti Moreno sent me an email to her new YouTube short with Mel Bartholomew (Square Foot Gardening) and asked me to spread it around! I'm getting antsy for spring due to all of the new seed catalogs coming almost daily to me! I will also post a pic of the garden window I use every year for my seed starts in late winter!

peaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543711331478791883noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629569.post-70586196932426914492008-09-12T23:53:00.001-04:002008-09-13T00:00:19.165-04:00

"...There is enough baseload solar potential in one 90-mile-by-90-mile grid in the American Southwest to power the whole country. A similar grid in North Africa could power all of Europe. India and China have equally large solar resources, more than enough to replace new coal.And CSP is a decades old technology, that uses mostly commodity materials--steel, concrete and glass. The central

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HOW SUSTAINABLE IS THIS TECHNIOLOGY?The material, components and technical know how for the implementation is readily available. The utilities for the operation of biogas technology are wastes, which are free, cheap and in abundance. There is no requirement for the addition of chemicals. Income is increased in many folds through energy, fertilizer, health and waste disposal. Maintenance is very

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www.garbagewarrior.com  site has links and film trailers of an American architect who uses throw-away consumables to build "earthships";http://www.earthship.net  (huge US website, incl. hard to get internships)has UK followers (16 home project) here:http://www.earthship.co.uk/earthship-homes.htm "..15,000 tyres would be recycled to construct the homes, at a time when the UK is planning to burn

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Full blog post here.Frequent contributor U. Doran sent in this link from the Association for the Study of Peak Oil & Gas-USA: Peak Oil Is A Done Deal .Bottom line: Saudi Arabia and Russia, which together pump about 23% of the world's oil, are both in depletion decline. So are Mexico, the North Sea, etc.Simply put: every time the "Oil Bull" is declared dead, as it was in January, it rises with

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How would you rebuild a city block? Where would you start? Where would you end? The Re:Vision Community is here to learn, discuss, share, expound and, ultimately, create a sustainable street that can be the blueprint for cities everywhere. Look around or dig in. There’s a lot to do here. Because there’s a lot to be done out there.Check out the personal statements of the members, e.g. Paul

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Adapting Buildings and Cities for Climate ChangeThis challenging and exciting text gives an insight into the real changes that are necessary to give our modern day built environment both 'sustainability' and 'survivability'. The book is based on the premise that climate change is going to happen and its impacts on our lives are going to be far worse than generally expected. Sue Roaf argues that

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Click here for full article.

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The Pickens PlanI don't really understand his affection for the role of natural gas in transportation. Most of us oil buffs know that natural gas has a sharper cliff than oil does once it runs out! He must have his money bets on the natural gas, I don't know. I do appreciate and respect his desire to bring people onto the same page and his concern for the next generations.

peaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543711331478791883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629569.post-13741567428639727432008-06-21T22:19:00.001-04:002008-06-21T22:19:24.419-04:00

This is what I've been working on, too. Planted 2 apple trees today! Bought some feverfew and calendula from the farmer's market also. I'm going to plant it tomorrow.Too bad I don't have a video camera or I would make my own youtube video to show! Maybe someday soon!

peaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543711331478791883noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629569.post-45625846638668780542008-06-20T23:30:00.003-04:002008-06-20T23:35:12.734-04:00

I found this neat website where you can explore other areas of the world to live. Click here for escapeartist.com. So far, Costa Rica seems like a nice place....

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If anybody is interested, here is a report from the Congressional House Resources Committee. It's a .pdf file:Click here for full .pdf: The Truth About Americas Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles Supplies and Pockets ProfitsIt really explains in detail about what is available for drilling and how oil companies are not drilling where they can, basically. It would be worth it to spread this around in an

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WASHINGTON — Of all the presidential prospects, Sen. John McCain appears the least likely to lift Amtrak out of the long, waking nightmare it has endured for decades. Amtrak has no more dedicated foe in the Congress than McCain, R-Ariz.The GOP’s likely nominee is also the least likely to care about a national transportation policy. The absence of such a plan is at the heart of why motorists and

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This one was my favorite.Here is the link if you'd like to look at them.

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Click here for full article.It’s the end of the world as we know it, and for a little while, at least, it sounds lovely.Imagine a world where the air is cleaner because fewer people are driving cars. Where you can hop on a train to visit your friends in the West River Valley or spend a day in Boston, arriving refreshed instead of wiped out from highway driving. Where chemical-drenched

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HOPEFULLY, people will hear what Miles O'Brien just said on CNN. He did the math and showed that there is only 3 months to 2 years worth of oil in ANWR by calculating the low-end estimate to the high-end estimate divided by the U.S. yearly consumption rate. He also reiterated that it would take 10 years to get ANWR oil into production. I think this amount would be better left saved for military

peaknikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543711331478791883noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12629569.post-25234441975511682602008-06-05T14:23:00.006-04:002008-06-05T14:41:11.506-04:00

I've just found this site. I'm not sure how long it has been up but I'd like to take a moment to circulate Mr. Holmgren's website for those also unaware of it. Having to go to work in half an hour also negates me from reading it right away as well. I will also add this interesting site to my sidebar.I ordered my first rain barrels today here at Gardeners Supply Company. You might know they are on

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globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comThe above article contains many scientific and informative links.Are the necessary materials available and in plentiful amounts?

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I've been reading about the recent spike in energy prices from a couple of different sources that I don't always read on a regular basis. It's kind of giving me pause about the underlying reasons for the spike. At first, I immediately attributed the price spike to increased demand from India and China. The supply/demand variable is a given precipice to price spikes in peak oil circles so,

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Full article from Newsweek online here.This spring, America hit a historic point. With average gas prices per gallon edging toward $4, America's notoriously profligate ways started to change fast. Americans are driving less, using mass transit more, buying fewer gas guzzlers, indeed shopping less wantonly in general, and lowering their previously unshakable confidence as consumers. Suddenly,

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Full article here.Those of us who have watched for the inevitable arrival of the peak oil crisis have been waiting for years for the day when we no longer had to fight for the acceptance of the idea, and could start getting on with the hard business of what to do about it.And then, just like that, it happened.Like a chorus line turning in unison from left to right, the media and the financial

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How biochar works A nation that destroys its soils, destroys itself. - Franklin D. RooseveltBiochar is a carbon-rich product obtained from the pyrolysis of biomass. As the central element of a new and highly promising integrated soil management technique it is capable of halting slash-and-burn farming in the humid tropics by making nutrient-poor, acidic soils productive. As such it offers one of

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Energy fears looming, new survivalists prepareWow. Are there THAT many of us now that they're writing articles about us? lol I didn't know I was becoming part of a movement back in '04!Part of article here:BUSKIRK, N.Y. - A few years ago, Kathleen Breault was just another suburban grandma, driving countless hours every week, stopping for lunch at McDonald's, buying clothes at the mall, watching

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Full article by Kelpie Wilson on alternetexcerpt:The economics of it make no sense. It would at best save the average motorist about $30 over a summer of driving, and at worst the increased demand would drive up gas prices. Obama's position shows he understands that oil supply is not meeting demand, even if he has not used the words "peak oil."In the last two weeks, Congress has seen a slew of

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It's now been four years since I've discovered the concept of peak oil. Today a tank of regular gas is $3.99 where I live, Ford has announced that it is cutting production for the the rest of this year, the airlines will be adding surcharges and charging $15 for the first bag taken on a flight, and OPEC won't increase production. That's just what I've heard in the news TODAY.Four years ago in

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Full article here.On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives passed The Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act of 2008 (H.R. 6049), a bill that could extend production and investment tax credits for renewable energy, by a vote of 263-160....The bill could still face obstacles when it comes up for consideration in the Senate, largely because there is no consensus on how to pay for the

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Click for full article.Last week, Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would halt a U.S. arms sale to Saudi Arabia worth $1.4 billion. The implication is clear: no more war toys for the Saudis unless they agree to up their oil output.The same day, the House approved a Senate plan to suspend oil deliveries to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in hopes of diverting that oil to the market,

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Click here for yahoo story.excerpt:NEW YORK - Oil prices spiked to a new trading high Tuesday, sweeping toward $130 a barrel as supply concerns intensified the momentum buying that has lifted crude deeper into record territory.The June contract for light, sweet crude traded as high as $129.58 on the New York Mercantile Exchange before settling back to $129.09, up $2.04. The imminent expiration of

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Click here for full article.By Marcela SanchezSpecial to washingtonpost.comFriday, May 16, 2008; 12:00 AMWASHINGTON -- Mexican Energy Secretary Georgina Kessel's warning to the Mexican Congress last week sounded ominous: If legislators did not approve reforms within the oil sector, the country would suffer a "severe energy crisis" within a decade.That's probably an understatement.Mexico's oil

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That's it in his right hand!I attended a small town hall meeting in South Bend today. The meeting was mainly focused on energy and farming. Several farmers were present. Approximately 80 people were there in a pole barn with hay stacks around the speaking area.After the meeting was over, he made his rounds shaking hands and greeting people. Since I had the opportunity, I brought and gave my copy

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renewableenergyworld.com, click here for article.

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Click here for full article.excerpt: By Irene SegeGlobe Staff / April 28, 2008All morning one cool, drizzly April Sunday, cars pull up to the Reseska Apiaries warehouse in Holliston - one driven by an attorney, one carrying a plumber and a machinist, another a yoga studio owner. The occasion is the arrival by truck of 270 three-pound boxes of honeybees from Georgia, all ready for pick-up by a

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This is kind of dated now but I've been pretty busy....From Information Clearinghouse click here.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR8gEMpzos4Scientists of the University of Kassel in Germany prove that the entire country can be powered by renewables only. They connected biogas, wind and solar power in a distributed way and show it can deliver both baseloads and peakloads.http://biopact.com/2007/12/germany-is-doing-it-reliable.htmlfor more info.

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"The Geography Of Hope: A Tour Of The World We Need" by Chris Turner provides examples of communities recently made sustainable by revamping and restructuring their respective energy requirements. Here's an excellent interview, according to Chris Turner, himself:http://www.greenlivingonline.com/OurWorld/chris-turner?Chris' own website is here (www.thegeographyofhope.com/).

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www.cbc.ca/mrl3/23745/thenational/archive/geothermal-031008.wmvAbandoned Mines Provide Geothermal HeatMarch 10, 2008 (Runs 4:57)Innovator Ralph Ross, of Springhill, Nova Scotia has been working in geothermal energy since the 80's and is finally seeing his idea take off.

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Click here to go to Video Jug for demonstration on making a self-watering container (SWC).Also check out these:How to make your own compost.How to plant potatoes. (something of interest to me since I'm trying out potatoes in the garden this year!)How to plant onions.How to plant carrots.How to plant garlic.I think I'll post a link to Videojug in my sidebar if I haven't already. I couldn't find

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I guess that's me! Click here for full story.

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I found a new website dedicated to sustainable eating called Kitchen Gardeners International. They feature a YouTube clip of Richard Heinberg speaking about food and peak oil. Check it out!

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http://www.altenergystocks.com/ (alternative energy (AE) capitalism)is a North American focussed site dedicated to proposing viable, comprehensive solutions using off-the-shelf technologies.Other sites include:http://ergobalance.blogspot.com/ (European perspective by a consultant based in the U.K.)http://saltwatermatt.stumbleupon.com/ (Australia-based omnibus site, a bit left wing)http://

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Click here for full story.

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URL: http://www.eetimes.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206801669 PORTLAND, Ore. — The hydrogen economy is getting a shot in the arm from a start-up that says its nanoparticle coatings could make hydrogen easy to produce at home from distilled water, and ultimately bring the cost of hydrogen fuel cells in line with that of fossil fuels.QuantumSphere Inc. says it has perfected the manufacture of

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Click here for website and youtube video

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Full article here.Good review of the end of cheap oil by Chuck Taylor, a supply chain consultant and speaker.

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Full article here.This article covers the emotional aspects of dealing with the realization of peak oil and other worldwide events.

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Click here for full article.I thought this was an important milestone to capture on the blog..."The world's biggest car maker, General Motors, believes global oil supply has peaked and a switch to electric cars is inevitable.In a stunning announcement at the opening of the Detroit motor show, Rick Wagoner, GM's chairman and chief executive, also said ethanol was an "important interim solution" to

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Here's an article written by someone affected by peak oil in the same way I have:countercurrents.org

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For Do-It-Yourselfers, this is a starting page:http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/tutorial_sites.phpFor instance, http://www.instructables.com/ is one choice, enter "solar" in the search box and you get a huge number of choices, and they are filterable!Happy Hunting!Happy Renewable New Year!Sustain_abilityhttp://transitions.stumbleupon.com

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This is a little off topic to peak oil and the language ("f" word) may offend some of you but George knows what's going on. The way in which I relate this to peak oil is to relate our consumption to dwindling finite resources such as oil. 'Nuff said?

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For full article, click here.Brief quote, i.e. a primer on economics:Whether the peak is at the current figure of 85 million barrels per day or can sneak up to 95 million barrels per day over the next decade is neither here nor there. In historical terms we are on the cusp. What is slightly worrying at the moment is how that cusp is taking shape.In normal times a recession dampens oil demand. But

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When thinking of ways to improve and sustain my community in the event of higher energy prices (which anyone reading this blog would most likely agree is a given), I wrote the article below in an attempt to create dialogue within the community and to spark ideas. There was a nice response to my article in the Sunday newspaper but it hasn't been published online yet. I will include it in another

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I must be a genius. This video, if real, is absolutely a pathetic commentary on the common person in the U.S. No wonder we're freakin' doomed. What has happened to America?

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This week, The Diane Rehm Show features peak oil. Click to listen here.

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Click here for full article "After the Oil Crisis, a Food Crisis?" This a second oil-related article I've found from TIME this week."Is the world headed for a food crisis? India, Mexico and Yemen have seen food riots this year. Argentines boycotted tomatoes during the country's recent presidential elections when the vegetable became more expensive than meat; and in Italy, shoppers organized a

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Full article featuring Bloomington, IN, city councilman here.I'm planning on contacting this person to possibly help me create a dialogue with my community leaders regarding resource depletion, it's impact on our community, and how we're going to mitigate the impact fewer resources will have on us locally.

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Read full article here.....That's alarming enough in itself. Even the optimists think we have less than three decades to go? But at industry conferences this fall, the word from producers was far gloomier. The chief executives of ConocoPhillips and French oil giant Total both declared that they can't see oil production ever topping 100 million bbl. a day. The head of the oil importers' club that

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Excerpt:A growing number of oil-industry chieftains are endorsing an idea long deemed fringe: The world is approaching a practical limit to the number of barrels of crude oil that can be pumped every day.Some predict that, despite the world's fast-growing thirst for oil, producers could hit that ceiling as soon as 2012. This rough limit -- which two senior industry officials recently pegged at

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I promise peak oil is included 31 minutes into this animation on money. Please share with all.

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This is Part 1 in a 4 part series that was shown on BBC Wales. If you go to YouTube you can probably view the rest of the parts if you're interested. The same situation depicted in the documentary can be applied in the U.S., too.

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Click here for blog.

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Just an FYI alert for all you peak oilers. The History Channel has included "Oil Apocalypse" in the field of Mega Disasters. It will air this Tuesday evening, November 13th at 11pm & Wednesday, November 14th at 3am (eastern time?). In the preview, Richard Heinberg was being interviewed. Check the History Channel for times in your area.I also heard that during a prime-time football game today,

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I'm copying an entire essay taken from [http://ergobalance.blogspot.com/2007/10/hubbert-peak-oil.html] by Chris Rhodes. If he objects, I will remove it.Sustain_abilityIn 1956 a paper was published which will be of greater significance to the future of humankind than those reporting on the structure of DNA or the Theory of Relativity. Its title was "Nuclear Energy and the Fossil Fuels", and it was

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Click here for the full and LONG story by Andrew G. Marshall(If the page comes up blank or without the article, click on the sidebar "Middleast" and look for the title and author. It was wayyy too long to copy here. It took me almost 2 hours off and on to read and absorb all of it. Of course, I'm slow that way.)Is anybody ready for a short review of American geopolitical history to the present?

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This is a re-hash on another article I linked to (and it seems everyone else in the peak oil blogosphere as well) only it adds a contrary view to the German-based Energy WatchGroup study's claims. See below: LONDON, England (CNN) -- The world has reached the point of maximum oil output and production levels will halve by 2030 -- a situation that will eventually lead to war and disaster, a report

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For mp4 video click here.This is a very good and inspiring demonstration on how to make and use a rocket stove. The video also demonstrates how to use a purchased, cheap solar cooker. I haven't made one myself but I will keep this with plans to try one out. If I can't have my outdoor brick oven yet, I will try this in the meantime!

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Story from the UK's Guardian, click here.Snippet:World oil production has already peaked and will fall by half as soon as 2030, according to a report which also warns that extreme shortages of fossil fuels will lead to wars and social breakdown.The German-based Energy Watch Group will release its study in London today saying that global oil production peaked in 2006 - much earlier than most

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Someone on one of my lists just posted this link of a chart presented by Matthew Simmons on corn ethanol requirements recently passed by the senate. Oh boy , this puts "eminent domain" in a whole new light....this means I might have to move to Michigan or Ohio!

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Click here for full story.Snippet:In your Homecoming speech this month, you said that the “peak oil” era is coming to an end, which sounds ominous. Can you tell us what you mean?The best way is a quote from Cambridge engineer researcher associate Dan Yergin. “It took us 125 years to use the first trillion barrels of oil, and we'll use the next trillion in 30.”That defines in my mind the issue

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Click for full article here.In this article, Greer applies Kubler-Ross' stages of grief, death & dying to the greater American society's attitude towards the awareness of a slow decline of petroleum energy in the past 25-30 years. My only comment is that as an individual, one doesn't always flow successively from one stage to the next. Remember, sometimes these stages occur simultaneously or can

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Click here for short news story.

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Click here for full story.Snippet:..."According to US government forecasts, world petroleum liquids consumption is expected to increases from 83 million barrels per day in 2004 to 118 million barrels per day in 2030. That's an increase of almost 30 percent and there are not enough new oil reserves to meet this demand. "The price of oil has to increase otherwise it would be betraying the laws of

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in the U.S. news lately. Please don't misunderstand me, Myanmar is just as important as anyplace else but the U.S. media doesn't pick up news on places like this unless there is some interest in it for them!Myanmar's "Saffron Revolution": The Geopolitics Behind the MovementIf the article doesn't show up, click on Southeast & Asia and look for the title dated October 15, 2007.

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Click here for yahoo comments on $88/barrel oilWhy is it that the price of a barrel of oil has hit an all time high and the physical world is not even blinking an eye? Is it because gas prices aren't that high yet? It's still only $2.71 at my benchmark gas station. I guess everyone's has become accustomed to the higher prices and are glad that it isn't $3.50/gallon yet.In other news today, I've

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I'm working on things like this in my own backyard.

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Click for full .pdf written by Clifford J. Wirth, Ph.D. here.Abstract"This paper examines scientific and government studies in order to provide reliable conclusions about Peak Oil and its future impacts. Independent studies indicate that global oil production peaked in 2006 (or will peak within a few years) and will decline until all recoverable oil is depleted within several decades. Because

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Click here for full article.It's always nice to see the mainstream acknowledging the subject of peak oil.

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Click here for full article.Excerpt:At this point, you might be asking yourself: When oil becomes scarce, how will I get food? That's a very good question. Here are a few more: Will my garbage get picked up? How will my water district purify and deliver water and treat sewage without petrochemicals? What if I need an ambulance? What if my home is one of the 7.7 million that rely on oil for

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Green algae to the rescueIsaac Berzin, a rocket scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is using algae to clean up power-plant exhaust, saving greenhouse gas emissions and satisfying energy needs.The idea occurred to him three years ago, although it is not exactly new (see below). He bolted onto the exhaust stacks of a 20 MW power plant rows of clear tubes with green algae soup inside

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Greetings. If anybody is left still checking back on me to see if I've posted anything new, I apologize for the lack of activity. This year has not been good for the family. My father-in-law passed away June 25th after a prolonged illness that began in March which required much attention. My grandfather who will be 99 September 9th has also been ill requiring still more of my attention up to this

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Dongtan in Wikipedia, click here.Quote:Dongtan is planned to open, with accommodation for 50,000, by the time the Expo 2010 opens in Shanghai. By 2040, the city is slated to be one-third the size of Manhattan with a total eventual population of 500,000.Dongtan was presented at the United Nations World Urban Forum by China as an example of an eco-city, and is the first of up to four such cities to

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