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Domestic FuelBy Joanna SchroederUnder the surface we seem to have a lot of it. It’s fairly inexpensive but this is changing as demand rises to meet increased energy needs especially in countries like China. So we have a lot, its cheap, let’s use it, what’s the problem? Right? Wrong!Author Richard Heinberg writes in Blackout (Read More)
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It crept back.MULUALEM TEGEGN bought a donkey last year. As a hard-working Ethiopian farmer, aged 58, he saw the purchase of the beast as a return to better times after several seasons in which drought and high prices had forced him to sell his livestock and take his grandchildren out of school to work on the farm. This yea (Read More)
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Peak Oil BluesAre you 'coping' or 'freaking out' about Peak Oil?What's a 'normal' reaction to learning about a post-oil world?Fear? Anxiety? Shock? Depression?No one really knows.Many people say preparation is "90% mental," but how do you separate out what's "mental preparation" from what's just "acting mental?"Here we expl (Read More)
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The best time is always right now;the best place is always right here.-Greg HickmanWe need to focus on quality, local economies, local systems and food security.Bull's-Eye DietWe need a means to think about the relationship between local and distant foods, a strategy for eating in the long term, even in places that will nev (Read More)
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Falls Church News-Press OnlineBy Tom WhippleSince the beginning of the economic troubles some 18 months ago, the question on nearly everyone's mind was; "When will the recovery begin?"A lot of water has gone over the dam in the last 18 months. An official recession has been declared, millions have lost their jobs, much of D (Read More)
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Investors ChronicleBy Jonathan EleyDebate has raged about 'peak oil' ever since Shell geologist M. King Hubbert first outlined the theory in 1956. It's the idea that once around half the world's reserves of oil have been extracted, production enters a slow and inevitable decline that no amount of investment can reverse. Bel (Read More)
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Falls Church News-Press OnlineBy Tom Whipple A couple of weeks back the peak oil community received a letter from an officer serving with our forces in Iraq.Despite numerous distractions in Iraq these days, this officer is so concerned that peaking world oil production will soon become a serious problem that he began discus (Read More)
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tomdispatch.comBy Michael T. Klare Every summer, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the U.S. Department of Energy issues its International Energy Outlook (IEO) -- a jam-packed compendium of data and analysis on the evolving world energy equation. For those with the background to interpret its key statistical (Read More)
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Society utilizes only a small portion of its resources and opportunities. Almost everyone has underutilized knowledge, skills and time that can be engaged productively. Most manufacturers and services have underutilized machinery or capacity. Complementary currencies are a creative means to enhance this untapped social pote (Read More)
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Industrialism degrades ecosystems, fills waste sinks, increases the gap between the rich and the poor, deprives people of basic needs – and will destroy the economy. The entire system is in crisis. Continuing the same practices is patently ridiculous and unreasonable.The simple truth is that all of our major present problem (Read More)
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Falls Church News-Press OnlineBy Tom Whipple In the last few weeks there have been a number of developments that may provide an insight into the next few years - but first let's review.We, in America, are deep in the midst of a four-sided crisis. The first side is an economic slump; second, surprisingly, is our government's (Read More)
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baltimoresun.comVaunted cap-and-trade bill does nothing about oil dependenceBy Gal LuftNow, when the first signs of economic recovery may be in sight, it's time to ponder what kind of recovery we are likely to witness. Will it be the traditional V-shaped recovery in which economic growth bounces back from a slump, or will i (Read More)
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SF Classic Cars ExaminerBy Owen B. RayThe debate continues to rage as to the exact date when “peak oil” production will occur, and some of the doomsayers claim that oil production may peak during our lifetimes. The resulting decline in reserves will supposedly cause massive shortages, and the world will generally burst into (Read More)
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The WalrusDave Hughes’s guide to the end of the fossil fuel ageBy Chris TurnerDave Hughes is driving north on Highway 2. Headed out of Calgary, where he worked for thirty-two years at the Geological Survey of Canada, mapping the nation’s coal reserves. Bound for Edmonton, where he grew up and earned two degrees in geology. (Read More)