peak oil

Suddenly "experts" are coming out of the woodwork with a religious zeal touting the need to drill for oil in the ANWR region of Alaska. This prompts the question: Where would Jesus drill?

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog points out how Society somehow seems to suffer from all the same character flaws that we do, leaving us speeding towards the twin cliffs of peak oil & climate change.

Peak Oil Nashville founder Gigi Gaskins talks about the process of dealing with the onset of peak oil on an emotional level.

Just when you thought that inflation would drive consumers away from more expensive green products, the silver lining appears. The Wall Street Journal, in an in depth article, Green Products Gain From New Price Equation on the subject, reports that green products and those with greener packaging may turn out to be the big winner as energy prices spiral out of control.

A fun environmental read about our addiction to oil? how do all pieces of the puzzle fit together to create this mess we call automobile culture? Check out investigative journalist Lisa Margonelli's book "Oil on the Brain – Petroleum's Long Strange Trip to your Tank".

According to Guy Prouty, Instructor of Anthropology, Oregon State University, every civilization rises, evolves, and then collapses to a simpler structure -- and this will include our own.  Comparing America with the Western Roman Empire, Prouty notes the over-reach of our military, the unsustainability of capitalism, peak oil, and climate change.

According to Truthout, just like oil:

Developed nations have taken cheap, abundant fresh water largely for granted. Now global population growth, pollution, and climate change are shaping a new view of water as “blue gold.”

Boulder, Co becomes the first official transition town in the U.S.

This was in our local paper - a sign of the times.

Amazing to think that the manufacturers of those fuel pumps couldn’t imagine a world where gasoline cost more than $3.999.

The Kriscan show is about everyday people coping with the idea of peak oil and how they are dealing with record gas prices. Funny and informative look at a very serious issue that effects all of us.

A program of recovery for those who want to be restored to sustainability.

This morning on NPR, President Bush tried to blame congress for the nation’s high gas, food, and electricity prices. Apparently, Congress has been thwarting the President’s attempts to fix the economy: “I’ve repeatedly submitted proposals to help address these problems,” the president said. “Yet time after time, Congress chose to block them.” His answer: Drill in ANWR.

 Representative Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) delivers pre-recorded remarks on peak oil, limits of oil supply and production and the history of the understanding of those limits.

How to Boil a Frog's FrogBlog takes us back to the 1940's for a comedic lesson in how we can change our lives now and actually enjoy it.

Economist Doug Reynolds talks about the roots of the current economic crisis.