Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

Free Educational Peak Oil Posters

Seven high quality energy posters are available for free download (pdf format) from the U.S. Department of Energy. These educational resources are excellent for promoting energy awareness in school classrooms, at neighborhood meetings, and in powerpoint presentations. The set includes: (1) The Energy Revolution, (2) U.S. Oil Endowment, (3) Reservoir Drive Mechanisms, (4) Drilling [...]

April 29, 2008

Double Whammy – The Debt Bubble AND Peak Oil

This is sobering. Take a look at what the other concerned people are writing about. Frantically… desperately trying to warn anyone who will listen… and is able to understand some level of unprecedented economic activity. Things that have never happened before.

If you thought Peak Oil was an interesting phenomenon; when coupled with a credit crunch, [...]

April 28, 2008

Peak Oil – Overprepared or Grossly Underprepared?

Zachary Nowak writes in his article, “Preparing for a Crash: Nuts and Bolts” about a half-hearted pseudo ‘make-it-look-good-in-case-this-doesnt-happen’ approach to a sustainable lifestyle that PO aware people are glowingly taking about.
Although people are waking up, in general we are still in the early stages of recognition of the problem. The ground is starting to shake: [...]

April 28, 2008

Lesson One: World Without Oil

LESSON ONE: (from WorldWithoutOil.org)
Oil Crisis: Get into the Game

Introduction
A global oil crisis has begun. Oil usage worldwide has increased to where the oil supply can only meet 95% of it. We’re asking you to envision how your life would be affected and how you would react as you go through the various stages of this [...]

April 27, 2008

Peak Oil Letter for Friends, Family, Community Leaders

Model letter – Copy and paste all or parts to help teach your family, friends, and leaders about Peak Oil (view source)
Dear <family, trusted friend, and/or local, national leader>
Peak Oil, a plea to learn about it, teach, and press for responsible leadership
Post-peak oil production, or “Peak Oil” is possibly the most important issue of our [...]

April 26, 2008

Join a Peak Oil Group : LiveJournal

Where are all of the Peak Oil people? There are at least 49 interest groups / communities over at LiveJournal. I shall have to check out Facebook next…
Results for communities interested in “PEAK OIL”
24 matches (I have elimimated those that have not updated in the last three months):

pkoil_survivors – Peak Oil Survivors
Helping humans survive Peak [...]

April 25, 2008

Is the American Middle Class worried yet?

Sarah Anne Edwards’ Middle Class Lifeboat Blog pokes at the fat cats who are stubbornly clinging to sustaining the lifestyle of the status quo we have been enjoying all of our known lives, and projecting it onto our children. Can an entire middle-class of people be wrong??
Once in a while you find an awakened soul; [...]

April 25, 2008

Collapse of American Healthcare : It’s Happening Now

This CBS news video , emailed to subscribers recently by Truth To Power confirms the imminent, total collapse of America’s healthcare system and reveals the extent to which anyone with the slightest bit of training in the field is likely to find her/himself inundated with
throngs of sick people desperately seeking care.
This is very shocking. The [...]

April 24, 2008

Best Replacement for Peak Oil Automobiles: Electric Cars

With all this talk about rising prices and scarcity/hoarding of fuel supplies; a practical alternative is needed in the upcoming ‘Rapid Transition’ time of moving to a non-oil based source of energy to power our personal and public transportation. Although many new technologies are under development; if we had to wait them out if would [...]

April 24, 2008

Time to Welcome Higher Oil Prices

I know this goes against 99% of the average person’s impulsive behaviour - but take a closer look at the logic in this statement: People will not be inspired to conserve gasoline until the price gives it top priority.
Consumers should stop whining about petty increases at the fuel pump and look at the bigger picture. This article [...]