Tagged with Peak Oil

Suburbia has been the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. We invested our wealth and much of our national identity in a living arrangement that has no future, and now the psychology of previous investment will not allow us to think about substantially changing it. (more)

The impasse in our ability to convert nature into commodities and relationships into services is not temporary. There is no more room for the conversion of life into money. Postponing the collapse will only make it worse. We need to shift our perspective toward what we can give. What can we each contribute to a more beautiful world? That is our only security. (more)

The end of the age of cheap abundant energy is likely to be the end of the age in which science functions as a force for economic expansion. Science has gotten pretty close to its natural limits as a method of knowledge. (more)

In May of 2001, Dick Cheney's National Energy Policy Development Group produced its final report. Despite numerous lawsuits, Cheney refuses to reveal the contents of the report or the identities of the participants. Did it recommended that the US seize Iraq's oil fields? Was the WTC attack an act of American patriotism? (more)

Hard work has been relatively recently enshrined as a natural obligation. Perhaps 99% of humans' time on Earth has been as hunter-gatherers who spend much less time producing subsistence than do agricultural and industrial workers. (more)

We humans have not reached the carrying capacity of our environment.  This earth is not running out of resources.  Far from it.  We are running out of imagination. Why does the Obama Administration focus on our limitations, not our possibilities? (more)

Landshare, a website started by UK television chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, connects unused land with gardeners and encourages self-sufficiency. It is a project where the material and spiritual intersect, building skills that could prove utterly necessary in the hard times ahead. (more)

Since peak oil was predicted in 1956, the prospect of any constructive response has grown steadily more distant. Neither political reform nor withdrawing to mountain hideaways are viable responses to our predicament. Is it too late to negotiate the collapse of fossil-fueled civilization? (more)

We are facing a difficult transition that needs to occur at a rapid pace if we don't want to experience dire consequences. The English "Transition Town" movement prepares local communities for the changes that are coming. (more)

The dramatic gas shortages plaguing the Southeast are warning signs of a national fuel supply grown dangerously overstretched. Alongside the recent Wall Street meltdowns, the gas crisis may point to a broader systemic breakdown underway. (more)

The Cold War lasted so long because the opposing superpowers were evenly matched. Now that the US has no superpower competitor, could this spell the demise of America? (more)

Fears of peak oil and economic collapse are pushing people towards a life of self-sustainability.
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