Timothy Wilken I am scheduled to speak at the UnMONEY Convergence on April 14, 15 & 16th in Seattle, Washington. The subject of one of my talks will be GIFTegrity. […]
Continue readingThe Problem of Growth
An interesting read that I found at The Oil Drum. Jeff Vail Stuart Staniford proposed a “way forward” for humanity in his article Powering Civilization to 2050. This article proposes […]
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I am reading the author’s newest novel World Made by Hand, (See book’s website.) This morning he tells us a little more truth. James Howard Kunstler Things are getting very […]
Continue readingA More Perfect Union
This is an amazing speech! I don’t vote, and haven’t since 1968. But I very much enjoyed this talk. Delivered on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Barack Obama […]
Continue readingFacing the Truth
When I have written about our present human crisis, I have often made the point that if we humans are to have a future, we must begin by facing the […]
Continue readingSomething Had to Give: How Oil Bust the American Bubble
Michael T. Klare The economic bubble that lifted the stock market to dizzying heights was sustained as much by cheap oil as by cheap (often fraudulent) mortgages. Likewise, the collapse […]
Continue readingDisarray
James Howard Kunstler The dark tunnel that the US economy has entered began to look more and more like a black hole last week, sucking in lives, fortunes, and prospects […]
Continue readingFuture Positive
The following is the Preface of a book titled Future Positive: International cooperation in the 21st century first published in 2004. Michael Edwards “True freedom is obtainable only through relations […]
Continue readingWhat Drives Population—Food or Energy?
This morning’s article is forwarded by reader Dexter Graphic. Paul Chefurka A common assumption among population analysts is that food availability is the main driver of population growth. In fact, […]
Continue readingA 10% Reduction in America’s Oil Use in Ten to Twelve Years
Republished from ASPO-USA. Alan S. Drake Step One—Electrify US Freight Rail Lines and Shift Freight to Rail Japanese and most European railroads are electrified. The Russians recently finished electrifying the […]
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