Can we solve two problems at once – unemployment and preparing for power down?
This is a guest post by George Mobus. George is an Associate Professor of Computing and Software Systems at the University of Washington, Tacoma. His blog is Question Everything.
Solving the Unemployment Problem and Preparing for Power Down Simultaneou...
What’s Enough? – Open thread
We all like to keep up with "the Joneses", in at least some ways. But perhaps if we focused on "What's Enough?" we would have a more balanced perspective.
What are your thoughts on this subject?
Can the Wealthy Have A Separate Peace? – Revisited
This is a guest posting by Altaira, who has a Masters Degree in Agricultural Science. She is employed at an NGO working on issues related to sustainable development. The article was originally posted in August 2009.
I normally don’t mix with mill...
What do we do about unemployment?
In much of the US, we have been living through a time of high unemployment. Among those working, many are taking part time jobs, when they really want full-time jobs. Some are in school (yet again), hoping that with retraining, they may find a new job....
The church, the peak, and my old watch
The old pocket watch that I used as a prop for my talk on peak oil to a group of elderly people in a countryside church. It was made in 1946 - the date and the name of the owner are still engraved on the back.
When I arrive, the friend who h...
Will the post-oil future be bicycle-free?
This is guest post by Kurt Cobb.
U. S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood may soon be nominated for heresy-of-the-year award for an impromptu speech at the 2010 National Bike Summit in March. In that speech he said federal transportation policy wi...
The Speech Obama Need(ed) to Give
This is a post by R. Daniel Allen Ph. D. Dr. Allen teaches at Hunterdon Central Regional High School in New Jersey. It originally ran October 18, 2009 on Campfire.
The Speech Obama Needs to Give
Note from the speech-writer: In one illuminating ...
Belief Systems at a Turning Point – Thread 2
Because of the large number of comments, this is a new copy of this post.
It seems to me with the BP Horizon Blowout, we may be hitting a turning point in belief systems, in more than one way:
• Can businesses really be expected to regulate themselve...
When you should not adapt in place (abridged)
This is a guest post by Sharon Astyk, who posts here as jewishfarmer. This is an abridged version of a post which was previously published on Causabon's Book on scienceblogs.
Note: Deciding whether to move is probably a US issue. In much of the rest of...
What Price Pelican?
Our energy subsidy from the stored sunlight in fossil fuels is gigantic. The chemical and kinetic energy embodied in the thick gooey condensed organic matter from past eons is, for all human intents and purposes, indistinguishable from magic. On...
Edible Landscaping: One Transition Step from Peak Oil
This is a guest post by Will Stewart, who has written a number of articles previously at The Oil Drum.
We are told that in the US, the food on our table has traveled an average of 1500 miles and consumed 9 calories of energy for each food calorie on ou...
Changing society’s behavior to use less oil and other resources
Nate Hagens has an interview excerpt, shown over at the Post Carbon Institute site, which they label, "What we can learn from hedge fund investors." I would describe the clip as being about one way of changing society's behavior to use less resources. A transcript is below the fold.
Post Carbon Institute
How can...
