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President Jimmy Carter’s energy solutions 1977
This speech is one of the reasons he wasn’t elected. Reagan’s “Morning in America” happy talk was far more appealing. Jimmy Carter delivered this televised speech on April 18, 1977. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/carter/filmmore/ps_energy.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tPePpMxJaA (1977) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IlRVy7oZ58 (1979, bad audio) Tonight I want … Continue reading
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Muscle Power
Steven Vogel Prime Mover: A Natural History of Muscle W. W. Norton Reviewed in June 2004. Natural History Magazine Today we have machines for making people move in place: run, walk uphill, push pedals back and forth or up and … Continue reading
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How can you buy a farm when you’re competing with private equity?
Looks like it will be hard to buy a farm unless you’re wealth. But in the crisis phase you don’t want to own a large farm anyhow… Half of U.S. Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity February 19th, 2014. By … Continue reading
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Dmitry Orlov: How Russians survived the collapse of the Soviet Union
This is a must-read article if you want to understand what lies ahead and how to prepare for it. Part I June 1, 2005 Post-Soviet Lessons for a Post-American Century By Dmitry Orlov http://www.copvcia.com/free/ww3/060105_soviet_lessons.shtml A decade and a half … Continue reading
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Book review of “Prime Movers of Globalization: the History & Impact of Diesel Engines & Gas Turbines”
Alice Friedemann’s book review of: Vaclav Smil. 2010. Prime Movers of Globalization. The History and Impact of Diesel Engines and Gas Turbines. Smil makes the case that civilization is based on the billions of engines that make global trade, power … Continue reading
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Gail Tverberg “Reaching Limits to Growth: What Should our Response Be?”
This is about as good as the advice out there gets about what’s likely to happen and what to do about it. Feb 17, 2014. Reaching Limits to Growth: What Should our Response Be? Oil limits seem to be pushing … Continue reading
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Philip Cafaro on immigration and population
Here are some of the bullet points of what to do from “Arguments for Reducing Immigration” from Life on the Brink. Cut legal immigration from 1 million to 200,000 per year Reduce illegal immigration by strictly enforcing sactions against employers … Continue reading
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Richard Heinberg and Post Carbon
December 2013 During the past decade Post Carbon Institute’s influence has grown markedly, thanks in no small part to all our supporters and allies. And we’re proud of the impressive list of accomplishments we’ve racked up (see this) in that … Continue reading
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Dave Foreman: More Immigration = More Americans = Less Wilderness
Dave Foreman. 2013. More Immigration = More Americans = Less Wilderness. Earth island Journal. The Big Thing facing Earth today – dwarfing all else – is the mass extinction of animals and plants unprecedented in size and scope for 65 … Continue reading
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