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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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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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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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Aaron Lehmer-Chang in Earth Island Journal
Environmental groups, pundits, politicians, and the average citizen think alternative energy is a solution to climate change and the energy crisis. It took me years to figure out why this wasn’t true. I can speed your learning curve up — … Continue reading
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Déjà vu – Lessons learned from the “Peak Oil” crises of 1973 & 1979
A book review by Alice Friedemann of: Howard Bucknell III. 1981. Energy and the National Defense. University of Kentucky Press. About the author: Bucknell was once the director of the energy and national security project at Ohio State University. At … Continue reading
Summary of Hirsch & Bezdek 2005 DOE Peak Oil study
A summary of the Department of Energy report: PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPACTS, MITIGATION, & RISK MANAGEMENT, February 2005 Robert L. Hirsch, SAIC, Project Leader Roger Bezdek, MISI, Robert Wendling, MISI The peaking of world oil production presents the … Continue reading
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The rich and some governments are grabbing land all over the planet
If the strongest nations use the weakest nations as farms, this either leads to hunger as food is exported from the local people, or social unrest and civil war as desperate people try to take back their land. Fred Pearce. … Continue reading
Tad Patzek: Face Reality & Educate Yourself
9 July 2012. What to do? ASPO-USA. When I share with people my assessments of where the Earthlings are stumbling rather blindly, my listeners often say: “Oh, you are such a pessimist! What would you do differently?” My short answer … Continue reading
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