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[Energy Bulletin -] There is a large body of expert opinion, marshalling impressive statistics, which is convinced that peak oil is imminent. There is also a large body of expert opinion, marshalling impressive statistics, which insists that it's a long way off.

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[Marisacat] Protest the Juntas!”¦ All of them, ours too! [UPDATED] « Marisacat: I'm with you in Rockland where we wake up electrified out of the coma by our own souls' airplanes roaring over the roof they've come to drop angelic bombs the hospital illuminates itself imaginary walls collapse O skinny legions run outside O starry spangled shock of mercy the eternal war is here O victory forget your underwear we're free I'm with you in Rockland in my dreams you walk dripping from a sea- journey on the highway across America in tears to the door of my cottage in the Western night

[AaronMichaelGordon.com: Voice of Degeneration] On "Peak Oil, Peaks Melting, And Putting Our Heads In The Sand.": That was when our memories were longer, and the pain of peak oil and OPEC was fresher in our minds. Because it really annoys me, to listen to folks talking about the gas price issue, the global warming issue and ignoring the peak oil issue...like we all haven't heard this before.

[Scoop NZ - Health Most Read] Scoop: Why More Food Is Not the Answer: In his book, "Eating Fossil Fuels," Dale Allen Pfeiffershows how utterly dependent modern agriculture is on fossilfuels, not just for the machinery that plants and harvests,but for the energy to irrigate fields, and for fertilizers.About 30 percent of farm energy goes to fertilizer, much ofwhich is made from natural gas. Like oil, natural gas isbecoming increasingly expensive as production nears peak.Without oil, we might not drive cars, but withoutfertilizer, we might not eat.

[BBC World Have Your Say] On TV: What should the G20 do? « BBC World Have Your Say: I suggest that people losing jobs, becoming homeless, being reduced to poverty, is just a slow form of mental and physical violence and the G20 ought to define Financial Crimes Against Humanity, form a Nuremberg type tribunal court and try the American Conservative Republicans who caused our current world problems.

[Renewable Energy News - RenewableEnergyWorld.com] U.S. Renewable Energy Leaders: Don't Count on Carbon Price Alone ...: These "renewable capacity added"-numbers look impressive but efficacy is questionable unless we get the realizable PLFs close to long term economic viability,rather than just adding GWs.

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[Winds of Change.NET] Climate Change and Bar Fights - Winds of Change.NET: they are finite resources (even if I don;t buy peak oil, I buy that) and if we're using them at a greater rate than we conveniently could, we're wasting them - meaning that future generations will have less of them than they would if we were more parsimonious.

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[The Rates Blog] Blogging On Interest Rates, Economics & Business in New Zealand: Very impressive to see the arguments marshalled so well and broadcast without hand-holding rationalisations- well done! The main question remaining in NZ is to what extent Governments will feel they have to insulate voters through some tax-or-transfer “rescue”

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[Carolyn Baker's Weblog] In Praise Of “Sicko” But What Happens When The U.S. Healtcare ...: Health care professionals who are preparing for collapse can take their preparation to the next level by offering informal workshops on various aspects of healthcare for non-professionals. Moreover, a basic knowledge of herbal remedies and a generous inventory of them is essential, not only as access to traditional healthcare diminishes but as herbal remedies themselves become more difficult to acquire in terms of prices and the likelihood of government control or elimination of them. 

[Latest Activity on PickensPlan] christopher tidman's Page - PickensPlan: I believe that significant growth in any alternative energy will precipitate dramatic adjustments to the economy, and effectively change the social structure of our society. VPO is currently at work marshalling the support, expertise and resources necessary to create a demonstration sustainable neighborhood (DSN) for the post-peak-oil period - what VPO member Jon Cooksey semi-whimsically calls a Kunstler Village, .

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