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Archive for “Peak Oil” category
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12 Apr 2007
I was in Teignmouth in Devon the other day enjoying this glorious summer we’re having, and passing by a shop window I saw the bottles you’ll see to your left. I had to take a picture of them, as they reminded me of a story I haven’t told you yet. When I was living in Ireland, I once had a conversation with an elderly man in a pub, which I was under the impression was about peak oil. I talked about my understanding of the concept and he interrupted occasionally with fairly innocuous interjections, and I thought the conversation was getting somewhere interesting. At the end though, he said, by way of a closing flourish, “yes, I used some of that on a table once, came up lovely
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10 Apr 2007
At last week’s event in Lampeter writer and activist George Monbiot was asked to give a 5 minute reflection on the presentation I had just given. His response focused on the concerns he has with the concept of peak oil, and why he feels climate change to be the more important driver. Much of what he said about the dangers of synfuels and biofuels I very much agree with, but his optimism about peak oil isn’t, as regular readers will know, something I share. Indeed I struggle to see what it might be based on. Here is the transcript, I’d love to hear your thoughts…
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9 Apr 2007
Great piece in the Guardian on Saturday about the Lampeter event. Came across very well, and hard to fault, other than the assertion that Totnes is in Cornwall! The article generated a lot of interest, and has also been picked up quite widely across the web. Here it is.
**As the supply of cheap fuel dwindles, rural Lampeter embarks on ‘energy descent’.**
**By Felicity Lawrence / Saturday April 7, 2007 / The Guardian.**
There is, as the ads say, no Plan B. The age of cheap oil is drawing to a close, climate change already threatens, and politicians dither. But the people of Lampeter,
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6 Apr 2007
Transition Town Lewes is steaming ahead down on the south-east coast, and is nearing the end of its Awareness Raising stage. It has just published its Programme of Events for the next 4 months, modelled closely on Transition Town Totnes but taking the whole model off in its own, exciting, Lewesy kind of ways. You can see the inside and the outside of the flyer below (click on them to enlarge). Their Official Unleashing will be on April 23rd.
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3 Apr 2007
We are delighted to confirm the next TTT programme of events that will take the initiative through until the summer. Printed in vibrant summer colours, it is an intriguing mix of practical, theoretical and philosophical, and indicates many of the new pathways opening up for the initiative. Printed copies will be available in time for the screening of ‘A Crude Awakening’ and then will be available around the town. You can download the pdf. versions of the flyer here, the inner and the outer. Hope to see you at some of these events. The programme in full is;
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I was in Teignmouth in Devon the other day enjoying this glorious summer we’re having, and passing by a shop window I saw the bottles you’ll see to your left. I had to take a picture of them, as they reminded me of a story I haven’t told you yet. When I was living in Ireland, I once had a conversation with an elderly man in a pub, which I was under the impression was about peak oil. I talked about my understanding of the concept and he interrupted occasionally with fairly innocuous interjections, and I thought the conversation was getting somewhere interesting. At the end though, he said, by way of a closing flourish, “yes, I used some of that on a table once, came up lovely
