Post Carbon Institute

Al Gore's recent speech on energy was not bad as such speeches go. It says all the right things about the problems we face - things quite a few of us already know - and it makes us feel good to hear them said well and to a large audience. Whether that audience is capable of absorbing the message is another matter. read more (read more)

"The best security you have is a prepared neighbor," said Paloma O'Riley a decade ago, when she was rallying people to prepare for an emergency of unknown proportions. The comment still rings true, as we prepare for a hard winter in the short term and, in the medium term, what James Howard Kunstler calls the "long emergency" of declining fossil fuels and other challenges that lie ahead. Fortunately, people at all levels in Vermont are scrambling to prepare for this winter, and many of them are conscious that high food and fuel prices are more a harbinger of things to come than a one-time increase. read more (read more)

Even oilmen believe our planet is burning up, says Full Monty writer behind terrifying TV dramaCalifornia must wake up to looming fuel crisis (new)The coming black plague? Oil and agriculture (new)Paul Krugman: Oil outlookGreen ink: Oil in free fall read more (read more)

Madam Speaker, I want to begin this evening's discussion by reading a little reminisce that was written by one of my staff members, Dr. John Darnell. He's imagining that he is talking to his granddaughter at some future date, and this little reminisce is called, ``Making It Through the Energy Crisis--Future Reminiscences with my Grandchildren.'' ``Grandfather, tell us the story about the men who went to the Moon and barely made it back--and how that was like when the world discovered there wasn't enough oil. read more (read more)