On May 12th we released Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century?. Written by PCI Fellow J. David Hughes, the detailed report argues that the natural gas industry has propagated dangerously false claims about natural gas production supply, cost and environmental impact. Our report calls into question the prevalent assumption that we have access to over a century of cheap and easy natural gas.
Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century has been requested by local, state and federal agencies, media and concerned citizens worldwide. Since it’s release less than three weeks ago, the report has been downloaded over 11,000 times.
Today we are releasing three supplements to the report that we hope you’ll find of interest and value:
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Whenever our tiny organization meets with success like this—when we succeed at changing the conversation despite the overwhelming firepower of the fossil fuel industries—we’re reminded that it’s our growing pool of peers and supporters who do so much of the real work. Without your generous contributions and ardent networking on our behalf, we’d make little progress. And so, once again—thank you.
new natural gas report
the end of growth
In May we released brand new content from Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg's new book The End of Growth, set for publication by New Society Publishers in September 2011.
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CHAPTER 5, PART 1: Shrinking Pie: Competition and Relative Growth in a Finite World
Is the central assertion of this book—that world economic growth is over—already disproved? How else to explain China's continued exuberant expansion, or signs of recovery in the U.S. in 2010?... Read more |
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CHAPTER 5, PART 2: The China Bubble: An Export-Led Development Model
The fundamental economic model that China has depended on for the past couple of decades was borrowed from Japan, and consists of producing low-cost export goods to fund investment at home.... Read more |
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CHAPTER 5, PART 3: The China Bubble: Demographics: Old/Young, Rich/Poor, Urban/Rural
One of China's leaders' biggest fears, expressed repeatedly in public pronouncements, is that the nation will grow old before it grows rich (Japan, in contrast, got rich before it grew old).... Read more |
latest publications
Read, watch or listen to the latest content by our Fellows, Board, Advisers and Staff anytime on our website. Here are some selections from the last month:
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Might peak oil and climate change outlive their usefulness as framings for Transition?
Post by Rob Hopkins • May 19, 2011
Here's a kind of half-formed thought that might possibly go somewhere if I start writing about it. This September sees the fifth anniversary of the Unleashing of Transition Town Totnes... Read more |
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Your Post-Petroleum Future
Speech transcript by Richard Heinberg • May 16, 2011
ExxonMobil is inviting you to take your place in a fossil-fueled twenty-first century. But I would argue that Exxon's vision of the future is actually just a forward projection from our collective rear-view mirror... Read more |
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Security, Resilience and Community
Article by David Orr • May 12, 2011
Local security—by which I mean safety and access to food, water, energy, shelter, health, and livelihood—was once assumed to be synonymous with our national capacity to project military power beyond our shores and borders... Read more |
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The psychological roots of resource over-consumption - from 'Fleeing Vesuvius'
Article by Nate Hagens • May 11, 2011
Humans have an innate need for status and for novelty in their lives. Unfortunately, the modern world has adopted very energy- and resource-intensive ways of meeting those needs... Read more |
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Sandra Postel Interview
Interview with Sandra Postel • May 11, 2011
You may have heard that water is the next oil. But unlike oil, there are no alternatives to water and due to population growth, climate change and poor planning, we are quickly depleting the earth's supply... Listen |
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The peak oil crisis: peak oil elasticity
Article by Tom Whipple • May 5, 2011
Earlier this week the U.S. Department of Energy announced that the average national price for regular gasoline in the U.S. was now $3.96 a gallon. Don't feel too bad though; last week the Kremlin banned gasoline and diesel exports from Russia... Read more |
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Mississippi Floods Can Be Restrained With Natural Defenses
Post by Sandra Postel • May 4, 2011
The destruction of 35 million acres of wetlands—an area the size of Illinois—in the upper Mississippi River basin has increased flood risks to cities and farms downstream. One way to protect against floods has stood the tests of thousands of years... Read more |
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Power Ahead: Oil
Interview with Richard Heinberg & Bill McKibben • May 3, 2011
Will oil continue to power our future? Discussion with Post Carbon Fellow and leading environmentalist and award-winning author of The End of Nature Bill McKibben, and Richard Heinberg, peak-oil expert, author and senior fellow, Post Carbon Institute... Listen |
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Majora Carter on APRN
Interview with Majora Carter • May 3, 2011
Real job development means finding investable models that use local resources. But what are the local resources of an economically depressed area?... Listen |
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fellows and advisers in the press
energy bulletin highlights
Below is a selection of recent articles and media appearing on Energy Bulletin.
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Join our next live webchat event with Kurt Cobb and Christine Patton (Peak Oil Hausfrau)
Join us at 11.00am PST on June 6th to chat with Christine & Kurt about presenting peak oil through fiction and humor...Further event information |
energy bulletin featured articles
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Transition and the collapse scenario
by Dave Pollard, how to save the world
For the last year or so I've been involved with our local Transition Initiative, and have communicated with many members of Transition initiatives around the world. Several of my articles on Transition-related topics have been published by web sites (like Energy Bulletin)...Read more |
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Public resources, private resources
by Sharon Astyk, Casaubon's Book
Whenever I talk about going to lower energy usage, a percentage of people shout out something like "But that would mean going back to the stone age, to lepers walking the streets and people throwing their feces out the window on our heads!!!" ...Read more |
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Entropy, peak oil, and Stoic philosophy
by Ugo Bardi, Cassandra's legacy
The fact that apples fall from tree - and that everything else that can fall, does - is an effect of the existence of relatively simple laws in the universe. Many things that we see around us are extremely complicated - or "complex". Think of the solar system, for instance... Read more |
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Max Keiser interviews Kurt Cobb
by Press TV
Max Keiser, host of the financial cable news show On the Edge, interviews Kurt Cobb, author, blogger and columnist, on world oil supplies, Cobb's peak-oil themed novel, Prelude, global credit conditions and many other topics in this wide-ranging discussion... Watch |
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Local Food Sovereignty in Maine
by Carl Etnier, Equal Time Radio
Three towns in Maine declared earlier this year that direct sales of food to consumers are exempt from inspection and licensing requirements, regardless of what state or federal law requires. Bob St. Peter, one of the organizers, explains the thinking.... Listen |
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Peak Moment 195: This Old House - Rethink, reuse, remodel
by Yuba Gals Independent Media, Peak Moment Television
Turn a century-old Seattle house into an efficient, energy-producing home using repurposed materials. Owner-builder Jim Bristow's creativity extends to reclaiming dead spaces, jacketing his house with exterior insulation, and modernizing the kitchen... Watch |
transition US update
A monthly update from the US regional hub of the international Transition movement.
 The 350 Home & Garden Challenge is a wrap! In total, over 1,300 actions in 217 different towns and 36 different states (and four countries) were registered, and while it's challenging to quantify the overall impacts of these actions and collaborations, we do know that our communities are that much more alive and thriving as a result. For some, this is certainly just the beginning. Check out photos, videos and stories, including a great video of the West Pasco Habitat for Humanity Permaculture Garden!
Check out our new website digs, read the May Roundup of What's Happening in the World of Transition for more and find an initiative near you.
Coming up on our calendar: Trainings in Columbus, OH and Chicago, IL, as well as special webinars' on Storytelling, Peacemaking, Culture Repair (3 part series), and Children and Transition: Raising Children in Changing Times (2 Part Series). |
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events
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 Slow Living Summit Brattleboro, Vermont
June 4, 2011, Galesburg, IL
Post Carbon Fellows Bill McKibben & Majora Carter are among the speakers at the first ever Slow Living Summit, Brattleboro, Vermont.
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 Majora Carter to give Knox College commencement address
June 4, 2011, Galesburg, IL
Post Carbon Fellow Majora Carter will deliver the Commencement address at Knox College having been nominated by the graduating class.
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 Innotown 2011
June 8-9, 2011, Ålesund, Norway
Post Carbon Senior Fellow Richard Heinberg will join this year's Innotown Conference to speak about Energy and Peak Oil - The Bigger Picture.
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 OBTC 2011
June 8-11, 2011, Milwaukee, WI
Post Carbon Board Member Nate Hagens will be one of the panelists at the OBTC 2011: Teaching Conference for Management Educators.
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 ISES 2011 - The International Student Energy Summit
June 9-11, 2011, Vancouver, Canada
Post Carbon Fellow and author of Will Natural Gas Fuel America in the 21st Century? David Hughes will be a speaker at ISES 2011.
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 Mia Birk book signing at Fort Collins bike campaign
June 9, 2011, Fort Collins, CO
Post Carbon Adviser Mia Birk will be presenting and signing copies of her book at this event to kick off the Fort Collins summer cycling campaign.
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 BALLE 2011: Place Matters
June 14, 2011, Bellingham, WA
The New Economy is being shaped at the grassroots level. Connect, share and learn from 700 pioneering business owners and investors, elected officials, philanthropists, economic development professionals and BALLE network leaders...
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 Wes Jackson at Biomimicry Institute Education Summit
June 27-29, 2011, Cleveland, OH
Hear Wes Jackson talk about his research mimicking prairies for agricultural production, learn how to use The Biomimicry Group's latest version of Life's Principes, find out how different institutions are bringing biology and design students together in the classroom...
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 Sustainability in Crisis
September 26-28, 2011, Cambridge, UK
Post Carbon Fellow Bill McKibben will be one of the keynote speakers at this event a three-day cross-disciplinary consultation aimed at thought-leaders, academics, campaigners and policy-makers, representing a variety of religious perspectives or none...
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