The Future of Renewable Energy
The vision of a future powered by renewable energy is a very real possibility with current technological capacity according to this report conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory.
Anti-Pipeline Petition
Sign a petition to let the Obama administration know you stand against the expedition of the Keystone Pipeline. [Action Alert]
From Suburban Sprawl to Peak Oil: Talking With James Howard Kunstler
Suburbia has been the greatest misallocation of resources in the history of the world. We invested our wealth and much of our national identity in a living
arrangement that has no future, and now the psychology of previous investment will not allow us to think about substantially changing it.
The Trouble With Vaporware
Since the Fukushima disaster began, proponents of nuclear power
have tried to spin the situation with claims that go back to the Eisenhower administration — that nukes will be clean, safe, and cheap, if we just go with the new technology that's not yet off the drawing board. Computer geeks have a term for this kind of song and dance:
vaporware.
Tiny Sun Tap
A hybrid alternative energy device harvests both light and heat.
The Great Bay: Chronicles of the Collapse
The Old Poet had been preparing himself and his
community for fifty years. When the Collapse hit they already had their own
schools, wineries, mills, gardens, power, and two generations of experience. Nonetheless the Collapse was traumatic, if not on
the scale of the urban disasters.
Biochar: An Introduction
A very old technology — the production of
charcoal — in the hands of farmers throughout the world could become a major
player in the struggle to avoid the worst effects of global warming.
“More Jobs” and the Post-Peak-Oil World
Hard work has been relatively recently enshrined as a natural obligation. Perhaps 99% of humans' time on Earth has been as hunter-gatherers who spend much less time producing subsistence than do agricultural and industrial workers.
Energy Futures
Four scenarios provide a framework for considering a broad spectrum of possible energy futures. Which are we most likely to see over the next century — Techno-explosion, Techno-stability, Energy descent, or Collapse?
Facing the Deindustrial Age
Since peak oil was predicted in 1956, the prospect of any constructive response has grown steadily more distant. Neither political reform nor withdrawing to mountain hideaways are viable responses to our predicament. Is it too late to negotiate the collapse of fossil-fueled civilization?
