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rune66

Peak Oil becomes an Issue Again after the IEA Revised its Predictions - 0 views

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    "It's the third trajectory, the "450 Scenario," that should raise eyebrows. It assumes that momentum develops for a global drive to keep greenhouse gas emissions below 450 parts per million -- the maximum level at which it might be possible to prevent global average temperatures from rising above 2 degrees Celsius (and so cause catastrophic climate effects). As a result, it foresees a peak in global oil output occurring around 2020 at about 91 million barrels per day, with a decline to 78 million barrels by 2035."
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    En update på peak oil i lyset af den stigende udnyttelse af ukonventionelle energikilder. Særlig interessant, at IEA nu opererer med et scenarie, hvor man antager, at verdens regeringer faktisk begynder at handle i forhold til at begrænse udledningen af drivhusgasser.
sylvester roepstorff

The Collapse of Fractional Banking | Wall Street Survivor University - 1 views

  • The U.S. government has confirmed that indeed a recession began in December 2007, when the price of oil climbed to nearly $100 a barrel.
  • And this is what governments are seeing, banks are seeing, what markets are seeing, but no one is talking about it because it portends changes that are greater than anyone can seriously contemplate.
  • Critics of the concept of peak oil claim that it is crazy to suggest we’re running out of oil – and they’re right! These critics fail to understand the predicament of Peak Oil which is that the rate of growth in the daily/monthly/yearly production of oil is slowing and after the peak, will fall into permanent decline.
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  • Indeed, it is our collective addiction to growth that is the cause of this peak oil predicament. Our entire way of life is focused on growth: growing a family, growing a city, growing a business and growing our economy. All of this growth was needed to perpetuate the fractional reserve banking system, which is now on life support, about to die.
  • "We’re dealing with a cultural problem.
  • It all depends on your inner state, your point of view, how you interpret the world around you.
rune66

Peak oil lives, but will kill the economy | Nafeez Ahmed | Environment | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Bare lidt update på peak oil
sylvester roepstorff

Welcome to Transition US | Transition US - 0 views

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    "We are a nonprofit organization that provides inspiration, encouragement, support, networking, and training for Transition Initiatives across the United States. Transition Initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that builds community resilience in response to the challenges of peak oil, climate change and the economic crisis. Together we can make the transition to a more fulfilling, equitable and sustainable world."
sylvester roepstorff

Transition Towns - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

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    "Transition Towns (also known as Transition network or Transition Movement) is a movement that was created by Louise Rooney[1] and popularized by Rob Hopkins. It was founded in Kinsale, Ireland and was then spread to Totnes, England by environmentalist Rob Hopkins during 2005 and 2006[2]. The aim of the project is to equip communities for the dual challenges of climate change and peak oil. The movement currently has member communities in a number of countries worldwide."
Henrik Ryan

Peak Oil: Life After the Oil Crash - 0 views

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    Artiklen, der linkes til, er tredie side i en længere udredning om, hvilken lære vi kan drage af de udfordringer russerne stod i efter Sovietunionens sammenbrud med deraf følgende sammenbrud i alle aspekter af systemet, hvilket medførte ophør af institutionel ansvars varetagelse på stort set alle områder; økonomi, energiforsyning, fødevareforsyning, sikkerhed etc. Man kommer til at tænke over, hvilke livsfornødenheder man selv ville kunne tage ansvar for at varetage, såfremt en disintegration, af det system man selv indgår i, skulle indtræde.
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    "In the U.S., there is an industry of political commentators and pundits which is devoted to inflaming political passions as much as possible, especially before elections. This is similar to what sports writers and commentators do to draw attention to their game. It seems that the main force behind political discourse in the U.S. is boredom: one can chat about the weather, one's job, one's mortgage and how it relates to current and projected property values, cars and the traffic situation, sports, and, far behind sports, politics. In an effort to make people pay attention, most of the issues trotted out before the electorate pertain to reproduction: abortion, birth control, stem cell research, and similar small bits of social policy are bandied about rather than settled, simply because they get good ratings. "Boring" but vitally important strategic issues such as sustainable development, environmental protection, and energy policy are studiously avoided. Although people often bemoan political apathy as if it were a grave social ill, it seems to me that this is just as it should be. Why should essentially powerless people want to engage in a humiliating farce designed to demonstrate the legitimacy of those who wield the power? In Soviet-era Russia, intelligent people did their best to ignore the Communists: paying attention to them, whether through criticism or praise, would only serve to give them comfort and encouragement, making them feel as if they mattered. Why should Americans want to act any differently with regard to the Republicans and the Democrats? For love of donkeys and elephants?"
rune66

Sustainable Montreal » Economics - 1 views

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    Mark Bergers blog (ham som skriver ret fint om peak oil og økonomi).
rune66

Watch This Army of 21 Snow Plows Team Up to Clear a Canadian Highway - 1 views

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    På én eller anden måde bare utroligt sigende om vores kulturs afhængighed af olie, og en hvis portion absurditet også.
rune66

'Invest in production or see oil hit record $150 a barrel' - Telegraph - 1 views

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    "A vast amount is needed to make fertilizer and India I know for a fact is worried about securing enough oil to be able to produce enough fertilizer to grow enough rice to feed it's population. In fact more than 50% of oil in India is directly used for nitrate production not energy usage."
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    Bare lidt interessant trivia om olie og gødning og Indien.
rune66

U.S. Is Bankrupt and We Don't Even Know It: Laurence Kotlikoff - Bloomberg - 0 views

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    Minder mig om Peak Oil på den måde, at en række velrenommerede eksperter giver udtryk for troen på et dommedagsscenarie i nærmeste fremtid. Hvis det er rigtigt ser det alt i alt temmelig sort ud.
Henrik Ryan

Omstilling til fremtiden - dr.dk/P1/Agenda/Udsendelser - 0 views

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    P1 program om omstillingsbevægelsen (TT)
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    Radioprogram (13. feb. 2010) på en times tid - diverse interviews - bl.a. med Rob Hopkins starteren af Transition Town bevægelsen og lederen af Transition Town Danmark Niels Johan Juhl-Nielsen
rune66

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    ransition Towns er en positiv og konstruktiv metode til at skabe modstandsdygtige lokalsamfund. Der er en del erfaringer, som andre har gjort sig og man kan drage fordel af de redskaber, de har fundet frem til som virker. Helt overordnet drejer det sig om at et lokalsamfund beslutter sig for at finde svar og løsninger på dette STORE spørgsmål: På alle områder som dette lokalsamfund behøver for at fungere godt, hvordan kan vi markant øge vores modstandskraft overfor de olie- og klimamæssige forandringer, der kommer og drastisk reducere udledning af CO2?
sylvester roepstorff

Energy Security - Global Issues - 1 views

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    Film: prisen på olie får udvindingen til at standse lang tid før olien slipper op. - Olieprisen er skyld i inflationen - der er skyld i rentestigningen - der er skyld i boligboblens brist - der er skyld i finanskrisen. Olieprisernes stigning bliver årsag til globaliseringens endeligt. Det kan ikke i længden betale sig at adskille produktionen over så store afstande, som den billige oliepris har tilladt.
rune66

Olieboss: Verden løber snart tør for olie - Energi & miljø - 1 views

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    Fra hundens egen mund.
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    Interessant læsning, - ikke mindst pga af adressanten.
rune66

Washington considers a decline of world oil production as of 2011 | Oil Man - 0 views

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    "The DoE predicts that the decline of identified sources of supply will be steady and sharp : - 2 percent a year, from 87 million barrels per day (Mbpd) in 2011 to just 80 Mbpd in 2015. At that time, the world demand for oil and other liquid fuels should have climbed up to 90 Mbpd, according to the presentation document. "Unidentified" additional liquid fuels projects would therefore have to fill in a 10 Mbpd gap between supplies and demand within less than 5 years. 10 Mbpd is almost the equivalent of the oil production of Saudi Arabia, world top producer with 10.8 Mbpd."
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