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How a 22-year-old student uncovered peak oil fraud
Tom Levitt
10th March, 2010
Lionel Badal was working on his undergraduate dissertation when he suddenly found himself privy to information that he knew must be made public more...
Have greens got it wrong about tar sands?
David Strahan
8th December, 2009
For environmentalists, tar sands are a 'climate crime'; for peak oil experts, they can never do the job of ordinary crude. But neither critique tells the full story: that exploiting tar sands may worsen both the climate crisis, and the energy crisis... more...
Food riots will mark the end of oil
Dan Box
23rd November, 2009
The end of the oil age won't be a pretty thing, but a new report by Deutsche Bank suggests it could be even uglier than we feared... more...
Album review: Gift of Gab's Escape 2 Mars
David Hawkins
19th November, 2009
Rapping about climate change, big pharma and peak oil brings a new edge to a medium still saturated with lyrics of violence and consumerism more...
A year-by-year vision of a sustainable future
Shaun Chamberlin
7th July, 2009
The Transition Town movement has produced a year-by-year timeline to lead us to a happier, healthier society. Shaun Chamberlin outlines this vision - beginning with a landmark 2010 climate change accord more...
CASE STUDY: creating Transition Towns
Ed Hamer
27th November, 2007
From theory to practice, how one man in Totnes is helping a community respond to the threat of peak oil – from its own currency to relearning lost arts. Ed Hamer reports more...
Peak oil before 2020 a 'significant risk', say experts
David Strahan
8th October, 2009
A new report highlights how woefully unprepared the Government is for a looming peak in oil production more...
10 steps to creating a local food group
Tamzin Pinkerton and Rob Hopkins
24th September, 2009
Tamzin Pinkerton & Rob Hopkins's new book, Local Food, is an indispensable guide for anyone interested in creating a local food group. Here's an extract to whet your appetite... more...
Major oil fields past peak, says IEA
Ecologist
3 August, 2009
Current oil consumption is unsustainable and supplies are likely to reach a peak within the next decade, says IEA more...
Is it time to change 20th century economic paradigms?
Richard Heinberg
5th February, 2009
A hundred years ago, markets ruled: fortunes were made, workers abused, bubbles blown. The Austrian School of economists, led by Ludwig von Mises, said this was fine: despite temporary messiness, the market knows best.more...
Peak oil is welcome
Richard Heinberg
7th August, 2008
Climate change is a problem of fossil fuel dependency, and solving it requires reducing that dependency quickly and dramatically. more...
Plan C: Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change by Pat Murphy
Phil England
1st July, 2008
Heavy on the moralising, light on cheer, a new book on low-carbon living has Phil England reaching for the classics more...
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Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon
Clive Dennis
1st May, 2008
Growing your own would be vital if the shops shut for good. Steve Solomon has the key to a persistent vegetable state more...Hubbert's Peak
Dan Box
27th September, 2005
In 1956, at a meeting of the American Petroleum Institute in San Antonio, US geophysicist, M King Hubbert predicted that US oil production – which until then had been constantly increasing – would peak in the early 1970s, and then start to fall.more...
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