First things first

FIRST VISIT? CLICK HERE ~ FIND US ON PROJECT DIRT ~ FOLLOW US ON TWITTER ~ DISCUSS WITH OTHERS ON OUR YAHOO GROUP

Friday 31 October 2008

Sit back and watch

Okay, I think we're building up a decent bank of 'welcome to peak oil' resources in different formats, including hopefully whichever format best suits your preferred way of taking in information.

I've recommended DVDs, and then last time I linked to a very good written summary of the peak oil issue. Here instead is something online that you can immediately sit back and listen to. This chap, Chris Martenson, has a remarkable skill for communicating sometimes complex subjects in a human, accessible way that doesn't insult your intelligence.

Click here for his audio slideshow.

If you like his style, then look around his site. That link took you to one chapter of what is in fact a remarkable series of presentations on many interlinked subjects, not just peak oil. He looks at problems of debt, population and money supply - so if you're hungry for more, there's plenty there.

Well, soon I hope to localise this blog and do a bit of very speculative musing about what are the strengths and weaknesses of our neighbourhood, Westcombe Park and the surrounding area, in dealing with the challenges of peak oil. I'd love to hear others' ideas on that, because each of us will have different perceptions, different views of what opportunities our local area offers and different levels of knowledge about our community. I certainly don't know enough, and I look forward to learning from other Westcombe Parkers.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is an outstandingly clear exposition of Peak Oil & economics and how they no longer link up in a meaningful way. There are so many key points about our current and future situations. It can easily be absorbed without any previous education or training. I cannot recommend it highly enough and encourage others to join this group and commit to 'resilience' for our shared future?