Peak Oil, and the Post Carbon Institute
Upon being a part of and attending the Green Earth, Home, and Garden show in Lane County, Oregon, I came across quite a variety of promising movements and green trends that indicate an overall shift to a greener awareness in the publics mind. As an exhibitor and a volunteer for the Oregon Toxics Alliance I was able to get a sense of the perception most people had towards the environmental movement. One most notable person I came across was Doug Black who is a part of a group that's trying to raise awareness on the issue over peak oil. If you are a local member of Lane County, please visit the Re-localize Eugene Group, and if you live anywhere else the parent site is at www.relocalize.net. The group is dedicated to re-localizing the economy in preparation for a peak oil crisis.
The development of Post Carbon Institute came out of concern for the environmental, social, political and economic ramifications of global over-reliance on cheap energy.
The Post Carbon Institute of Eugene "raises awareness of and promotes local, sustainable responses to the global crises of declining supplies of cheap, reliable energy; natural resource depletion; climate change and environmental degradation."
Some great sources for information on the peak oil issue can be found by watching the following documentaries:
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I really enjoy reading your blog, it always has great insight. But I am very frustrated with the fact that so few people are talking about presidential candidates and their thoughts on global warming. Now that it is down to just a few candidates I would think that this would be a bigger issue.
Live Earth just picked up this topic and put out an article ( http://www.liveearth.org/news.php ) live earth is also asking why the presidential candidates are not being solicited for their stance on the issue of the climate change. I just saw a poll on www.EarthLab.com that says people care a lot about what their next leader thinks of global warming. Does anyone know of another poll or other results about this subject?
Here is the page where I saw the EarthLab poll: http://www.earthlab.com/life.aspx. This is a pretty legit website; they are endorsed by Al Gore and the alliance for climate protection and they have a carbon footprint calculator. Does anyone have a strong opinion about this like I do? No matter what your political affiliation is or who you vote for this is an important issue for our environment, our economy and for homeland security.
great blog! it is very informative and you've done a lot of great research. I just discovered it and look forward to reading more.
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