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This is my home for things that don't, for one reason or another, belong to Twitter, Facebook or my other blogs. Here you will find my thoughts and musings on topics ranging from climate change and energy issues to mobile & IT technologies, reviews on things I read/see and from cultural commentary to photos. In other words, the topics are all over the place - so if you're looking for a blog with a consistent focus on a single issue, keep looking :)
Tag Archives: peak oil
Making (personal) sense of a disintegrating world
A lot of people – usually people who don’t actually know me – think I’m a pessimist. There are some things that even readers of this blog will know I believe in; things like inevitable catastrophic climate change, end of … Continue reading
Posted in Personal
Tagged climate change, degrowth, peak energy, peak oil, permaculture, predicaments, sustainability, Transition
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Nuclear will not save the day
I am of the opinion that the world is about to face an energy crisis of somewhat epic proportions; even if the most dire impacts of the fossil fuel “peak oil” were to be postponed by rapid ramp-up of oil … Continue reading
Posted in Energy
Tagged climate change, electricity, energy, energy crisis, nuclear, peak oil, primary energy
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Oil prices rising for all the wrong reasons
As most people have noticed, either at the pump or from the news, oil prices have again risen over $100 per barrel. As of this writing the benchmark Brent spot crude is trading at $116/bbl. Although oil prices have been … Continue reading
Review: Post Carbon Reader
The last environmentally oriented big-picture book on my reading list for now was “The Post Carbon Reader: Managing the 21st century’s sustainability crisis“, edited by Richard Heinberg & Daniel Lergh, but written by literally dozens of well-known authors. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Environment, Reviews
Tagged book reviews, climate change, energy crisis, peak oil, post carbon reader, sustainability
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