Path to Freedom: GREEN STEPS Now about biodiesel: We are not advocates who believe that biodiesel is THE answer to our ceaseless consumption of petroleum. Just because we have a car that runs on biodiesel doesn’t mean that we drive more than before. (In fact, we are trying to drive less). The only ‘answer’ is […]
Category Archives: Peak Oil
Eating Fossil Fuels
Eating Fossil Fuels A scary article, but worth looking at. It isn’t necessary to agree with all of the author’s conclusions to realize that there are problems with our current system.
James Howard Kunstler: Natural Gas
Clusterfuck Nation by James Howard Kunstler The serious public conversation of our energy predicament has not begun, and when it does it will be too late. In the background of all this, an economy based on suburban sprawl and easy motoring is going to absolutely fall on its ass, and that means a much quicker […]
The Community Solution to Peak Oil
If you haven’t already checked out the Community Solution site it might be time to take a look. The Community Solution is focused on the issues of Peak Oil. The site has information and publishes a newsletter talking about the issues surrounding Peak Oil. Their recent newsletter “Peak Oil – Peak Empire” looks at the […]
BioBeetle
We’re buying a car! This car, actually: After months of reading about different possible options we’ve decided to go with this car. It’s a 1998 VW Beetle TDI. We’re getting it through the very helpful folks at the Green Car Company. With the Beetle we’ll be able to use biodiesel. The car is rated 41 […]
The Long Emergency by James Howard Kunstler
This is the best book I’ve read about the challenges that face us today and in the years ahead. Covering the impacts of the end of cheap energy (oil), to global warming and new diseases Kunstler writes clearly about what may happen in the future. I’ve read several other books on the topic but they […]
