Peak oil and peak water explained [part one] – Truthloader
Peak oil is something you often hear, but have you ever heard of peak water? Water shortages, and more specifically, fresh water shortages, are likely to become more commonplace in the future. Truthloader took a look into the two terms and what they mean.
Peak oil and peak water explained [part two] – Truthloader
Peak Oil and the Infinite Growth Monetary Paradigm Conference in NYC on June 1 2014
Abstract:The root cause of the greatest problems confronting the world today – climate Change, food shortages, unrest, pollution, resource wars – may be traced back to the way money works: An economy based on infinite growth is not possible on a finite planet. Peak Oil is the theory first put forth in 1956 by Shell geologist M. King Hubbert that the world would see peak production of oil around 1995. Because of subsequent events in the Middle East which he could not have predicted, he was off by a decade or so. But our dependence on oil, not only for transportation but also for food production and the fueling of the global economy, means that as oil becomes more difficult to extract, the economy must not simply turn to an alternative (there are no equivalents) it must reform to a sustainable paradigm.
Steve Horn — Desmogblog, Steven Kopits — Princeton Energy Advisors, Dan Miner — Resilience NYC Meetup, Jenna Orkin — http://www.Collapsenet.com
Left Forumis the largest annual conference of the broad Left in the United States. Each spring thousands of conference participants come together to discuss pressing local, national and global issues; to better understand commonalities and differences, and alternatives to current predicaments; or to share ideas to help build social movements to transform the world.
This year’s theme of Left Forum is
“Reform and/or Revolution: Imagine a World of Transformative Justice.”
Speakers include Harry Belafonte, Angela Davis, Cornel West, and over 1,000 more.
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