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News
Discussion of the latest Peak Oil news (please also check the Website News area below)
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General Discussion
Forum for general discussion of Peak Oil / Oil depletion; also covering related subjects
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Preparations
What changes can we make to our lives to deal with the economic and energy crises ahead? Have you already started making preparations? Got tips to share?
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Living in the Future
How will oil depletion affect the way we live? What will the economic impact be? How will agriculture change? Will we thrive or merely survive?
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Permaculture
Working with, rather than against nature.
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Transport
Our transport is heavily oil-based. What are the alternatives?
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Electrical, Theory and Practice
For technical discussions about electricity, electrical equipment with particular emphasis on safe and compliant installations.
Off topic remarks are liable to be moved elsewhere, or in extreme cases to be deleted.

Government and Society
What can we do to change the minds of decision makers and people in general to actually do something about preparing for the forthcoming economic/energy crises (the ones after this one!)?
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Campaign ideas & experience
Got campaigning suggestions? People to contact, places to advertise? Methods to use? How have people responded to your campaigning? Talk about it here.
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Events
News and details of Peak Oil/Energy/Sustainability meetings, events or conferences.
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Books, Magazines & Film
Discussion of books relating to oil, sustainability and everything else talked about here.
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Climate Change
For threads primarily discussing Climate Change (particularly in relation to Peak Oil)
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Solar Power
Is Solar Power going to give the UK the energy it needs for the 21st century?
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Wind Power
Can Wind Power meet the energy needs of Britain in the 21st century or is it just a lot of overblown hype?
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Nuclear Power
Is nuclear fission going to make a comeback and plug the gap in our energy needs? Will nuclear fusion ever become energetically viable?
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Biofuels & Biomass
To what extent will biofuels be part of our energy future?
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Wave & Tidal Power
How far can the power of the sea contribute to the energy needs of the UK?
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Geothermal Power and Heat Pumps
Is Geothermal Power going to make any impact at all? What about Heat Pumps?
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Hydrogen
Is the proposed 'Hydrogen Economy' going to save the human race or is it all an energy sink that provides no viable answer?
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Hydrocarbons
Degasified coal? Bitumen? Will we have to turn to these at the cost of global warming?
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Other Alternatives
Hydro-electricity? Fusion? Thermal Depolarization? Do we have any other real alternatives? Including utility scale energy storage.
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TEQs
For discussion of Tradeable Energy Quotas (TEQs). See http://www.teqs.net for more.
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Transition Initiatives
For general discussion about Transition Towns, Cities, Countries etc.
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London & The South East
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The South West
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East Anglia & The Midlands
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The North
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Scotland
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Wales
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Ireland
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International
Forum for International groups to post and raise awareness of their groups.
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Website News
Scheduled (and unscheduled!) downtime, updates to site software, etc
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Suggestion Box
Post your ideas to improve the forums here
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Help Needed
Details of tasks that PowerSwitch needs help with. Read the requests, offer your help!
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