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Have you heard Pat talking about Transition Towns in The Archers or read about "the end of easy oil" in the papers? Whether you have or not there's a film being screened in Dorchester which will enlighten you to the challenges that our oil-addicted society faces in the light of globally pe...

The 'Transition Town Shaftesbury Mulling Group' invite you to two free films: The Power of Community How Cuba Survived Peak Oil (no Cert) Wednesday 30th April 2008 The Guildhall, Shaftesbury Doors open at 7.00 pm Start at 7.30 pm Free Entry AND The End of Suburbia Oil Depletion and the Collapse of t...

Dorchester When the Oil Runs Out? Sustaining Our Future Thomas Hardye School Hall Dorchester Wed 30th January 2008 7.30 p.m. Guest Speaker: Ben Brangwyn of the Transition Towns Network for further details phone 01305 264412 or reply to david.smith@aic.co.uk Climate change and Peak Oil will require ...

An amusing take on the offsetting debate....

http://www.cheatneutral.com/

I'm not connected to this project and you need to do your own due diligence but it looks interesting....

http://www.fens.coop/fenland_home.asp

July 10th 2008

The Dollar will be toast this time next year

I've just removed the mostly rotten, suspended floor in my living room and want to put in UFH. I'm planning to put DPM down first, then 50 or 100mm of Kingspan/Celotex with 50mm against the walls to create a well for the concrete slab. It seems logical to me to maximise the depth of this slab (less ...

Topic already started here

I agree with Chris. My understanding is that the curve from 1850 to date is based on actual data and is economically constrained (ROI) and that the curve into the future forecasts the maximum possible production of crude oil at this point in time, given the necessary investment in infrastructure. Fu...

...just hoping that this site won't degenerate into a peak oil version of Hello magazine where 'celebrities' latest PR stunts are analysed.

My employers are aware of peak oil, partly, I hope, through my own endeavours and partly because of the Soil Association. They are generally well-read on environmental/organic/sustainability issues. http://www.manor-farm-organic.co.uk/ I also know that the people running these companies are PO-aware...

During the summer I had a conversation with a very practical acquaintance of mine who told me that the reason Rayburns, and by implication multi-fuel burners in general, are inefficient (Rayburns in particular) is that they are designed with a compromise in mind. In this case, multi-fuel is taken to...

It's a shame that they make the usual 'headline' error:

What happens to our food when the oil runs out?

How does this topic or any of the posts made in reply support the aims of the Powerswitch?

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