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Neily at the peak wrote:I don't see any mention of peak oil!? and if you can't see it at the time don't forget Iplayer, picture quality is really good when you download (Broadband connection required, sorry Jonb)

Neil

Peak Oil is in there, *** spoiler warning *** :http://www.a2mediagroup.com/?c=174&a=23607

http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article5509.html[quote]What would be the outcomes if the USD world financial / economic system fell apart? Supposing the USD devalued by over 50 to 70% in a year's time, after endless attempts to save a collapsing world consumer credit economy, we may see: [/quote]long ...

I suspect it might well become a talking point, and not an opportunity to miss...?

No, these films just sap the energy needed to get through it all, as I stated earlier switched it over to watch Shrek, A far superior film. What people need is a film with concrete solutions or the PM appearing on a broadcast to the nation pledging us all into a Dunkirk spirit to decouple ourselves...

It's a must read, and a real antidote. Only ?9.07 from DODGY TAX AVOIDERS... (buy 2, sell one on (you need those aware neighbours...), and get free P&P). There are 75 Transition Towns as of now, but the number is growing fast even though it's not trivial to apply..., and over 600 'mulling it ove...

I've started to think about a positive vision, and wonder what people think: It seems to me that our vision must depend on the future scenario, ie. our expectation concerning future circumstances. If we imagine that technological total solutions will be found tomorrow to climate change and/or peak o...

I believe we have to have a go at finding a solution, and that will include forming connections with local people. What we will have is knowledge, which no one can take away... TTH page 94 : Chapter 7 Harnessing the power of a positive vision "The optimism/pessimism trap. ... I've begun to noti...

I've recently read The Transition Handbook by Rob Hopkins, and here's a quote from the forward by Richard Heinburg "Rob Hopkins has grasped all of this in the Transition formula, and made it one that any community can enthusiastically buy into. Using Permaculture principles, the psychology of s...

Plus...some unconventionals can't be flooded. Most of the time, because you can't flood, you just drill more wells. Unconventionals like the Bakken oil shale in North Dakota, they slap a pumpjack on it within a month of completing it, they just don't flow naturally. I've read some excitement about ...

Am I the only one that finds this disgusting? I am sorry but I just can't buy into human manure...... I must be too much of a Nancy! :shock: Just think of the traditional cottage garden... http://journeytoforever.org/compost_humanure.html In 1859 the Rev Henry Moule of Dorset in England decided the...

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How did America get over the last depression? Don't say prozac... The had a war - it was called WWII :shock: And they had a massive EXPANSION in all respects. Extracted more oil and minerals, built more cars and roads, more houses, shops, offices and factories. All this expansion of everything was ...

Better to go for no digging on deep beds. There is now greater understanding of the importance of the fungi and other micro-organisms in the soil that are promoted in undisturbed soil. It seems that the fungal threads play a role in moving nutrients around the soil, effectively increasing the volum...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2004/feb/22/usnews.theobserver * Secret report warns of rioting and nuclear war * Britain will be 'Siberian' in less than 20 years * Threat to the world is greater than terrorism The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring the planet to the edg...

Great thread! I put in garlic cloves just before Christmas under a sheet of glass on bricks in a sheltered part of our Midlands garden. Had to take the glass off due to the fact they grew so fast and they're about 6 inches high now :-) and they didn't mind the recent cold weather. Experimented with ...