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westexas on October 6, 2005 - 12:16pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
I heard Jim Kunstler speak last year and Dallas.  IMO, he is one of the best public speakers I have ever heard--very funny and very caustic.  I am helping the Greater Dallas Planning Council and Southern Methodist University with a joint presentation by Simmons & Kunstler in Dallas on 11/1/05, at 7:00 P.M.   Our plan is to do an extended joint Q&A with Simmons & Kunstler both answering questions.  

IMO, Simmons/Kunstler are to the unfolding energy crisis as Churchill was to the pre-World War II period--trying to warn anyone who would listen of the dangers ahead.

The title of the event is:  "The unfolding energy crisis and its impact on development patterns."

SMU is working on trying to have a DVD of the event available, but that is still up in the air.  

You can order tickets online, from SMU (through the Environmental Science Department), at:  www.smu.edu/esp

Jeffrey Brown

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Glenn on October 6, 2005 - 12:20pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Jeff, I commend your efforts on the SMU event. Maybe you can find some local folks to start a local TOD site. We would love to have more local voices talking about how we can all make our communities more sustainable and less prone to the problems of peak oil.
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westexas on October 6, 2005 - 12:30pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Right now, to the extent that I can, I'm mainly giving talks to local groups on Peak Oil.

I would be happy to serve as a technical resources if anyone wants to set up a local group.

Jeffrey Brown

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Descolada on October 6, 2005 - 11:19pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
The conditions that make Peak Oil acceptance across our nation, and across our globe, difficult are conditions that are even more deeply entrenched in our state.  Probably because of our oil history, our culture prides itself in it's gluttony, even more so than other states.  And, that's not a stereotype.  It's pretty damned true.  Since it's so entrenched, the already difficult work of bringing peak oil to the public consciousness is going to be geometrically more difficult here.  That is precisely why we need it.

I say hoorah for any effort that challanges people in other states to reconsider their attitudes towards us.  We are as equally birkenstocks as we are cowboy hats, and it's just a matter of making ourselves realize it.

As an aside, I'm currently residing in Austin having recently moved from Abilene (West Texas Futures, anyone?), and will probably be living in San Antonio in the coming months.

Cole Wenger

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odograph on October 6, 2005 - 4:14pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Do the DVD!  Tell them it will stop me from driving in from California. ;-)
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odograph on October 6, 2005 - 4:15pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Actually audio podcasts might be easier and more convenient.
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