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cynus on March 19, 2007 - 9:13am Permalink | Subthread | Comments top

I picked up a copy of Bill McKibben's "Deep Economy" this weekend and highly recommend it. It's an attempt to lay the groundwork for post-peak localization, especially for agriculture, and will probably make you much more hopeful for the future after reading it.

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RickD on March 19, 2007 - 9:20am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Thanks for the tip. I just ordered it from my local library.

Rick

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Leanan on March 19, 2007 - 12:34pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

Here's an article by McKibben from Mother Jones:

Reversal of Fortune

In 1712, a British inventor named Thomas Newcomen created the first practical steam engine. Over the centuries that followed, fossil fuels helped create everything we consider normal and obvious about the modern world, from electricity to steel to fertilizer; now, a 100 percent jump in the standard of living could suddenly be accomplished in a few decades, not a few millennia.

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