Creating a Post-Peak Future Worth Living Into

The Oil Drum | Oct. 29, 2008 (Opinion)

The future most people are living into is beginning to disappear. The financial crisis threw the first punch, but oil depletion will deliver the knockout blow. Full Story »

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Subjects: Business, Sci/Tech
Topics: Energy, Oil and Gas
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Posted by: Posted by Greg Boyle - Oct 29, 2008 - 9:38 AM PDT
Reviewed by: Greg Boyle (review), J. B. Van Wely (review), Naomi Isler (review)
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Edited by: Greg Boyle - Oct 29, 2008 - 9:38 AM PDT

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Naomi Isler
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 by Naomi Isler - Oct. 29, 2008

It;'s really pop psychology. Might have been better had a few specific examples been included.

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J. B. Van Wely
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 by J. B. Van Wely - Oct. 29, 2008

It seems to be more a moral essay than traditional journalism.

I agree with the basic insights about 'quality of life' vs 'standard of living', but I don't think peak oil is going to cancel all the Caribbean vacations.

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Greg Boyle
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 by Greg Boyle - Oct. 29, 2008
Greg posted this story.
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