 Peak Oil: What Are We to Do?
(Santa Barbara Independent: Wed, 20 Aug) The County Board of Supervisors will be holding a hearing next Tuesday morning, August 26, to discuss the ongoing energy crisis in our region, state and country. The Community Environmental Council is convinced that peak oil is a very serious problem, but concerned that the growing awareness of this slow-moving crisis will lead to some bad choices regarding solutions.
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 Economic woes
(Mandurah Mail: Sun, 24 Aug) WELL, it’s happening. Just as the peakos (believers in the “peak oil” theory) predicted years ago.
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 U.S. drilling only viable option
(AG Weekly: Wed, 27 Aug) Our economy and standard of living are being destroyed by high taxes, over-regulation and extreme energy costs. Presidential candidate Representative Ron Paul has an energy plan.
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 Just 30 Minutes to the Nearest Korean Speakeasy
(Seattle Weekly: Wed, 27 Aug) It's the era of $4-per-gallon gas, bikers' rights/riots, and Hummer schadenfreude. The phrase "food miles" applies not only to New Zealand apples and Panamanian coffee but to the distance between fridge and supermarket.
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 Council embraces peak oil report
(Westerly Sun: Thu, 21 Aug) Task force asked to provide next steps in dealing with energy crisis. They have proposed steps ranging from creating a municipal power authority to painting bike lanes on Westerly streets.
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 Geothermal energy to erupt - peak oil
(North Denver News: Fri, 22 Aug) With fossil fuel prices escalating and countries searching for ways to reduce oil dependence and greenhouse gas emissions, capturing the earth’s heat for power generation is garnering new attention. First begun in Larderello, Italy, in 1904, electricity generation using geothermal energy is now taking place in 24 countries, 5 of which use it to produce 15 percent or more of their total ...
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 Green Dollar Exchange offers currency option
(Wairarapa Times-Age: Tue, 26 Aug) Consider this. The New Zealand Stock Exchange has crashed and the national economy is plummeting toward disaster. Here in Wairarapa, it's a nightmare situation for everyone well, maybe everyone except Keith Sawyer and 80 others.
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 A Visionary Architect Who Foretold The Future
(Arts Journal: Tue, 26 Aug) Arcosanti is a settlement 70 miles from Phoenix, Arizona, and "a curious taste of what an environmentally friendly US town could look like, but probably never will.
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