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Coal Seam Gas - a predictable response to peak oil by the global energy companies - Dig it up, suck it up, frack it up, make the bucks now and forget tomorrow?
Suddenly "Gasland" is becoming a reality for us here in Australia. Do our government leaders have the balls to say no to big energy?
Growing veges - and community - in Dulwich Hill
Our lovely Marrickville Transition and Permaculcure exponent Michele Margolis just sent us a link to this great little video.
Enjoy it and be inspired!
Thanks Michele
N.B.YOU CAN ALSO WATCH THE VIDEO AT THE LINK BELOW AND VOTE FOR IT TO POSSIBLY WIN A SUSTAINABILITY DRIVE AWARD
http://sustainabilitydrive.com.au/entry/93324/dulwich-hill-new-south-wales
National Permaculture Day - Coming Soon
National Permaculture Day started in 2009 and has grown each year as more local Permaculture groups and individuals get on board to share their experiences and the fruits of their design thinking and plain hard yakka.
Ther are lots of events around Sydney and beyond to inspire and inform so, if you are needing a shot of inspiration, get in amongst it.
You will find all the events listed on the NPD website
http://www.permacultureday.info/
You can find a printable list of events at
http://www.permacultureday.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/PD2011_DLBrox_Email.pdf
The Great Disruption?
Are we facing a Great Disruption? A forced change to our whole way of life brought about by climate change, peak oil and global food shortages? Paul Gilding, plugging his new book (appropriately titled - The Great Disruption") on the Climate Spectator certainly thinks so -
Why didn’t more of us see it coming? After all, the signals have been clear enough – signals that the ecological system that supports human society is hitting its limits, groaning under the strain of an economy simply too big for the planet. But we didn’t and, as a result, the time to act preventatively has past.
Now we must brace for impact. Now comes The Great Disruption.
It is true that the coming years won’t be pleasant, as our society and economy hits the wall and then realigns around what was always an obvious reality: You cannot have infinite growth on a finite planet. Not ‘should not’, or ‘better not’, but cannot
Sound like that book may well be worth a read. Full article here - http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/great-disruption
Big Oil's Lust for Tax Loopholes
Some analysis today from the Climate Spectator on the tax loopholes given to US oil companies by the US government. Loopholes that President Obama is trying to close but Oil companies (naturally) are trying to hold on to in spite of record profits.
As oil prices rise, so do Big Oil company profits. But even with their cash registers overflowing with dollars from struggling families, Big Oil is mobilising to defeat President Obama's proposal to invest $4 billion annually in clean energy programs by ending unnecessary tax loopholes for this highly profitable industry.
The big five oil companies – BP, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, and Shell – made a total profit of nearly $US1 trillion over the past decade. The three oil companies that have reported their 2010 profits nearly doubled their profits compared to 2009.
And
The oil and gas industry argues its tax breaks are essential to its ability to create jobs, but the evidence indicates that clean energy investments are a more cost-effective job creator. A University of Massachusetts study found that investment in clean energy creates anywhere from two to four times more direct and indirect jobs compared to the same investment in oil and gas production. Investing $1 million to retrofit buildings to make them more energy efficient creates three times more jobs than a $1 million investment in oil and gas. An investment in wind energy creates two and a half times more jobs compared to the same investment in oil and gas.
Full article here- http://www.climatespectator.com.au/commentary/big-oils-lust-tax-loopholes
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