The Peak Oil Crisis: A Meeting in California
January 29th, 2010 Posted in Organizing, Networking, Education, adaptation, general, peak oilASPO principal Tom Whipple writes of a peak oil summit meeting in Berkeley, sponsored by the Post Carbon Institute.
Last weekend, one of the more out of the ordinary meetings in recent memory took place out in Berkeley where some 30 people gathered to begin planning for the world’s transition from the industrial age to whatever is to come.They were a diverse group, coming from all over North America and representing an array of disciplines. Most had grey hair and among them held many advanced degrees and had written stacks of books and papers.
There was, however, a common thread that held them together. Not a person in the room needed to be convinced that the world is entering upon a great paradigm shift that will sweep away much of industrial civilization, thoughts of economic growth, and the lifestyles that have grown up in the age of ubiquitous fossil fuels. Read the rest here.
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