Monthly Archives: July 2007

The Free Energy Delusion

Posted on 23 July 2007 by Graham

I am often asked about this or that “new” idea that promises some kind of “free energy” and whether I had looked into it because it could “change the debate” about energy. The answer is usually that I havent looked … Continue reading →

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Five Years

Posted on 20 July 2007 by Graham

With all the interest in the mainstream media being shown recently about peak oil it seems the world may be finally waking up to the realities of the limits to growth and the beginnings of the end of the industrial … Continue reading →

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Draining the Shannon

Posted on 19 July 2007 by Graham

Last week RTE played a radio debate between PJ Walsh, a locally based campaigner and PRO of the recently formed Shannon Environmental Protection Alliance (SPA), and Tom Leahy, an engineer with Dublin City Council. They discussed a proposal to extract … Continue reading →

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At the Organic Centre

Posted on 14 July 2007 by Graham

After leaving Clare Island last week I continued my travels to the Organic Centre, Rossinver, Co. Leitrim, where I ran a couple of one-day Introduction to Permaculture Courses and spoke on Peak Oil at the Permaculture Conference on the Sunday. … Continue reading →

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Permaculture and Yoga on Clare Island

Posted on 4 July 2007 by Graham

What will be the likely effects of Peak Oil and energy scarcity on a small off-shore island that has only recently gained some of the comforts and ease of living that a fossil -fuel economy provides? How can the practice … Continue reading →

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When the Rivers Run Dry

Posted on 3 July 2007 by Graham

With changing weather patterns leading to extreme weather reports hitting the headlines with ever greater frequency, it seems there is either too much water, as in the destructive floods across the midlands of England and the North of Ireland earlier … Continue reading →

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