Sunday, September 30, 2007
Despite the cold clear nights of last week, the unusually warm weather continuing into October seems to be producing strange anomalies in the garden. This is a photo taken of flowers on a “Katy” apple tree yesterday. Over the past few months, each successive report from the scientific community seems to be outdoing the last [...]
Sunday, September 23, 2007
“Living Through The Energy Crisis- Preparing for a Low-Energy World” is a new booklet just published for ASPO by Dr. Colin Campbell and myself. The first part- The Nature of the Energy Crisis by Dr.Colin Campbell puts the geological case for peak oil in the format of a trial presided over by a judge who [...]
Friday, September 21, 2007
Update October 7th 2007: Jackie and Emma are now close to completing the walls on the house and have enough help at the moment, so thanks to all those who responded, but they may still need a hand in November. Jackie and Emma, friends of mine in North Mayo, are urgently looking for volunteers to [...]
Thursday, September 20, 2007
I wasn’t able to attend the ASPO conference in Cork this week because it coincided with the first two days of the new term at Kinsale, but I was able to catch up with some of the speakers first in Bantry at the Sustain West Cork event, and then in the college where we were [...]
Sunday, September 16, 2007
David Strahan, author of The Last Oil Shock gave me this fascinating interview at the recent Cool Earth event in Dun Laoghaire You’ve said that you believe Peak is still a few years off… The narrowing envelope of forecasts is from about now to 2020; ASPO have 2010- there is a range. Those who think [...]
Sunday, September 9, 2007
Book Review: Ted Trainer – Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society Springer 2007 hbck 197pp Ted Trainer, of the University of New South Wales, has made a valuable contribution to the literature of energy and resource depletion with his new book Renewable Energy Cannot Sustain a Consumer Society. The title says a lot I [...]
Thursday, September 6, 2007
I have recently installed a DIY solar panel on the Permacabin (Timber framed cabin with all perma-cons): This has been constructed using clip-fins from CAT and following instructions in their booklet Solar Water Heating- A DIY Guide by Paul Trimby.