All Blog Posts Tagged 'fracking' (3)

An Energy "Renaissance"?

Reposted from my Integral Permaculture blog.

David – I thought we were entering an energy “renaissance” with new and easy ways to extract gas via fracking. Obviously, I understand the downsides of fracking. Can you elaborate?

Ken Mann

Whatcom County Councilmember

Yes Ken, I…

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Added by David MacLeod on April 5, 2014 at 10:13am — No Comments

Peak Oil and the Illusion of Invincibility

Reposted from my blog Integral Permaculture.

Here’s an extended quote from this week’s Archdruid Report by John Michael Greer. Worth reading in its entirety, but this section succinctly addresses the 'peak oil theory is dead' meme currently…

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Added by David MacLeod on March 28, 2013 at 9:15pm — No Comments

“extreme energy = extreme methods = extreme disasters = extreme opposition”

Last night I had the privilege of introducing author Andrew Nikiforuk to the “Literature Live” audience assembled at Village Books in Bellingham, WA. His latest book is The Energy of Slaves: Oil and the New Servitude. It…

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Added by David MacLeod on October 5, 2012 at 5:26pm — 1 Comment