Hi everyone- Jenny Bain from Adelaide Uni (politics) there will be a screening of The Power of Community:Cuba DVD followed by discussion on November 8 at the...
Mel and I have just returned from a meet-the-relatives trip to Port Macquarie and back, and I thought I'd share my fuel economy stats: Car: 1994 Peugeot 405...
Hi all, I've written an article that I hope to have published in a magazine or something. It addresses the issue of varying predictions for peak oil and the...
Well, we've had this forum going for a while now. Things have been a bit quiet lately. I just wondered what each of you have done since first hearing about ...
This correspondence relates to my article "Crude Assumptions" and has a Christian perspective. If this sparks any debate between religious and non-religious...
Hey James, Hope you and Mel had a great trip. Yes, small common rail diesel engines are definitely the most frugal around at the moment. Your 1994 does...
I've always tended to think there's an association between modern Christianity and political conservatism, but the well-informed and considered words of Rev Dr...
This is a really interesting set of questions! I think that it would be immensely positive if the "religious right" who currently use their faith to justify...
Hi all, Have just tidied up the stuff about ExxonMobil & USGS in my article (in the Files section). The previous version wasn't quite right. Cheers, James....
I am involved in a one-day workshop being held in the Adelaide Hills in mid to late November. The format is a bit of a trial in that it will simply be three...
Hi all i agree that how we 'live' the knowledge in actualising our lifestyles can be empowering to envision social and economic alternatives i intend to walk...
Hi All, Just in case anyone is interested, there was a discussion on Peak Oil on Radio National program 'The National Interest'yesterday. You can Podcast it...
Just listened to the podcast. Covered a lot of the Heinberg / Holmgren presentation, the same as the one held in Adelaide recently. Good stuff! Gave a lot of...
It is definitely worth downloading, it overwhelmingly presented the peak oil perspective- It was recorded from the Public Forum in Melbourne - the program was ...
FYI: The Mt Pleasant Natural Resource Centre presents a community workshop on PEAK OIL Sat 18th November, 9:30am - 3:00pm Mt Pleasant Natural Resource Centre ...
Hi all, Not sure if any of you are planning to go to the Mt Pleasant workshop but if you are, I have a friend in ROSTREVOR who would like a lift. I'm guessing...
Went along to a biofuels seminar last night. Interesting. Most interesting is the sheer lack of growing capacity - Australian Farmers Fuel (a la "SAFF" service...
... Now that is the sort of car (VW, not Chrysler) I need to get to work in. And I'm sure, most daily car journeys made by people would be similar in need....
I have a suspicion VW scrapped the project due to a prediction that they would not be able to market the little car. Loremo, another German company, is looking...
Hi- i will be coming from the city and have room for 3 others - will have to look atthe map but can probably pick up from Rostrevor enroute to Mt Pleasant ...
Found this in "Organic Gardener" magazine yesterday: www.backyardaquaponics.com What can I say? I'm hooked! Now all we need is a bigger piece of land. I mean,...
looks like quite a neat setup - might have to give it a go! btw, you dont necessarily need lots of space either. have a look at this compact modular setup: ...
Like electric hybrids, there might be potential for air hybrids, where the energy from braking etc is stored in the form of compressed air and re-used by going...
I'm just imagining the thought of kicking back with a nice bit of home-grown Barra on the barbie, with a freshly-picked garden salad... Why are we stuck in...
I've been flicking through my copy of the Club of Rome's report on "The Limits to Growth", published in 1972. I just stumbled across a graph of predicted CO2...
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