Watch out petrol, it’s time for electric vehicles to shine Stephen Hill is an enthusiast for electric vehicles, noble and economical successor to the internal combustion engine Since the beginning of time, mankind has needed a form of transport to move faster and further than his legs could carry him. For millennia, this need –
An amusing article from December 2011 – I suspect more families are stocking up now. Picture the scene: It’s the end of January 2012 and already it is clear the year to come will make that which has just passed seem something of a picnic. The last strains of Auld Lang Syne had barely faded
[From December 2013] Industry expert warns of grim future of ‘recession’ driven ‘resource wars’ at University College London lecture A former British Petroleum (BP) geologist has warned that the age of cheap oil is long gone, bringing with it the danger of “continuous recession” and increased risk of conflict and hunger. At a lecture on
This is the followup 49-100 peak oil tools as written by Sharon Astyk. To read tips #1-49 read here 49. Invite someone new to your house once every month. Try and expand your community and circle of friends regularly. Invite people to eat with you regularly – sharing food is an important part of community
We are now far advanced into the third central bank generated bubble of the last two decades, but our monetary politburo has taken no notice whatsoever of its self-evident leading wave. Namely, the massive malinvestments and debt mania in the shale patch. Call them monetary bourbons. It is no exaggeration to say that inhabitants of
A downturn may be in the cards before the decade is out Some advice for President Barack Obama’s successor: bring a plan to fight the next recession. That’s one conclusion drawn from a survey of economists Sept. 4-9, where the median forecast of 31 respondents has the next downturn occurring in 2018. Assuming the collective
This article made me smile! Although an increasing number of people are adapting to the realities of more expensive and declining energy, and a permanently depressed economy, many are still… shall we say, circumspect, about their activities. They may have been driven underground after encountering ridicule or denial from friends and family, or perhaps are
It pretty much does what it says on the tin… “Peak oil” is starting to pop up in the media more and more these days. Everybody from Glenn Beck to the Sierra Club says that the world is running out of cheap oil and that this could be, well, inconvenient, for the global economy. But
I’m looking forward to this reaching the UK – especially the V2H option. Mitsubishi confirmed that the new 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV, which in July went on sale in Japan, will be unveiled in Frankfurt at the 66th International Motor Show (IAA). Sales of revamped Outlander PHEV in Europe will begin in September. On the
