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Another casual get together in the Portland Suburbs

I am having a casual get together this Saturday at 2 pm at my home in West Linn. Anyone interested is welcome.  RSVP is appreciated but not required. We will discuss all things Peak and I will share my preparations, including solar hot water, ...

Event - mutschler - May 21 2013 - 5:26pm - 0 comments - 0 attachments

solar generators

Hi all. I have some questions about solar generators and am hoping someone can help me, or at least head me in the right direction  . I would like to soend my tax refund on a solar generator. I do not have a lot of money, so need to make the best ...

Discussion - amharp - Apr 19 2013 - 9:59am - 5 comments - 0 attachments

Chris on Yahoo! Daily Ticker - April 2013 (Part 1)

At last week's Wine Country Country Conference, Chris sat down with Lauren Lyster of Yahoo!'s Daily Ticker -- who was there to moderate the event -- and talked about his rationale for how structurally higher oil prices add such headwinds to ...

Discussion - Adam Taggart - Apr 10 2013 - 1:44am - 7 comments - 0 attachments

Pagosa Peak Prosperity

Early Stages but here goes. Just moved here prior to reading "The Crash Course" so Ive prepared for nothing which the future might hold. Pagosa Spring has amazing beauty and great community, all supported by many gas stations and one ...

Group - Garyhotice - Mar 20 2013 - 2:38pm - 0 comments

Kingman Arizona Preppers

Welcome.  This forum is to provide an anonomous place to meet like minded people.  Then take it offline if applicable.  An objective is to prepare yourself and your family in case of a currency collapse.  If you are into mathematics or statistics, then ...

Group - dolphinsrsmart - Mar 5 2013 - 6:45am - 0 comments

New, Rigorous Assessment of Shale Gas Reserves Forecasts Reliable Supply from Barnett Shale Through 2030

This "rigorous study" tells us, in essence, "don't worry, we have plenty of gas left."  At least, that's what NPR would have us beleive. The NPR interview is available at ...

Discussion - Dave Barnett - Feb 28 2013 - 8:27pm - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Harvard Researcher Predicts New US Oil Boom Soon == extensively researched position paper

http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/files/Oil-%20The%20Next%20Revolution.pdf Hi Everyone! According to this new report by a Harvard Kennedy School researcher, the US has much. much more oil in the ground than what we normally hear about, adn ...

Discussion - GregB777 - Feb 24 2013 - 3:09pm - 3 comments - 0 attachments

Graphene Supercapacitor

Making the long descent a bit longer... While we still have the technology to do this, the graphene supercapacitor may be a good work-around for the current problem of inefficient batteries. This could be extremely useful for community ...

Discussion - Dave Barnett - Feb 19 2013 - 8:29am - 0 comments - 0 attachments

i tulip's tracking of economy

In reading EJ's 1/24 article Hope and Fear - Part 1; Year of Promise I, as usual, had some difficulty with his charts, particularly the third one, but overall got a pretty good flavor of what he is trying to get across.  Although he criticizes ...

Discussion - Doug - Feb 14 2013 - 12:24pm - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Southwest PA Resiliency and Self-Sufficiency

(community, energy, food, gardening, permaculture, security, Skills Development) economy,energy,environment,prepare,crash course,Chris ...

Group - havenseeker - Feb 20 2013 - 11:14pm - 0 comments

Carbon Tax - what would that look like?

A number of blogs and podcasts I follow frequently refer to the Carbon Tax, many of them speaking with great conviction that they expect the US to implement this very soon.  None of them go into any details on how they think this will unfold.  I've ...

Discussion - Irksome - Feb 1 2013 - 8:22pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

ResourceWatch

A collection point for news and data on the growing scarcity of key natural resources (coal, crops, energy, farmland, fertilizer, fish, gas, metals, minerals, oceans, ...

Group - Adam Taggart - Feb 2 2013 - 11:06am - 0 comments

Hypothetical Question

Hello all,           I just watched Crash Course, and thought I would register. I would give Crash Course a giant thumbs up. I think what interested me most was the part about Peak Energy. On that note, lets just say that "hypothetically" ...

Discussion - Ultrabrite71 - Jan 5 2013 - 7:52pm - 14 comments - 0 attachments

Frugal Living

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. ~ Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Resiliency is about being able to do well (or "well enough") with the resources that are available to us.  Frugality is about creatively finding ways ...

Group - Amanda Witman - Jan 8 2013 - 11:49am - 0 comments

slovenia

(community, community + resilience + Security + alternative power + permaculture + home energy efficiency + gardening + food storage + alternative fuels +precious metals + ...

Group - saso123 - Aug 18 2012 - 3:33pm - 0 comments

Tidewater Virginia - Community and Resiliency

To help people in the Tidewater area of southeastern Virginia and surrounding areas connect to exchange ideas on building community and adding resiliency in preparation for whatever the future brings.  We have a small (~25), but functioning group of ...

Group - Dogs_In_A_Pile - Aug 8 2012 - 4:09pm - 0 comments

Aquaponics on a Commercial Scale

Our Mission: To support and forward the developent of Commercial Aquaponics as a viable way to earn a good living, in the face of "Big Ag" and to level the playing field for small commercial farmers without resorting to mechanization or the ...

Group - Friendly Aquaponics - Jul 29 2012 - 1:19pm - 0 comments

Aloha Hawaii Resiliency Group

Our Mission: To empower people to build more environmentally sustainable, connected, compassionate, and resilient communities rooted in personal commitments to change and grow together, as the world changes. E malama e, e malama aina, e malama ...

Group - Friendly Aquaponics - Jan 31 2013 - 12:07pm - 0 comments

Brattleboro, Vermont

Calling all Southern Vermonters!  It's time to get a show of hands and see who from our local network is present here at Peak Prosperity. All locals are invited to join us here -- Post Oil Solutions people, Transition Town folks, Time Trade ...

Group - Amanda Witman - Mar 5 2013 - 6:59am - 0 comments

Twin Cities Minnesota Peak Oil Community

The Twin Cities Minnesota Peak Oil Community (TCMNPOC) is a community within the Twin Cites and surrounding metro area who wish to discuss, plan, and prepare for the exciting future ahead. ...

Group - Spaceman Kermit - Jul 19 2012 - 2:34pm - 0 comments