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Depletion levels in Ghawar
Latest presentations from Simmons
Oilwatch Monthly from ASPO-Netherlands
PFC Energy says there is plenty Of oil
Kunstler: Rigged to blow
Too much energy is bad for you
Peak Oil, Collapse, and the Olduvai
NYT: The silver lining to impending doom
Heinberg: Talking ourselves to extinction
Peak oil, carrying capacity and overshoot
The sprirituality of collapse
Introduces actuaries to the fact that the world is finite and we are reaching limits in several areas-oil, natural gas, fresh water, and indirectly climate change. These changes affect projections for the future, as made by actuaries. Actuaries should begin to question economic theory as well as their own models.
Vatican issues new green message for world’s Catholics
Timeline: The frightening future of Earth
E.O.Wilson: Acting now to save life on Earth
The Limits to Lakoff (progressivism vs limits to growth)
We all know the world is finite. We also know that growth is central to our way of life. At some point, growth in resource utilization must collide with the fact that the world is finite. We are now reaching that point. (Includes discussion questions)
American writer and humorist Kurt Vonnegut has died at age 84. About energy he wrote, “We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face cold turkey.”
Global forecast is ‘mostly dry’
An arid West no longer waits for rain
Drugs are in the water. Does it matter?
JM Greer: The shadow of our downfall
Sharon Astyk: World War II as metaphor
The limits of eco-localism: Scale, strategy, socialism
Mike Davis: Denial in the desert
Drought means no palms for Palm Sunday
Asia’s river systems face collapse
Malaysia makes rainwater collection mandatory for big roofs
Starting from where you are – Sharon Astyk on having four children
The Nation: Europeans do it better
Europeans do it better: learning to live with population decline
World’s population of elderly exploding
World population may reach 9.2 billion by 2050
Innovation in hard times?
Do environmentalists conspire against their own interests?
Sharon Astyk: On market failure
Lovelock: ‘We should be scared stiff’
