Los Angeles Post Carbon Presents
Richard
Heinberg
July 16th and July 17th
PEAK OIL: The Challenge and Opportunity of
Petroleum's Waning Days
Richard Heinberg, the author of "The Party's Over"
and "PowerDown" will
be speaking at two events on the weekend of July 16th and 17th. The
Saturday July 16th event is for those with at least a basic understanding
of the issue of peak
oil and oil depletion, and the Sunday July 17th event is for those who
want to learn more about peak oil and the consequences we will be facing
in Los Angeles as global oil extraction goes into decline.
 BEYOND THE PEAK:
Options & Actions for a Post-Carbon
Future
Saturday, July 16th, 2 - 5
pm
Venice United Methodist Church
1020 Victoria Avenue,
Venice
(one block NE of Venice Blvd/Lincoln
Blvd)
After the presentation, we will break into
discussion groups based on topic so that everyone has a chance to share
their ideas. One person from each group will be assigned to take notes,
and provide a summary of ideas to the entire group after the
discussion.
$10 suggested donation
PEAK OIL:
The Challenge and
Opportunity of Petroleum's Waning Days
Sunday, July
17th, 6 - 9 pm
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire
Blvd., Los Angeles
(Just 2 blocks west of the
Wilshire/Vermont redline metro stop)
How
will the peak in world oil production affect you and your neighborhood?
Learn
about the consequences of our dwindling supplies of fossil fuels
The lecture will be followed by a group
discussion.
$10 suggested donation
The U.S. economy and the
American way of life depend entirely on ample supplies of cheap oil. But
according to a number of oil geologists - including the members of the
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas http://www.peakoil.net/- the global
peak in oil extraction is nearly here (2005-2010). After that, continuing
and increasing shortages will bring changes to every area of life.
Personal and business transportation, desirability of urban
land, water availability, businesses’ ability to continue production,
international shipping, the viability of large “showcase” projects, the
viability of surburbia – all will change in response to higher oil prices.
The media and public officials don’t talk about peak oil, but the signs –
from US Middle East policy to record oil prices – show that
decision-makers know oil is getting scarcer. Our planning decisions today,
even at the local level, should take these changes into account.
Learn about the consequences of the soon-to-be diminishing
supplies of oil from one of the U.S.’s experts, Richard Heinberg. He is
the author of two recent books The Party's Over: Energy Resources and
the Fate of Industrial Societies (2003), and
PowerDown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World
(2004).
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biking, taking public transportation or ridesharing to these
events. For information on public transportation, visit
www.mta.net. To find or offer a ride, visit www.rideshare.us and lookup event code rh1 for
July 16, or rh2 for
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Los Angeles Post Carbon
Welcome to the organization of Los Angeles
outposts of the Post Carbon Institute. Our industrial society is
approaching the end of the oil age, and is completely unprepared for the
consequences. Our aim is to educate the community on the issue of oil
depletion and the coming peak in global oil production, take action in our
community to prepare for the post-carbon age and have fun along the
way.
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Related Current Articles
Threats of Peak Oil to the Global Food
Supply
by Richard Heinberg, from Museletter
#159
http://www.museletter.com/archive/159.html
...let us add to this picture the imminent peak in world
oil production. This will make machinery more expensive to
operate, fertilizers more expensive to produce, and
transportation more expensive. While the adoption of fossil
fuels created a range of problems for global food production,
as we have just seen, the decline in the availability of cheap
oil will not immediately solve those problems; in fact, over
the short term they will exacerbate them, bringing simmering
crises to a boil.
Freeway Extension Becomes `El Sereno Community Garden'
http://tinyurl.com/ch9qc
By Selene Rivera EGP Staff Writer
A parcel of land that started as an empty lot and was
designated for the 710-freeway to continue its path through
Northeast Los Angeles, will instead soon become the
long-awaited "El Sereno Community Garden," announced community
leaders last Saturday. Adults, teenagers and children will be
able to visit the garden which will feature about 60 gardening
plots - which willing residents can rent to plant their
favorite flowers or vegetables - and a passive park where
people can just sit and relax. Kiosks designated for numerous
programs and events will also be a feature of the new
community garden.
End-time for USA upon oil collapse
Written by Jan Lundberg
http://www.culturechange.org/
A scenario for a sustainable future It is becoming clear to
more and more energy analysts that the United States of
America as we know it will not endure for long. However, the
U.S. may not last at all, if oil collapse and the birth of a
sustainable culture play out freely. Primarily considering the
implications of "peak oil," let us explore key unforgiving
trends, dispassionately, so as to arrive at a truthful and
hopefully constructive vision for the future.
Second U.S. Conference on "Peak Oil" and Community
Solutions
September 23-25, Yellow Springs, Ohio
www.communitysolution.org
This conference will explore
• The implications of Peak
Oil.
• An in-depth look at changes in agriculture.
•
The characteristics of a new economy.
• Peak Oil’s effect
on our financial system.
• Alternatives to oil and our
high energy way of life.
• The communities of the future.
• Ways to transition and answers to "What should I do
now?"
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