by JAK | Aug 17, 2007 | big ideas, industry futures
Over the past few weeks I have tried to summarize the peak oil debate as best as I can given that it is complex and highly pertinent. Never before have we faced such a large impact on so many sectors of the economy on such a global scale. (This is Part 4) The Last Oil...
by JAK | Aug 13, 2007 | big ideas, development, industry futures
A key benefit of the book, The Last Oil Shock book by David Strahan, is found in the last two chapters in which he recommends a series of local and personal actions for urgent changes needed to survive this major threat. In a chapter called “Pass-notes for...
by JAK | Aug 10, 2007 | big ideas, culture, idealog, industry futures
One of the standard responses from Government and Oil companies when faced with the peak oil scenarios is to say that alternative energy sources will make up the gap and we shouldn’t worry. Wrong! This is Part 2 in a series on Energy futures and this post looks...
by JAK | Aug 7, 2007 | big ideas, development, TED
At school my daughter is a very excited member of the Enviro Explorers who aim to treasure the environment while many of us parents drive them to school in huge gas guzzling cars. How shortsighted is that? Incredibly it seems that despite 30 years of rising...
