Outline Speaker's bureau slides of Oct 18 2006

  • Basic Concepts
    • oil blip in a geologic scale
    • Hubbert's peak
      •  go check out dieoff.org's graph
    • supply/demand cross over graph
      • overall production peak
    • discovery rate is below replacement by 5:1
      • discovery preseeds production
    • EROEI
      • have be a focal point
      • 1 dollar in equals ???
      • oil quality, sweat crude vs. heavy sour
  • Why Do You Care
    • oil prices up =
      • lower standard of living
      • require life style changes
    • oil location in "nasty" places
    • alternative exist but aren't sufficient to support current energy usage
    • oil is everything
      • the oil we eat
      • the oil we wear
      • the oil that holds what we eat
  • Actions
    • Wants vs. Needs
      • Thought experiment
    • Focus on demand
      • Energy Conservation
    • Voluntantry sumplicity
    • Learn a low energy skill
    • Education others
    • Transporation options
    • policy and politics
    • Buy Local
      • localize the food supply
      • localize the economy
    • move closer to work
    • The cost of convience 
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