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Solutions
The 7 R's
Re-educate
citizens
Re-localize
cities
Re-fuel on renewables
Redefine
growth
Replenish
the soil
Restore local ecologies
Reduce
populations
Others
Barney Foran's 6 principles
ISIS (UK)
policies
Lester Brown on hybrids
Politics of EV's
ABC Radio debates EV's
Population growth imperils humanity
Water depletion threatens food!
US Media consensus on Global Warming!

The solutions summary


"Beyond oil live light and local"

The first and most important "solution" to Peak Oil is for all governments to immediately ratify the Uppsala Protocol to prevent World War 3. This is basically an international oil sharing agreement. Without international co-operation, we have no chance of an orderly transition to a post-oil world.

The second "solution" is to immediately have all local, state, national and "international" government agencies run peak oil taskforces to determine the most secure and sustainable future for the sake of our children. As US Senator Roscoe Bartlett has said,

(2) the United States, in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency of the `Man on the Moon' project to develop a comprehensive plan to address the challenges presented by Peak Oil.

The following "solutions" are a sketch in the broadest possible brushstrokes.

Beyond oil — live light and local

Living light means reducing our footprint. We must consume less, and live less materialistic lives. Our goal is smaller, more energy efficient homes. We will live more humanely paced and healthy lives defined not by what we own but by who we are, our craftsmanship, our relationships, and our local community.

Living locally means we will be forced to restructure local economies. We will reduce our transport energy needs by re-localizing everything we do. Everything will be a walk, cycle, or train ride away. Local agriculture, manufacturing, education, shops, entertainment, church & community venues will provide a rich community lifestyle. Our 'New Urbanism' industries and neighbourhoods will become relationship based economies and lifestyles, cutting alienation and creating the personal community that psychologists have demonstrated we need for good health.



The 7 "rules" of living light and local.

Re-educate populations

Relocalize our cities

Re-fuel on renewables

Redefine 'growth' — running a stable economy

Replenish the soil for post oil agriculture

Restore our environment and local productivity

Reduce populations



My top solutions web-sites

The beauty of living light and local is that you do not have to wait for the government to implement change. You can start right away.

The solutions to peak oil are all around you, which is why I recommend showing "End of Suburbia" at your local sports club, church, or other community venue. The impetus for change should be ignited.

It is up to you. The government may never do it for you... maybe you have to "self govern" the solutions at the local level. The following sites help recommend how to do this.


Postcarbon

Feasta

Earth Policy Institute

The Australian CSIRO Sustainability Network has many scientific articles around the themes of retrofitting suburbs into more local eco-village systems, and has some articles by David Holmgren.

This site is a bit utopian, but also worth a read.

World Changing



Disclaimer

Please remember that the focus of this website is to promote Peak Oil awareness and demand a massive government inquiry into energy supply and sustainable cities. This is an undertaking for the most serious scientific enquiry, the most demanding legal, social and economic policy development, and the most creative urban designing and artistic endeavour.

My "solutions" pages are my current dreams for the future. The particulars shift and change with new technical information, however the core values remain firmly grounded. The following pages are a collection of beautiful visions of how a post-oil world might look, if we act now.

I am not a scientist, have only dabbled in sociology and economics, and am by no means an expert. Nothing I write is definitive, however I have referenced many experts on sustainability for you to explore. This is a resource pool, more than anything else.

The crisis is upon us. All I want is for governments to start discussing scientifically informed responses to the peak oil crisis. I don't really care if real solutions can be found outside of my descriptions here, as long as they are real.