The End of Oil

     A lot of speculation is happening about how and when.  Personally, I very much hope that Renewables will cut in before it gets too bad.  Anyone who thinks that mining Uranium and the whole process of building, running, cooling, protecting and decomissioning nuclear power plants, let alone trying to deal with the waste,  has less carbon footprint than all the other forms of energy, will do well to look at the recent figures..The further you go into the future, the move damage you are doing to people, the environment , and the higher the carbon footprint becomes.
     The end of oil, as we have known it, is coming. There are a a lot of lovely transition people out there, planning a better future and  I was amazed at just how many groups there are in the U.K.
     One person who lives sustainably as well as writing about it, and not just from the countryside homesteader point of view, is Micheal Smith (Veshengro) of The Green (Living) Review.
      He has recently written a short book, called The End of Oil.  It is one man's view of the future and a genuine, not overly theoretical, summary of some of the ways to live in this new society.  It is honest, forthright and original and comes with years of experience of dealing with things as they are, rather than as  consumersville  would have us live.
     I have benefited from Michael's genuine warmth for anyone writing  whose work he thinks is of value and have read his attacks on greenwash.  I  read his blog regularly because it has its own voice, I learn from it and I am never bored by it. I love passages in his book which come with the sense of humour  I now expect from him,.viz :  the American approach to writing upside down in space and the Russian one. The former was thousands of dollars of research into a pen which would do this...which to be fair, they achieved... and the Russians?  Used a pencil.
      In his advertisement for the book, there is a whole chapter for you to read, to find out more. The End Of Oil by Michael Smith ( Veshengro)