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by Jan Lundberg, oil industry analyst
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Culture Change was asked about the impact from the Gulf oil gusher on the price of gasoline in 6 months, 12 months and 18 months from now:
It might be an interesting question for debate, with many
possible opinions. There are too many variables to make forecasts with any
certainty, so prognosticators would have to exclude all but one or
two factors. There are these non-textbook questions: Will hurricanes
wreak havoc? Will there be migration and refugees from the Gulf?
Could a BP bankruptcy result, triggering broader corporate failures?
The dismantling of BP or the massive downsizing and selling off of its assets are possible if criminal penalties plus anticipated fines prove as
devastating for the corporation as its behavior has been for the Gulf of
Mexico. |
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by Shirin Wertime
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During the 20th century, access to cheap and abundant sources of energy helped transform the world in countless ways. Extraction of fossil fuels led to a massive expansion in economic growth and agricultural production, and was one of the bases of a six-fold increase in human population. Petroleum, the most sought after fossil fuel, had the largest role in this transformation. |
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by Keith Farnish
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Coming to the writings of Urban Scout afresh, I’m immediately surprised that I hadn’t embraced him earlier -- maybe it was his apparent coolness that put me off, but then he makes a point of addressing this in one of the chapters of his new book, “Rewild or Die”. |
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by Jan Lundberg, oil industry analyst
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News Release
For immediate release
Washington, D.C. - If 100,000 barrels a day of crude oil are gushing out
of the damaged sea-floor well underneath where BP’s offshore oil rig used
to perch, what can be done to offset this pollution immediately? Time is
of the essence for the global ecosystem, not just for a part of the Gulf. |
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by Jan Lundberg, oil industry analyst
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The impact of the Gulf oil disaster on the national psyche and the economy have barely begun. When Florida, a more substantial state than Louisiana, is hit by the unprecedented pollution assured to have lasting effects, the quickened erosion of confidence in government, industry and modern technology may accelerate the end of this current phase of U.S. society. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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Thanks to a Bolivian merchant’s error of inserting an extra digit in a bank card charge, delaying my departure back to the Northern Hemisphere, my history was changed. In the three extra days in the country, where I needed to rest up after an altitude related illness, I reached a surprising level of involvement in the community where I happen to have gotten stuck. This was my journal entry:
The word “culture” does not suffice when experiencing the eye-opening revelations of days lived amongst aware people. I am fortunate to be doing this now in Bolivia. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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As the U.S. continues the incredibly wasteful misallocation of resources known as car production and everything that goes with it, the externalized costs in terms of global warming, oil spills, and human isolation as consumers, only mount.
Who is in charge of this mad policy of ecocide? We all are, but we did elect a president named Barack Obama. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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It's crazy that everyone was blindsided by the unprecedented BP oil rig explosion and oil well disaster, when it or a similar event had to happen eventually. Indeed, we now have a "new" wrinkle for petrocollapse. Petrocollapse has mostly referred to the effects of peak oil, but all is ecological in the final analysis.
Most people paying attention to the world at large know that millions of gallons of crude oil have been loosed, still gushing uncontrollably, threatening not only the Gulf of Mexico but beyond. Our report suggests more than clean-up and better oversite: the Committee Against Oil Exploration. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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There is good news on the climate activism front, based on first hand information coming in to Culture Change. But first, some necessary background:
The global struggle to save the climate and ensure our common survival takes various forms. The movement is not limited to just a few well known approaches, such as "politically realistic" legislation, conferences, or boosting renewable energy. As an example of a new force post-Copenhagen, there is momentum from last month's Bolivia gathering, particularly since the title of it included the Rights of Mother Earth. |
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by Jan Lundberg, photography by Bronwyn Lundberg
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 Before presenting our latest photo-journalism direct from the just-concluded People´s Climate Conference, and disturbing you with news of road building and plastics manufacture in Bolivia, we ask you to bear with us one moment regarding the financing of our activism and reporting:
To complete this trip to Bolivia and follow it up properly, successful fundraising is key. We were almost alone at the Cochabamba climate conference when it comes to our issues or our slant on others' main issues. |
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by Robert Jensen
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After a recent talk on racism and other illegitimate hierarchies at a
diversity conference in Dallas, I received a letter from one of the people
who had attended that asked "why you feel it necessary to perpetuate and
even exacerbate the divisiveness of language when addressing a group of
people assembled to learn how to live better together and be more accepting
of differences?" He suggested that by being so sharply critical, I was part
of the problem not the solution
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by Jan Lundberg, in Cochabamba
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 At the People's World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, the consistent message is ecological, indigenous, communitarian and anti-corporate. The great majority of speakers sound radical and have the support of the thousands of attendees. The message is welcome at the top, in the person of Evo Morales, the indigenous Aymara former farmer and union organizer who is Bolivia's president.
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