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by Charles Cresson Wood
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 Editor's note: This technical analysis nails the failure of government and corporate culture to address peak oil, laying bare the shortcomings of planning only for short-term goals. He has welcomed my putting his analysis into the broader context, which I do in a comment at the end. - Jan Lundberg
Serious and sustained disruptions caused by peak oil -- up to and including total systemic shutdown -- face the food, water, transportation, and other complex systems |
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by Barney Brantingham
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Oil and Anti-Oil
BROTHERS VS. SISTER: Jan Lundberg, of the famed Lundberg gas-price survey family, rode his bike up to my house in the pouring rain to talk about a real-life Santa Barbara soap opera.
Jan, an anti-oil environmentalist who advocates tearing up pavement, is suing his famous “prophet of the pumps” sister Trilby Lundberg and others over the alleged wrongful death of their mother, Mesa, in 2008.
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by David Cundiff, MD
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Editor's Note: the author's book The Health Economy was introduced to
Culture Change readers on Nov. 17, 2010, but it is now in a new e-book edition. The Health Economy concept's most prestigious endorsement was when Dr. George Lundberg, former chief editor of the Journal of the American Medical Association, recently linked to our previous review in his At Large column at MedPage Today. The following is the latest manifesto for the Health Economy. - JL
The Health Economy
will take the place of
today’s bankrupt Waste
Economy that has let
down working people. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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  The scene of several million deaths at the hands of Spaniard invaders, Cerro Rico ("rich hill") is just above the city of Potosí in Bolivia. In May 2010, I noted significant amounts of plastic debris all over the mountainside, but I couldn't guess the source. The answer, from my local driver, is that the miners working in the mountain constantly use plastic bags for their daily coca supplies. Chewing the leaves provides stamina and curbs hunger. |
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by Daniel Zengel
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Every day, tens of millions of Americans will be medicated without their consent. The medication will be administered in unrestricted amounts, even to those who are at the greatest risk of succumbing to its toxic side effects. This medicine is called fluoride. Fluoride is a naturally occurring element which is today artificially added to the drinking water of over 72% of American homes. This practice is nothing new. Water fluoridation was originally developed by the Nazis. |
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by Dani Ito
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 University of California, Santa Barbara - As I wade shin-deep through piles full of crunching plastic, all I see is red. Shiny, fire-engine red that has become oh-so familiar. But for now, the living room is unrecognizable. A fort has accumulated out of stacks of red plastic party cups. Solo, Kirkland, Dixie, Hefty -- the gang’s all here... |
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by V. I. Postnikov
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 Let the beauty we love be what we do – Rumi
The environmental crisis is the crisis of aesthetics – James Hillman
The poet knows of no “waste”... Ecopoetics is the way of thinking economically – Hwa Yol Jung
It is the right time for poets and artists to engage in economics. We can’t allow the greedy and self-important “experts” and “economists” to push the world to the brink of catastrophe. |
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by Jan Lundberg, independent oil industry analyst
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 Gasoline prices have been rising this winter in the U.S., even though we are well outside the summer driving season with its traditionally highest price level. Among the reasons for today's higher gasoline and crude oil prices is the high demand for heating oil during this extra cold winter, as heating oil in some northern parts of the world is a life-and-death commodity. This can put some pressure on gasoline supplies as refineries might attempt to maximize heating oil output, |
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by Jan Lundberg
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First, a timely offer from author David Cundiff, MD, that goes toward sustaining our work:
Unless collapse comes immediately, the U.S. has a small chance to quickly re-utilize its resources and community power: the Health Economy. As you might have understood from our article on David's new book The Health Economy, his approach could be the most tangible and progressive culture change opportunity in a generation or since the Great Depression. Buy the book now for $10 on our donation page, and all the proceeds go to Culture Change. |
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by Adam D. Sacks
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That birds fly and pigs don't is a consequence of laws of nature governing physics and biology. Nothing that transpires on physical planet Earth is any different: the laws of nature are inviolate. Always. [1]
This is a truism, and should be readily apparent, as it indeed often is in indigenous cultures where people are entirely dependent on natural forces and what is close at hand. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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Staking out Culture Change's role: nonviolence and understanding collapse
In reflecting why a reader and supporter of Culture Change should contribute toward our urgent request for $1,500 (printing copies of my new book, paying February rent, phone service, train tickets, replacing old computer case, food), I thought to emphasize what has sprouted up lately. I believe we all share certain concerns relating to safety, survival and wrenching change. Our growing audience reflects this. |
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by Jan Lundberg
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Interest is growing regarding collapse and the end of the U.S. empire.
On The Gary Null Show on January 14th we discussed this as well as peak oil, climate, relocalizing economies, skills, resisting the system, conviviality, and the environmental movement. Listen or download at progressiveradionetwork.com
The show was live at 12:30 PM EST on WNYE-NPR
(91.5 FM, NYC), WBAI-FM (99.5 FM, NYC, Pacifica Radio), and the Progressive Radio Network online |
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Songs of Petroleum is available now.
