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The Peak Oil Crisis: Bankruptcy
A few years back peak oil all seemed so simple.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Capping Carbon
Seventeen years after the Kyoto Protocol was drafted, it appears that the U.S. is moving toward taking action to limit the nation’s emissions of greenhouse gases.
Restaurant Spotlight of the Week: Cafe Nessma
A much needed new addition to Falls Church Café Nessma is, in essence, Lebanese fast food.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Sustainability
It does not take much thinking about the implications of peak oil before the concept of sustainability arises.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Priorities
In the next few years, most of us are going to have to make many important decisions that will profoundly affect the rest of our lives. How soon these decisions come will depend on one’s individual circumstances.
Nicholas F. Benton: ‘Peak Oil Crisis’ Is Alive & Well
This month marks the fourth anniversary of now-globally famous commentator Tom Whipple’s “Peak Oil Crisis” column that originated with and has been published weekly exclusively in the Falls Church News-Press, the Washington D.C. area’s most progressive newspaper.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Seize the Moment
Earlier this week the Obama administration, now the effective owner of the U.S. automobile industry, put Detroit on notice that it has 30-60 days to come up with a believable plan to “restructure” itself or it goes into bankruptcy.
Nicholas F. Benton: Trains, Water & Clean Nuclear
Three interesting headlines lately point to the new direction that the Obama administration’s economic fundamentals will be taking the nation and the world.
The Peak Oil Crisis: Pondering the Near Future
We are faced with three serious problems that are going to bring about radical changes in our lifestyles. In order of urgency, the problems are the great economic recession/financial crisis, the peaking of world oil and other fossil fuel production, and global warming. The opening effects of these problems are […]
