tales of oil
Sep. 29th, 2005 10:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chelidonHmm, big old wind storm blowing through here right now, and according to the weather forecast, first frost looks like it might well be tonight -- pretty early, too, ah well, time to go pick the basil and coltsfoot and other tender plants. Winter's comin', and it looks to be a cold one.
And just as I wrote that, the power went out -- a call to the electric company says it's the whole area, must have had some trees come down on transmission lines. Time to fire up the generator...
Some recent news:
New worry: heating sticker shock coming (subhed: Gasoline prices are finally falling but a big jump in natural gas and heating oil is coming.)
Energy Intelligence?
excerpt:
"The bottom line," Hirsch says, "is that no one knows with certainty when world oil production will reach a peak, but geologists have no doubt that it will happen." Our hopes of a soft landing rest on just two propositions: that the oil producers' figures are correct, and that governments act before they have to. I hope that reassures you.
Rita causes record damage to oil rigs
And so on.
Now is a really good time to invest as much time and money into efficiency and self-sufficiency as possible. Seriously. As petro prices continue to rise, everything will get more expensive -- food, gas, electricity, but also manufactured goods, clothing, everything. Doing more with less (especially less energy) will be in vogue, because it's going to be essential.
And just as I wrote that, the power went out -- a call to the electric company says it's the whole area, must have had some trees come down on transmission lines. Time to fire up the generator...
Some recent news:
New worry: heating sticker shock coming (subhed: Gasoline prices are finally falling but a big jump in natural gas and heating oil is coming.)
Energy Intelligence?
excerpt:
"The bottom line," Hirsch says, "is that no one knows with certainty when world oil production will reach a peak, but geologists have no doubt that it will happen." Our hopes of a soft landing rest on just two propositions: that the oil producers' figures are correct, and that governments act before they have to. I hope that reassures you.
Rita causes record damage to oil rigs
And so on.
Now is a really good time to invest as much time and money into efficiency and self-sufficiency as possible. Seriously. As petro prices continue to rise, everything will get more expensive -- food, gas, electricity, but also manufactured goods, clothing, everything. Doing more with less (especially less energy) will be in vogue, because it's going to be essential.
