Ever think about how much oil would be needed to build-out the glorious solar/bike/train/pedestrian Solar Punk future some are clamoring for? We’ve painted ourselves into a corner with our embrace of carbon fueled commerce. Something you will often see are desperate attempts to maintain an energy-use budget affluent people are accustomed to, without accepting that this can in no way happen.
#Thoughts #CollapseNowAndAvoidTheRush
#PostCarbon #Energy #NotTheFutureWeOrdered

Conversations between @Eceni and Simon Michaux are always must-listen. Serious thought on the constraints of production in a #PostCarbon society, and consequently how we have to change if anyone is to survive the #ClimateEmergency.

Very strongly recommended.

https://pca.st/episode/26229c12-8e27-4fe9-bdeb-e9389b6b0518

Ok, I’ll admit that I saved every single Arch Druid Report blog post to a thumb drive as soon as they were published; and I have more than one of JMG’s books here with me. The insights and advice are still spot-on.
#ArchDruidReport #GreenWizardy #Resilience #History #Environment #PostCarbon #ClimateCrisis

California’s rain water problem reminded me of this book; got it in print when it first came out, excellent read. If you are looking to make a change in how you use and share your resources, then this is a wonderful book to start with.
#Permaculture #Sustainability #DumpsterDiving #WaterRecycling #SeedBombs #GuerillaGardening #Resilience #PostCarbon #GreenWizardry #SolarPunk

https://www.foodnotlawns.com/book/

SPOT ON comment & discussion from two magnificent minds. Please listen & share if it resonates with you 🙏

"LIVING IN A POST-CARBON, POST-CAPITAL, POST URBAN WORLD – with Chris Smaje, author of A Small Farm Future."

An Accidental Gods Podcast via Manda Scott

#Degrowth #PostCarbon #ChrisSmaje #MandaScott #AccidentalGods #RegenerativeFarming #RegenerativeCulture #ASmallFarmFuture #PostGrowth #Food #Farming #Localism #Bioregionalism #Community #Resilience

https://accidentalgods.life/living-in-a-post-carbon-post-capital-post-urban-world/

Ground is officially too wet to ever use the lawnmower ever again. Sharpening the scythe... Thanks to my mate Andy for the sharpening skills.

#scythe
#tools
#ToolSharpening
#ToolMaintenance
#OldSkills
#permaculture
#PostCarbon

The Modern World Can't Exist Without These Four Ingredients. They All Require Fossil Fuels

Four materials rank highest on the scale of necessity, forming what I have called the four pillars of modern civilization: cement, steel, plastics, and ammonia are needed in larger quantities than are other essential inputs. The world now produces annually about 4.5 billion tons of cement, 1.8 billion tons of steel, nearly 400 million tons of plastics, and 180 million tons of ammonia. But it is ammonia that deserves the top position as our most important material: its synthesis is the basis of all nitrogen fertilizers, and without their applications it would be impossible to feed, at current levels, nearly half of today’s nearly 8 billion people.

https://time.com/6175734/reliance-on-fossil-fuels/

Payall / broken JS: https://archive.ph/7FFlL

HN discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31395036

#VaclavSmil #Postcarbon #FossilFuels #Materials #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange #Limits #LimitsToGrowth #resources #Books

@hs0ucy @tabinol @manu @dav @Snoro En consultant ma collection de liens https://pinboard.in/u:lutzray/t:permaculture/ j'ai recroisé ce texte qui aborde la question, sans pouvoir y répondre précisément, mais c'est un point de départ: https://www.thelandmagazine.org.uk/sites/default/files/can_britain_feed_itself.pdf #sustainability #degrowth #permaculture #transition #postcarbon #postcapitalism

«Carbon emissions from the global energy industry last year rose at the fastest rate in almost a decade after extreme weather and surprise swings in global temperatures stoked extra demand for fossil fuels. BP’s annual global energy report, an influential review of the market, revealed for the first time that temperature fluctuations are increasing the world’s use of fossil fuels, in spite of efforts to tackle the climate crisis.» 💣 #climatechange #postcarbon #facepalm https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/jun/11/energy-industry-carbon-emissions-bp-report-fossil-fuels

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#postcarbon #ProtecttheInlet
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