Many respected critics have long speculated that official projections from the International Energy Agency, major world governments and the oil industry of how long oil production can be sustained for are exaggerated. Today this was substantiated:
Key oil figures were distorted by US pressure, says whistleblower
Most people haven’t even gotten their heads around the fact that [...]
Archive for the ‘Globalization’ Category
Peak oil has already begun. Demand accountability and transparency from IEA, the US & UK government NOW
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Economics, Economy, Energy Crisis, Globalization, Government, Industrial Agriculture, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, UK, tagged Energy Crisis, Energy Industry, Financial crisis, fossil fuels, Government, hydrocarbon energy, MP, oil, Parliament, Peak Oil, Politics, UK, USA on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Letter to Sarah Teather MP: 4 February, 2009
Posted in British government, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Financial crisis, Globalization, Politics, UK, tagged Corporate Accountability, Corporation tax, Corporations, Early Day Motion, EF Schumacher, MP, Politics, Sarah Teather, Tax avoidance, UK on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Sarah Teather,
Thank you for your response re: The conflict in Gaza and the actions described therein, you have more than demonstrated your commitment to those in need.
You may be aware of the ongoing Guardian series entitled The tax gap concerning corporate tax evasion in the UK to the tune of up to £12 billion [...]
Quote of the day
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Globalization, Industrial Agriculture, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, Quotes, Values, tagged Climate Change, Consumer, Corporate Accountability, Dorian Gray, Industrial Agriculture, Oscar Wilde, Peak Oil, Politics, quote, Values, Victorian on January 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Nowadays people know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
The Picture of Dorian Gray – Chapter III (by Oscar Wilde)
Oscar Wilde’s observation of the decline of moral values in late nineteenth century Victorian English society resonates with even more force today. This aphorism is behind more of the world’s ills than one might [...]
Predictions for 2009
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Politics, UK, Uncategorized, tagged Energy Crisis, Corporate Accountability, Peak Oil, Politics, Africa, energy, afghanistan, UK, Gordon Brown, Energy Companies, No Confidence, Financial crisis, Credit Crunch, USA, Public infrastructure on December 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It doesn’t look good.
We are failing ourselves
Posted in Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Globalization, Politics, The Media, UK, tagged UK, Gordon Brown, Financial crisis, HM Treasury, Corporation tax on December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As the various crises of our collective irresponsibility come to a head (and they haven’t reached their peak by a long stretch) the actions of those in power, particularly at the highest levels of government, are now well beyond inadequate. They are criminal. Our own lack of action is no less criminal. Our continued reluctance [...]
Recommended books for those who wish to make a better world for all of us (eventually)
Posted in 9/11, Cheney, Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Economics, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Iran, Iraq, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, US Election, advertisting, childhood obesity, fast food, marketing, obesity, tagged Peak Oil, Climate Change, fast food, advertisting, obesity, reading, books, Economics on December 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Small Is Beautiful : Economics As If People Mattered
by E F Schumacher
Crossing the Rubicon: The Decline of the American Empire at the End of the Age of Oil
by Michael C Ruppert
Heat
by George Monbiot
Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal
by Eric Schlosser
George Bush: The Unauthorized Biography
by Webster Griffin Tarpley
(This list is ongoing)
Quote of the day
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Politics, Tolstoy, quote, poverty, education, elite, greed, business, literature on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I sit on a man’s back, choking him, and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by any means possible, except getting off his back.
–Leo Tolstoy
UK government creates the Department for Energy and Climate Change
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Energy Crisis, Peak Oil, Climate Change, Financial crisis, Credit Crunch, Department for Energy and Climate Change, DECC, energy supply, oil companies, economic growth on October 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On October 3rd Prime Minister Gordon Brown announced, among other things, the creation of the new Department for Energy and Climate Change. This is the first substantial public recognition from the UK government that energy and climate change are inextricably linked and need to be addressed as such in government policy. The tiny blurb on [...]
2nd letter response from Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP, 24 July 2008
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Financial crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, tagged Energy Crisis, Peak Oil, Climate Change, UK, Financial crisis, Sarah Teather, MP, Parliament, Credit Crunch, Kilburn, Brent East on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Dear Mr Mowshowitz,
Climate Change
Thank you for your further letter on the issue of climate change, which I received on the 10th of July 2008.
I have outlined to you my concern that climate change is an extremely urgent issue that must be tackled with strong measures, and without delay. Although I am not familiar with the [...]
Letter response from Sarah Teather MP, 24 June 2008
Posted in Climate Change, Corporate Accountability, Energy Crisis, Globalization, Industrialization, Peak Oil, Politics, The Media, Uncategorized, tagged Brent, Climate Change, Energy Crisis, House of Commons, MP, Parliament, Politics, Sarah Teather on September 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My wife and I live in northwest London. In June we moved to a different neighborhood and are now living under the jurisdiction of Brent council, represented by Liberal Democrat MP Sarah Teather. As soon as we’d settled in I read her profile on theyworkforyou.com and wrote her a letter concerning the urgency of strengthening [...]
