The Perfect Storm: Peak Oil and Global Warming

Peak oil is the term used to describe peak oil outputs, and the coming scarcity of fossil-fuels in the near future.

Local organic farmer and sustainability consultant, Kris Holstrom, gave an overview of the Third Community Solution Peak Oil conference she attended this September, in Yellow Springs, Ohio.

Speakers at the conference included David Orr, Vicki Robin, Richard Heinberg, Julian Darley, Peter bane and other experts in the field. Kris gave a succinct, poignant synopsis of the conference, bringing the points home with some striking visuals, titled The Perfect Storm: Peak Oil and Global Warming

She discussed “Relocalization”, the decentralization of energy, money and food, allowing local communities the ability to support their own needs through invigorated cooperation and local production.

Important highlights included the need to be more efficient in the home, to carpool and travel less, to separate needs from luxuries, buy locally grown foods, and, more distantly, support community developments like community gardens.

Behaviors must change.

The shift in perception must include the shipping of goods when viewing the worth of a product. Presently, bottled water may have traveled thousands of miles to arrive at the local market. In this case, much more carbon dioxide is produced than the amount needed to make the product. In order to be carbon-neutral, each individual must take action first by seeing the world differently.

You may view her power point slides on our website: www.telluridelibrary.org