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Started Nov. 6, 2008

Started this discussion. Last reply by Curt Jan 23.

Started this discussion. Last reply by JT Nov. 6, 2008.

About Me:: I have been active in the Peak Oil community for quite a while now. At least it seems like quite a while to me. I’ve been featured in all sorts of cool awareness articles and major Peak Oil advertising campaigns regarding the end of modernity, which isn’t sexy but I think it can be. I even helped the City of Portland write a plan for dealing with Peak Oil.

What I'm doing about Peak Oil:: Everything I can without my wife leaving me because she thinks I'm nuts.

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At 6:20am on March 24, 2008, d.a. said…: Thanks for bringing me on! Let me know if it's okay to add an Austin TX group. Austin is an wonderful, environmentally aware city.

At 3:45pm on February 24, 2008, Stefene Russell said…: Thanks for the welcome! There are some folks here in St. Louis that are working on Peak Oil issues, & I'm slowly checking out who they are and what they're up to. Great thing is that one of our urban neighborhoods, Old North, already has an urban farm & alternative currency established (not for Peak Oil reasons, but hey! It all helps, right?)

At 4:36pm on June 8, 2007, Sophie Smith said…: I have lots of ideas but most of them are as yet untested. It's frighteningly easy to get overwhelmed when you stop to consider the implications of peak oil. For that reason I've tended to focus my own efforts on food security, which, to my mind, is a frickin' huge consideration. But it's not the only consideration.

I've started a blog in the last couple of months (well, two actually) to encourage conversation about local solutions and alternatives to what amounts to a global clusterf***.

I don't believe we can look to our leaders or even to technology for solutions. They will no doubt play a role in how things shake out. But I believe each of us is going to have to develop solutions, at a local level, and get really friendly with the idea of cooperation.

I'll be honest. I'm technologically stupid. I'm still trying to work out how to use the various tools on this site. But I will say that I'm close to desperate to find other people to talk to about peak oil and local solutions. I hope I can make some good connections here.

Thanks for getting the ball rolling.