January 10th - selected slides

Basic Concepts:

Slides: B11, 4,5,6,16,A4,C2

  • Oil blip in a geologic scale 19,28
  • Hubbard's Peak
  • World production vs. demand cross over graph 18,20,24
  • Overall production peak 2
  • Rate of discoveries 3
  • Discovery precedes production 3
  • EROEI (Oil quality, sweet crude vs. heavy sour)
  • Energy Return Over Energy Input" (financial terminology)
  • (Added at meeting) ASPO Statisics on world supply

Why Should I Care?:

Slides: 17,23,42

  • Rising oil prices/More expensive cost of living
  • Oil located in places inaccessible by the U.S. economy 29,30
  • Alternatives exist but aren't sufficient to support current energy usage 13,26,49
  • Oil is everything... the oil we eat, wear, that contains 28,32,33,38
    • Idea: Slides/Pics of stuff made out of oil

Actions:

Slides: 51

  • Many actions could be combined into one topic
  • Perhaps better to put info into a handout?
  • Wants vs. Needs
  • Focus on demand side actions/conservation
  • Voluntary simplicity
  • Learn a low energy skill
  • Educate others
  • Transportation options 1,15
  • Policy and politics
  • "Buy Local" localize the food supply and economy 39
  • Move closer to work

Notes:

  • Nix: 7,8,9,10,11,12,21,25,34,36,37,44,45,46,48,52,A17,A1,B3
  • Purgatory: 14,27,31,41,43,50,A3,A14
  • Humor: 40
  • Hard Questions: 22,35,42,47,A8,B12
  • Target # of Slides... 10  or 
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