In the book Peak Everything chapter 8, the author links climate change and peak oil, mentioning their differences and similarities. The problems of climate change and peak oil both result from societal dependence on fossil fuels. Despite the fact that they are closely related, the two issues are in some ways dissimilar. Climate Change, has to do with carbon released into the environment and its impacts. Peak Oil, is a problem about the shortage of fossil fuels and how they will become less abundant by time. Heingberg comes up with sets of solutions, which would apply to both problems, and help solve them. Specialists working together, is the most outstanding solution. Heingberg writes, "Both groups could work together more explicitly to promote proactive, policy-driven reductions in fossil fuels consumption." (Heingberg 157). This quote means that it takes dedication, and team work to solve this delicate problem. If climate change, and peak oil specialist come together they could spread their knowledge and inspire humans to stop the use of non-renewable resources. In my current essay, "Waking Up in the Future", I argue that in the future fossil fuels will be a thing of the past, humans will relay on each-other for their survival. Heinberg's ideas here are relevant to my discussion because, I incorporate reducing the dependence on fossil fuels, for the sake of the future generations. I agree that fossil fuels will become more scarce, and the only way of educating the people about it, is working together.
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Chapter Two of Peak Everything states that once the fossil fuels have been all used, humans will have no other choice then to move back to rural ares. They would be responsible of cultivating their own food, and providing for their family members. One of the examples Richard Heinberg used to support his point was Cuba, what happened when they were left without fossil fuels, and how they survived. The Cuban government introduced private farms and farmer markets, producing 50-80% of the vegetables consumed in cities. They also added courses of agronomy in colleges, in order to educate more Cuban citizens to become farmers.
Chapter Three of Peak Everything refers to how the arts changed according to the changes and creations being made. Skills developed over generations vanished, thanks to jobs no longer needing your own creativity, but machines doing the work. Times changed from Victorianism to streamlined modernism (Art Deco), new inventions such as airplanes, toasters, and cars were made for the first time. In that period humans became more materialistic and became dissatisfied with what they had.
Unknown Vocabulary
Heretofore: Before now.
De-industrialization: a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region.
Permaculture: The development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient
Biointensive farming: food raising method based on building and maintaining soil fertility and using NO CHEMICALS.
Re-Ruralization: reverse the process of advancements, so as to increase the amount of human habitat.
Chautauqua: An adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19Th and early 20Th centuries. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.
Horticulture: the cultivation of flowers, fruits, or vegetables.
Aesthetic: pertaining to a sense of the beautiful.
Aerodynamics: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium.
Victorianism: The name given to the art, and culture of the later19Th century
Voluptuous: given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury.
Burgeoning: to grow or develop quickly, to flourish.
Retrospect: to look back in thought.
Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere.
Can You Imagine The World Without Fossil Fuels?
Humans have been depending on fossil fuels as their major energy source for many years, getting to the point where its almost gone. Can you believe that? Fossil fuels make up everything we use in our daily lives such as food, computers and even microwave. Humans have become dependent on tools that make our lives easier, and do not require human energy to function. In my opinion I do not have a clear view of how the future will be without fossil fuels, but for sure it will not be easy. It will require people to make re-ruralization happen in order to survive and not produce more harms to the environment. There will no longer have things functioning with fossil fuels as energy, but with renewable sources, such as sunlight and wind. For entertainment there will no longer be cell phones, or video games. This can not be such a bad thing, families will have more time to spend with each other and there is a possibility that they will be happier. Humans could stop depending on fossil fuels and making their own advancements in art, architecture and even beliefs system could change. Of coarse this will only happen if humans start realizing the damage they have done to the environment and stop the use of fossil fuels. We also know the're could be other possibility of humans not wanting to give up on the use of the non-renewable, leading to a major war between countries. Weather we succeed or fail living in a world without fossil fuels, will depend on the actions we take and on how effective they turn out to be.
Chapter Three of Peak Everything refers to how the arts changed according to the changes and creations being made. Skills developed over generations vanished, thanks to jobs no longer needing your own creativity, but machines doing the work. Times changed from Victorianism to streamlined modernism (Art Deco), new inventions such as airplanes, toasters, and cars were made for the first time. In that period humans became more materialistic and became dissatisfied with what they had.
Unknown Vocabulary
Heretofore: Before now.
De-industrialization: a process of social and economic change caused by the removal or reduction of industrial capacity or activity in a country or region.
Permaculture: The development of agricultural ecosystems intended to be sustainable and self-sufficient
Biointensive farming: food raising method based on building and maintaining soil fertility and using NO CHEMICALS.
Re-Ruralization: reverse the process of advancements, so as to increase the amount of human habitat.
Chautauqua: An adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19Th and early 20Th centuries. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.
Horticulture: the cultivation of flowers, fruits, or vegetables.
Aesthetic: pertaining to a sense of the beautiful.
Aerodynamics: the branch of mechanics that deals with the motion of air and other gases and with the effects of such motion on bodies in the medium.
Victorianism: The name given to the art, and culture of the later19Th century
Voluptuous: given to or spent in enjoyment of luxury.
Burgeoning: to grow or develop quickly, to flourish.
Retrospect: to look back in thought.
Ubiquitous: existing or being everywhere.
Can You Imagine The World Without Fossil Fuels?
Humans have been depending on fossil fuels as their major energy source for many years, getting to the point where its almost gone. Can you believe that? Fossil fuels make up everything we use in our daily lives such as food, computers and even microwave. Humans have become dependent on tools that make our lives easier, and do not require human energy to function. In my opinion I do not have a clear view of how the future will be without fossil fuels, but for sure it will not be easy. It will require people to make re-ruralization happen in order to survive and not produce more harms to the environment. There will no longer have things functioning with fossil fuels as energy, but with renewable sources, such as sunlight and wind. For entertainment there will no longer be cell phones, or video games. This can not be such a bad thing, families will have more time to spend with each other and there is a possibility that they will be happier. Humans could stop depending on fossil fuels and making their own advancements in art, architecture and even beliefs system could change. Of coarse this will only happen if humans start realizing the damage they have done to the environment and stop the use of fossil fuels. We also know the're could be other possibility of humans not wanting to give up on the use of the non-renewable, leading to a major war between countries. Weather we succeed or fail living in a world without fossil fuels, will depend on the actions we take and on how effective they turn out to be.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
BLOG#1
The first paragraph of PEAK EVERYTHING WAKING UP to the CENTURY OF DECLINES by Richard Heinberg addresses that thanks to a "Higher demand, population growth and more fossil fuel extraction" oil is not the only fossil fuel that has reached its peak, others such as coal and natural gas are on the same path. As companies explode the resources and they reach to its peak this will affect many aspects of daily life including economic growth making it decrease and even political stability making the governments unreliable to its people. Important essential resources would also become less abundant including water and food. If we want to help ourselves and our home Planet Earth we must consider using less and more efficient each time start thinking about "Less, Slower and Smaller", instead of "More, Faster and Bigger".
Unknown Vocabulary:
Lexicon: A book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitionsDwindle: To become steadily less
Perilous: Full of or involving
Array: Set forth in order as a jury for the trial of a cause
Extrapolating: To predict by projecting past experience or known data
Monomaniacal: Obsession with one idea or subject
Embedded: To enclose snugly or firmly
Hence: As a consequence
Unprecedented: Never done or known before
Orchestrating: Arrange of the elements of a situation to produce a desired effect
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