Go watch this. Wonderful and compelling.

(HT The Fire and The Rose)

In my Peak Oil presentation I talk about wind being a viable alternative – there’s now an excellent discussion over at the Oil Drum about the viability of wind. Turns out that the EROEI is 20-25:1 which is outstanding (and significantly better than deep water oil – how about that). As always, some of the best information is in the comments (see especially the comparison of wind with photovoltaics near the bottom).

So there’s room for hope.

And that’s all I’m going to say about that.

Spent last night at Hemingford Grey with a colleague. It should be called ‘cell group’ but that sounds a bit grand when we are down to just the two of us! A good thing to do, even when we despair at the future of the church (spent much time talking about this book).

Audio of last Saturday’s talk can now be found here.

Those familiar with Peak Oil won’t hear anything new, but for those unfamiliar with it, it might prove a good introduction.

Doing some research for next Saturday’s learning church, whilst also juggling various other parish matters – including some sudden seriously bad news for a colleague – and finding that it is all rather an accumulation of sadness.

Good summary of the line that I’ll be taking is here.

In short: the human race is in ‘overshoot’ – there are more of us than can be sustained, and the chances are that there will be a significant reduction in human population.

So.

Let’s get depressed.

(I’ll cheer up again later)