{"id":1925,"date":"2008-04-22T11:31:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=1925"},"modified":"2008-04-22T11:31:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-22T11:31:00","slug":"my-peak-oil-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elizaphanian.com\/?p=1925","title":{"rendered":"My Peak Oil posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A pamphlet summarising how I believe the church should respond to Peak Oil is available as a .pdf file <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cofe-worcester.org.uk\/pdf_lib\/62.pdf\">here<\/a>. That is probably the best place to begin.<\/p>\n<p>My most substantial exploration of the topic is in my <a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/let-us-be-human-central-post.html\">&#8216;Let us be Human&#8217; material<\/a>; that link will take you to a collection of transcripts and audio recordings of the original lecture series I gave to my church community here exploring the issue (there is also a video of the last lecture which summarises the argument). I very much hope to complete the work of turning this material into a publishable book this autumn when I am on sabbatical.<\/p>\n<p>These are a variety of other posts that I have written exploring the phenomenon of Peak Oil from various angles:<\/p>\n<p>My first post was <a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2005\/10\/great-dislocation.html\">The Great Dislocation<\/a> which summarises the issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2006\/11\/pledges.html\">Pledges<\/a> describes some of what we need to do about it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/prophecy-and-peak-oil.html\">Prophecy and Peak Oil<\/a> is drawing on Walter Brueggemann to start exploring a theological response.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/misplacing-apocalypse.html\">Misplacing the Apocalypse<\/a> is a theological critique of the &#8216;doomers&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2005\/12\/suv-spirituality.html\">SUV Spirituality<\/a> is a cultural critique of mindless consumerism.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2006\/01\/fully-wired-future.html\">A Fully Wired Future<\/a> describes why I&#8217;m optimistic.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2007\/01\/what-are-you-optimistic-about-why.html\">What I&#8217;m optimistic about<\/a> describes my optimism about the church and the economic future.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2006\/04\/economist-article-on-peak-oil.html\">Review of Economist article on Peak Oil<\/a> points out how useless The Economist is.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2007\/06\/its-secondary-effects-stupid.html\">It&#8217;s the secondary effects, stupid<\/a> describes what I am most worried about.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2007\/10\/holiness-of-stuart-staniford.html\">The Holiness of Stuart Staniford<\/a> describes what I admire about the intellectual exploration of Peak Oil.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/loose-tappets.html\">Loose Tappets<\/a> gives an image describing why some people just don&#8217;t &#8216;get it&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elizaphanian.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/why-im-worried-about-natural-gas.html\">Why I&#8217;m worried about Natural Gas<\/a> looks at the precarious nature of gas supplies to the UK over a 10-15 year time frame.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pamphlet summarising how I believe the church should respond to Peak Oil is available as a .pdf file here. That is probably the best place to begin. 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