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A recent interview with American writer James Howard Kunstler on Futurist dot Com....

Gwahoddiad i drafodaeth ar “Egni y tu hwnt i Olew” 6.45pm tan 9pm Mercher 18fed Ebrill Clwb y Bont 85a Stryd Taff Pontypridd Cyflwyniad a thrafodaeth (yn Saesneg) gyda Paul Mobbs awdur y llyfr ‘Energy Beyond Oil’ yn delio gyda phwnc egni a’r dyfodol : * Pam fod prisiau tanwydd yn codi ? * Pa faint o egni yr ydym yn defnyddio ? * Beth yw ‘penllanw’r cyflenwad olew’ a sut effaith caiff hyn ar ein bywydau ? * Pa faint o olew a nwy sydd ar ôl ? * A all egni adnewyddadwy gwneud gwahaniaeth ? Croeso cynnes i bawb. Rhondda Cynon Taff Green Drinks http://www.greendrinks.rhonddacynontaff.org/...

“Energy Beyond Oil” 6.45pm to 9pm, Wednesday 18th April Clwb y Bont, 85a Taff Street Pontypridd (in the centre of Pontypridd) By invitation of Rhondda Cynon Taff Green Drinks Paul Mobbs author of the new book ‘Energy Beyond Oil’, will present a short lecture and discussion on the issue of our energy future: * Why are fuel prices rising? * How much energy do we use? * What’s ‘peak oil’ and what does it mean for us? * How much oil and gas is left? * Can renewable energy make a difference? Using the most recent statistics from national and international organisations ‘Energy Beyond Oil’ explores the entire energy issue – how it is used, how much there is, and how current trends make higher energy prices/energy shortages inevitable....

How about helping stage a Peak Energy roadshow in your community ? If you would like to take part in a roadshow in Rhondda Cynon Taff, please get in touch. Peak Energy Publicity Drive Plans Afoot For Travelling UK Peak Energy Roadshow There is interest in organising a UK-wide string of events with a co-ordinated publicity machine to push them, planned for April or May 2007. The idea is to take the resources/speakers of all those groups interested in Peak Energy and put them into a common calendar of events to try and significantly boost the UK profile of Peak Energy (note, the term “Peak Energy”: we need to broaden this issue out into Peak Oil, Peak Gas, lack of uranium to fuel new nuclear build, climate change and the restrictions it places on future energy options, options...

Dwindling oil stocks and EU trade and energy policies threaten food price hikes – and could cause the UK to be vulnerable to food shortages for the first time since the Second World War, according to a new report by Green Party Euro-MP Caroline Lucas. The report calls on the Government to establish a Royal Commission on Food Security to examine the issue – and for the UK ’s Competition Commission to consider its findings in its ongoing investigation of the supermarkets’ dominance of the food retailing sector. Read the report - Fuelling a Food Crisis caroline lucas, energy policies, EU, euro mp, Food Security, Green Party, oil stocks, Peak Oil,...