http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/ RunningOnEmptyCA Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:45:41 GMT poilscribe http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1136 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1136 I guess by now, Richard, you have noticed that activity on the group has disappeared. I lost interest in trying to keep it active, as a result, some time ago. Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:56:10 GMT jrw2559 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1135 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1135 Oh, yes. This is a very interesting article: http://seekingalpha.com/article/169392-have-we-reached-peak-oil "Why would the EIA publicly say that Peak Oil is Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:50:40 GMT jrw2559 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1134 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1134 This is an excellent book, especially for technical junkies like myself. It covers every aspect of oil you can think of. From the geology (and debunking Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:46:57 GMT jrw2559 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1133 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1133 Count me in to help. Richard Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:32:11 GMT Fred Walter http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1132 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1132 ... I think it would be a useful project, for the people who are new to peak oil. There are a number of useful books on the topic, but someone that is new to Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:17:35 GMT Richard Embleton http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1131 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1131 So many people coming to peak oil for the first time are confused by; the number of players (the writers, bloggers, analysts, pundits, organizations, Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:23:10 GMT Lloyd Helferty http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1130 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1130 Lloyd Helferty's new Blog: Grass-Roots Intelligence Unraveling the Science of Biochar, Energy and Sustainability Latest Post: * Biochar Sat, 28 Mar 2009 20:36:33 GMT Fred Walter http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1129 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1129 ... If each of those individuals has to reinvent the wheel, then yes, it will take considerable time. BUT, once someone figures out what works on their clayey Sat, 28 Mar 2009 16:39:00 GMT Cory Lambert http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1128 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1128 Richard There is arable land that may be suitable for the forest garden approach, but there is an awful lot of acreage that currently could not be cropped in Sat, 28 Mar 2009 09:09:04 GMT myriam.gaudet http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1127 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1127 I've been working on a list of plants for zone 5 (where I am) of plants for North America. It isn't complete by any means, but includes both wild and Fri, 27 Mar 2009 20:46:20 GMT Fred Walter http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1126 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1126 I've recently watched a video on edible forest gardens. Has anyone in plant hardiness zone 5 done an edible forest garden? Most of the online resources that Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:59:45 GMT Richard Embleton http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1125 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1125 Cory; According to my research "Globally there are about 7.8 billion acres that are potentially arable of which 3.5 billion acres are known to be productively Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:10:07 GMT Cory http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1124 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1124 Richard I did love the video! It really says it well. It helps me believe that there may be pockets of sustainability in the world. The thing that I still get Fri, 27 Mar 2009 11:52:56 GMT Richard Embleton http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1123 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1123 I have just watched this video clip from the BBC called "A farm for the future" (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4152340418943461860). It is Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:17:40 GMT Cory Lambert http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1122 http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/RunningOnEmptyCA/message/1122 Well done Lloyd! I will be watching this with great interest. Alberta certainly has become a land of sterile growing media. I have done a bit with Ph