The document discusses potential disruptions to oil supplies from various sources and their potential impacts. It notes that production is declining in Mexico and possibly Saudi Arabia. Cost overruns on Canada's Athabasca tar sands projects may lead to cancellations. It also discusses the potential for Iran to retaliate against oil facilities and shipping if its nuclear program faces military action, which could severely impact global oil supplies. Blackouts and stresses on electric grids are also mentioned as issues. Readers are encouraged to prepare for potential disruptions by storing emergency supplies.
Surg Clin N Am 86 (2006) 557–578
Absolutely superb article from the Surgical Clinics of North America. In particular, please check out the yellow highlighted excerpt on Page 558. Very insightful author... I like him very much indeed.
How to Prepare for America’s Next Big Disaster.
One of the major factors that adds to these high levels of damage is that Americans never seem to be prepared for such events. Humans have the unfortunate attitude of believing that these types of events will not happen to them and this results in most Americans not being prepared in any way, shape or form. A little preparation can go a long way in times of disaster; it could even save your life.
As human beings, we need certain essentials in order to survive. These basic necessities include food and water. And these are items that are readily available and easy to store. So why don’t more people have these supplies on hand in case of a big disaster?
Surg Clin N Am 86 (2006) 557–578
Absolutely superb article from the Surgical Clinics of North America. In particular, please check out the yellow highlighted excerpt on Page 558. Very insightful author... I like him very much indeed.
How to Prepare for America’s Next Big Disaster.
One of the major factors that adds to these high levels of damage is that Americans never seem to be prepared for such events. Humans have the unfortunate attitude of believing that these types of events will not happen to them and this results in most Americans not being prepared in any way, shape or form. A little preparation can go a long way in times of disaster; it could even save your life.
As human beings, we need certain essentials in order to survive. These basic necessities include food and water. And these are items that are readily available and easy to store. So why don’t more people have these supplies on hand in case of a big disaster?
Computers help us handle and process tons of information data. Most of the time all this data is so dense, it’s almost impossible to understand from just looking at a bunch of numbers. Some of the data could be analyzed by computers, but most of the time there must be somebody, a real thinking person, who shall interpret the data and take conclusions from it to make decisions, analyze. Scientific Visualization is about converting numbers into a representation of reality, something more graphic so that a human being can understand and/or communicate.
Originally produced in 2010, this is a white paper produced to provide a high-level understanding of the call routing functionality that underpins the Tmedia family of media gateways from TelcoBridges of Boucherville, QC.
Product brief - telco bridges -- tmedia media gatewaysKenneth Trueman
Produced in 2010, this is a product brief produced to provide a high-level overview of the Tmedia family of media gateways from TelcoBridges of Boucherville, QC. Individual product sheets were produced separately.
This is a white paper authored in 2013 on behalf of Confluence Technologies, Inc. of Pittsburgh. It addresses the dynamic behind a new regulatory reporting requirement for alternative asset managers (hedge funds, etc.). Since it was produced under contract, the article byline was set to that of a Confluence employee.
The former Reflect solution needed to be updated to tackle three main known issues:
Corporate rebranding.
Technology step point.
User experience research.
Disaster Preparedness presentation for professional care givers. Focus on Seattle area hazards: earthquakes, residental fires and severe storms, and ways to reduce risks related to them.
Computers help us handle and process tons of information data. Most of the time all this data is so dense, it’s almost impossible to understand from just looking at a bunch of numbers. Some of the data could be analyzed by computers, but most of the time there must be somebody, a real thinking person, who shall interpret the data and take conclusions from it to make decisions, analyze. Scientific Visualization is about converting numbers into a representation of reality, something more graphic so that a human being can understand and/or communicate.
Originally produced in 2010, this is a white paper produced to provide a high-level understanding of the call routing functionality that underpins the Tmedia family of media gateways from TelcoBridges of Boucherville, QC.
Product brief - telco bridges -- tmedia media gatewaysKenneth Trueman
Produced in 2010, this is a product brief produced to provide a high-level overview of the Tmedia family of media gateways from TelcoBridges of Boucherville, QC. Individual product sheets were produced separately.
This is a white paper authored in 2013 on behalf of Confluence Technologies, Inc. of Pittsburgh. It addresses the dynamic behind a new regulatory reporting requirement for alternative asset managers (hedge funds, etc.). Since it was produced under contract, the article byline was set to that of a Confluence employee.
The former Reflect solution needed to be updated to tackle three main known issues:
Corporate rebranding.
Technology step point.
User experience research.
Disaster Preparedness presentation for professional care givers. Focus on Seattle area hazards: earthquakes, residental fires and severe storms, and ways to reduce risks related to them.
Technology and Policies are Available to Save Our Environment.Paul H. Carr
OUTLINE: POLICY INFLUENCERS
1. Wall Street Journal - Is climate science settled?
2. Peer-reviewed Climate Science Articles- 99% settled.
3. Forbes – Is carbon-free energy available?
4. Nashua Telegraph – What about China’s coal burning?
5. Risky Business Report - Economics of Global Warming. by Bloomberg, Paulsen, & Steyer
6. Pope Francis’ Moral Responsibility to bequeath a habitable planet to future generations
Dealing with Mother Nature's Attitude Problem - v.17Brian Gongol
Whether you believe in anthropogenic climate change or not, there are far more than enough weather-related surprises to go around. And one of the best ways to prepare for them is to be aware of the full spectrum of possibilities using the tools already built for climate-change forecasting. Water-sector utilities should be especially alert to these needs, since water and wastewater are absolutely essential services -- and they're frequently located in places at the greatest risk from surprise weather outlier events.
When Technology Fails: Self-Reliance and Coping with the Long Emergency, pres...Tahoe Silicon Mountain
Tahoe Silicon Mountain, a network of technology professionals who live and work in the Tahoe-Truckee area, is pleased to welcome Matthew Stein to present: “When Technology Fails: Self-Reliance and Coping with the Long Emergency.”
Have you ever thought about what would happen if society faced long-term failures of the electrical grid and other central services? Right now, there is a storm brewing on the horizon with six long-term global trends converging on collapse. Stein will discuss why he thinks our society is vulnerable and what we can collectively and individually do to be more self-reliant, sustainable, and better prepared to cope with this approaching storm.
Matthew Stein, local bestselling author, MIT-trained engineer and green builder, will discuss the scientific reasons that make this scenario not only possible, but highly likely, and what we can do about it on a personal, community, and global level.
You can learn more about Stein here: http://whentechfails.com and http://stein-design.com.
The meeting will be on Monday, February 9th, 6-8 pm at Pizza on the Hill, in Tahoe Donner at 11509 Northwoods Blvd., Truckee. A $5 fee includes pizza and salad. Before and after the presentation, there will be time for networking with other technology professionals who live and work in the Tahoe-Truckee region.
This month’s event is sponsored by New Leaders Accela.
You can find us on LinkedIn and Facebook and at TahoeSiliconMountain.com or sign up for email meeting announcements here: http://bit.ly/14XGofL.
Bellevue Washington is so beautiful, but a lot of the reasons it is so beautiful are because the land has been shaped by powerful geological and weather forces. Those forces combined with gravity & physics mean we need to take steps to be reduce risks now.
This 4/25/13 NYT' article identified me as "an energy economist who specializes in climate change mitigation". To set up an appointment go to: http://twitthis.com/2xkq3c
The Long Emergencyby James Howard Kunstler, originally published.docxoreo10
The Long Emergency
by James Howard Kunstler, originally published by Rolling Stone Magazine | Mar 24, 2005
A few weeks ago, the price of oil ratcheted above fifty-five dollars a barrel, which is about twenty dollars a barrel more than a year ago. The next day, the oil story was buried on page six of the New York Times business section. Apparently, the price of oil is not considered significant news, even when it goes up five bucks a barrel in the span of ten days. That same day, the stock market shot up more than a hundred points because, CNN said, government data showed no signs of inflation. Note to clueless nation: Call planet Earth.
Carl Jung, one of the fathers of psychology, famously remarked that "people cannot stand too much reality." What you're about to read may challenge your assumptions about the kind of world we live in, and especially the kind of world into which events are propelling us. We are in for a rough ride through uncharted territory.
It has been very hard for Americans -- lost in dark raptures of nonstop infotainment, recreational shopping and compulsive motoring -- to make sense of the gathering forces that will fundamentally alter the terms of everyday life in our technological society. Even after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, America is still sleepwalking into the future. I call this coming time the Long Emergency.
Most immediately we face the end of the cheap-fossil-fuel era. It is no exaggeration to state that reliable supplies of cheap oil and natural gas underlie everything we identify as the necessities of modern life -- not to mention all of its comforts and luxuries: central heating, air conditioning, cars, airplanes, electric lights, inexpensive clothing, recorded music, movies, hip-replacement surgery, national defense -- you name it.
The few Americans who are even aware that there is a gathering global-energy predicament usually misunderstand the core of the argument. That argument states that we don't have to run out of oil to start having severe problems with industrial civilization and its dependent systems. We only have to slip over the all-time production peak and begin a slide down the arc of steady depletion.
The term "global oil-production peak" means that a turning point will come when the world produces the most oil it will ever produce in a given year and, after that, yearly production will inexorably decline. It is usually represented graphically in a bell curve. The peak is the top of the curve, the halfway point of the world's all-time total endowment, meaning half the world's oil will be left. That seems like a lot of oil, and it is, but there's a big catch: It's the half that is much more difficult to extract, far more costly to get, of much poorer quality and located mostly in places where the people hate us. A substantial amount of it will never be extracted.
The United States passed its own oil peak -- about 11 million barrels a day -- in 1970, and since then production has dropped st ...
Prepare for, survive, and live after an earthquakeBob Mayer
They can happen at any time. Preparation is essential. Do you know what the potential is where you live? Do you have a free earthquake app on your phone? Do you have the right equipment close at hand? Do you know what do during an earthquake? What to do afterward?
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
Smc Newsletter July 06
1. Volume1, Number 7, – JULY 2006
People you should
The “Long Emergency” Will Likely Be Peppered contact about peak oil:
With a Lot of Shorter Ones •Senator Barbara Boxer
http://boxer.senate.gov/conta
Mexico’s oil production is in Iranian facilities, it might well happen
ct/email/policy.cfm
decline, and now Saudi Arabia’s without a lot of warning—for the •Senator Dianne Feinstein
appears to be as well. Canada’s Iranians or for us. If the Iranians do http://www.senate.gov/~feins
tein/email.html
Athabasca tar sands are seeing major attack oil facilities and shipping, the
•Congressman Sam Farr
cost overruns, which may lead to the impact on world oil supplies could be
1221 Longworth House
cancellation of a number of projects very severe—causing major disruptions
Office Building
there. But the really big kicker could to our economy. Washington, DC 20515
be the conflict over Iran’s nuclear In addition to possible disruptions in (202) 225-2861
FAX (202) 225-6791
program. Much of the noise from oil supply, it appears that our electric
http://www.farr.house.gov/
Washington about Iran sounds much power system is a bit creaky, as
•Governor Arnold Schw…
too much like what we heard in the demonstrated by a very big blackout
http://www.govmail.ca.gov
runup to the invasion of Iraq. just a few years ago in the northeast US •President George Bush
Whatever you might think about the and southeast Canada. There wasn’t http://www.whitehouse.gov/
merits of taking out their nuclear any big effort undertaken to improve
facilities with military means (I won’t the grid after that, and power demand
Thanks to all those who have
share my opinion here), there’s a very just keeps growing. Experts like Julian
contributed help and funds to
real possibility that Iran would Darley think that California’s electric
SMC
retaliate by destroying or disabling power system could exceed its limits
much of the oil production and this year or next.
shipping in the Middle East. And it Even if they’re wrong, there are other
could happen quite suddenly. good reasons to be prepared.
If the US launches airstrikes against
UPCOMING EVENTS
July 28: Brian Weller in Big Sur August 15: Video--Sustainability 101:
August 1: No-host dinner and showing of Arithmetic, Population and Energy, PG
“End of Suburbia”, Jardines Museum of Natural History
Restaurant, 115 3rd Street, San September 14: SMC Discussion Group:
Juan Bautista, Tuesday, dinner at “Transportation Alternatives”,
5:30 or 6 pm; film at 7pm Thursday, 7-9, Mry. Youth Ctr.
August 3: SMC Discussion Group: “Have October 7: Sustainability and Solar Fair at
We Outgrown our Planet?” Carmel Middle School
Thursday, 6:30-9 pm, Monterey October 5: SMC Discussion—Economics
Youth Center, 777 Pearl Street,
Monterey
August 8: Richard Heinberg, Big Sur,
Henry Miller Library (outdoors)
Mission: To ensure an orderly transition through the fossil fuel decline by
cooperatively developing a sustainable economy for Monterey County.
2. SUSTAINABLE MONTEREY COUNTY
There are many needs you might temporarily have to
meet for yourself. If you’re well equipped for camping,
WHAT PREPARATIONS you should do just fine—
SHOULD YOU MAKE FOR
SERVICE AND SUPPLY Medical Care--A first aid kit could help you avoid developing an
infection if you are injured when medical care is temporarily
DISRUPTIONS?
unavailable.
Water--A week’s supply of drinking water, for everyone in your
household, seems like a prudent minimum. If you know a good source
of clean fresh surface water, you might also be able to filter or boil it.
We suggest 1 gallon per person per day—and remember pets.
In addition to geological, Food--You could benefit by storing enough non-perishable food to
provide a balanced diet for several days—and the means to prepare and
political, and infrastructure
serve it without the aid of electricity or natural gas. Having a camp
problems, there are the
stove, propane stove or grill, or a hibachi might make meals more
routine, everyday California enjoyable. We camped in a tent for a month or more after our house
problems we like to avoid burned in 1962, and my mother would sometimes clean dishes by
preparing for: earthquakes, wiping them down with salt—it seemed to work.
fires, storms and floods. Keeping Warm and Dry--I remember after the Loma Prieta
earthquake, many people had damaged homes, and many others were
Any of the above could
just afraid to sleep inside. A tent or other alternative shelter would be
temporarily interrupt our
useful if your residence became unavailable or unsafe. Even if you do
access to fuel, food, water, have your home, you may be unable to heat it for an extended period.
medical care and Be prepared to dress warmly enough for extended exposure to
transportation. We all temperatures in the 50’s, indoors.
would be wise to prepare Lighting—Getting around at night during a power outage requires a
flashlight or portable lantern. Many are now available with power
for a week or more of living
supplied by manual shaking or cranking, rather than batteries, and the
without supplies or
high-efficiency LED lights don’t take much juice. Flammable stuff is
services being available best avoided if possible. It’s probably good to have a flashlight (and
from anywhere outside our shoes) next to your bed, as a strong earthquake can result in broken
neighborhood. Remember glass combined with darkness.
New Orleans and Katrina— Transportation—Good shoes and/or a bicycle might be the best you
have, under the right combination of circumstances.
even if they can help, they
Neighbors—Get to know them before an emergency, as they can be
may not make the effort.
your best support system.
The peaking of world oil production presents the U.S. and the world with an unprecedented risk
management problem. As peaking is approached, liquid fuel prices and price volatility will
increase dramatically, and, without timely mitigation, the economic, social, and political costs
will be unprecedented. Viable mitigation options exist on both the supply and demand sides,
but to have substantial impact, they must be initiated more than a decade in advance of
peaking.
--Robert L. Hirsch, et al, Peaking of World Oil Production: Impacts, Mitigation and Risk
Management, Science Applications International, for the U.S. Dept. of Energy
3. SUSTAINABLE MONTEREY COUNTY
WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH OIL SUPPLIES?
Cost of Athabasca could hit $20- A bit of energy news from the Oil and Gas
billion Journal, via the Energy Bulletin:
Price of Shell's three-stage oil
sands project has soared 50 per HOUSTON -- Noxal-1, a deepwater Gulf of Mexico well
cent in one year trumpeted in March by Mexican President Vicente Fox as
DAVE EBNER, CALGARY -- Costs being a major oil discovery, appears to be a modest gas
to expand Shell Canada Ltd.'s find.
Athabasca Oil Sands Project have Speaking on Mar. 14 from the drilling rig in 935 m of water
soared 50 per cent in just one year, 63 miles off Coatzacoalcos, Fox said the then as-yet-
which means the roughly $7.3- untested well had the potential to produce 10 billion bbl of
billion price tag for the first phase oil (OGJ, Apr. 17, 2006, p. 35).
could rise towards $11-billion. However, after the well operated by state-owned Petroleos
The cost of the full three-stage Mexicanos reached a total depth of 4,000 [meters], the
expansion, pegged at about $13.5- fourth interval tested has flowed 9 [million cubic feet per
billion last year, now might come in day] of gas from a reserve estimated at 245 [billion cubic
at more than $20-billion. feet], said IHS Energy, Houston.
--Globeandmail.com
The way ethanol and biodiesel are being made in the
U.S., they process food, made using fossil fuels, in an
attempt to replace petroleum.
Further Reading
Peaking of World Oil Production… www.projectcensored.org/newsflash/the_hirsch_report.pdf
The Oil Drum http://www.theoildrum.com/
Energy Bulletin http://www.energybulletin.net/
Oil Addiction: The World in Peril, Pierre Chomat
Powerdown, Richard Heinberg
The Long Emergency, James Kunstler
Hubbert’s Peak, Kenneth Deffeyes
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Living in California, along an active fault Awareness Day, what a hit! We met our
INFORMATION
line, we're always encouraged to have financial goal and got the word out about
MARK FOLSOM: emergency stores on hand. If you're like Peak Oil to many community members.
me it's one of those quot;to-doquot; items that A very big thank you to all the donors and
Phone: 831 648 1543 gets shoved to the back burner. My volunteers who helped make this day a
mantra is, quot;I'll do it later, when I'm not so success. Second, we signed a contract
E-Mail:
busy.quot; This month SMC decided to focus with KRXA 540 AM for a weekly radio
folsomman@redshift.net
on emergency preparedness from a show called, quot;Tomorrow Mattersquot;, which
broader view - any and all emergencies; will start September 10th at 2 PM and will
black outs to extreme weather. Even if cover all issues relating to resource
Steering Committee Members we're busy, it's time to think like a squirrel conservation. And third,... the Action
Deborah Lindsay, and put some food and water away. Council of Monterey County approved our
Director Peak Oil makes us ask the question, quot;If application for fiscal sponsorship,
deb@sustainablemontereycounty. we were cut off from our regular support meaning, we can now give tax deductible
org systems, what would we do?quot; receipts to financial donors. Please take a
Ruth Smith, 831-620-1303 Please don't put this on the back moment to see if you can give SMC a
Committee Chair and Budget Chair burner, find time to do these contribution to help continue the important
Virginia Chomat, recommendations. I fill 5-gallon glass work of preparing our region for the
Secretary and Co-treasurer juice bottles with water and a drop of decline of fossil fuels.
Pierre Chomat, bleach and store them under beds and in
Resident Expert the back of closets. As a mom, having Next month we focus on global population
Mark Folsom, this water available makes me relax issues... appropriately timed as the U.S.
Newsletter Editor, knowing I can keep my family safe if heads toward 300 million in August.
folsomman@redshift.net something unexpected happens. Happy summer, Deborah
George Wilson, June was an outstanding month with
831-372-0659 three incredible developments. First our
Committee Evaluation Coordinator Yard Sale Fundraiser and Peak Oil
Denyse Frischmuth,
831-643-0707
OIL PRODUCTION DROOPS WHILE DRILLING RISES IN SAUDI ARABIA
Volunteer Coordinator and Urban
Environmental Accords The figure below shows different estimates of Saudi oil production (green and red)
Coordinator drooping a bit, while the number of oil drilling rigs (blue) in use there skyrockets.
Robert Frischmuth, This is the same thing seen in many oil provinces in the past, as their output peaked.
Co-Treasurer (Graph by Stuart Staniford, The Oil Drum)
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