The Post-Carbon Man Blog

Afraid of Moving One Step Too Far Too Fast?

Post-Carbon Man — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:30:00 +0100

Whilst discussing our newsletter contents, with a fellow Carbon Cutter, the observation was made that the Step 10 “Move” may scare people. This is the sort of valuable insight we need but it made me think. How can anyone be scared by someone so benign? Carbon Cutters are not meant to be a tiny minority of hardcore anti-carbon fanatics. Would someone refuse to cut their carbon on the basis that, one day, they may have to be closer to a sustainable community and living in resilient housing? Nobody is saying they have to. Many may be just fine right where they are. However many of us may benefit from being closer to their family, food, water, a community, shops – all in walking distance. This transition should inject new life into our local communities. This should be an exciting and invigorating idea. To be local you need to get local. To be resilient you need to be in touch with others. Maybe “Move” is just the wrong word. Maybe we should just say “Community” and leave it at that? This is probably the best way to think of this. Too many of us are divorced from our community and barely ...

Will it save me money?

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:02:00 +0100

I had another one of those conversations with a guy at work the other day. He is a nice ...

Off-set-bashing latest

Post-Carbon Man — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:24:00 +0100

The last (May 08) copy of The Ecologist had yet another Offset-bashing article. Although slightly more considered than previous polemic ...

The Independent – The Peak Oil Newspaper for the UK?

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 30 May 2008 10:19:00 +0100

On the 19^th May I posted an article about 2008 being the tipping point for Peak Oil. The year ...

2008 – the Tipping Year for Peak Oil?

Post-Carbon Man — Mon, 19 May 2008 10:14:00 +0100

What a difference a year makes. Richard Heinberg must be grinning from ear to ear. A year ago (Summer 2007) ...

Kettles and more

Post-Carbon Man — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:58:00 +0100

I walked into the kitchen at work this morning to be greeted by a brand new kettle plugged into the ...

Get a New Routine

Post-Carbon Man — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:53:00 +0100

I run a small Business. There, I said it. I am a capitalist – a boss! My own Boss. I ...

Capitalism as if the World Mattered

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:55:00 +0100

Today you can read the Carbon Cutters review of Jonathan Porritts book “Capitalism as if the World Mattered”. We didn’t ...

Is modern life rubbish?

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:37:00 +0100

I have read a lot about monetary reform in the last few weeks. You can read a lot about this ...

Lifetime of a CFL?

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:52:00 +0100

Well I had it confirmed the other day – a suspicion I have had about Energy Saving Light-bulbs. I bought ...

Gossip

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:47:00 +0100

I often gently chastise the wonderful Mrs Post-Carbon Man when I find her with her nose in a gossip mag. ...

Argh - the 4x4 (or how nice people can be very dumb)

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:39:00 +0100

Last Christmas one our cherished neighbours came round for a drink. As we laid the year to rest the topic ...

The Nuclear Question - again - yawn

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:32:00 +0100

How many times do we hear the litany about Nuclear Power? All we ever hear about is “safety” or the ...

A Post-Carbon Cult anyone?

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:26:00 +0100

A very good friend of mine is a Scientologist. He is a nice guy, I respect his decisions, but I ...

Doing the “green thing” today?

Post-Carbon Man — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 18:17:00 +0100

A colleague at work, a few weeks ago, commented to me that he is considering following my example and “doing ...

Over The Hedge - with humans "enough" is never ENOUGH

Post-Carbon Man — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:04:00 +0100

"Over the Hedge" (DreamWorks 2006) is an animated family movie about a bunch of forest dwelling animals in modern-day north ...

Learning not to fly

Post-Carbon Man — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:53:00 +0100

I walked by daughter in the park a few days ago and we watched as the small civil Aeroplanes and ...

The Bottomless Well

Post-Carbon Man — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:27:00 +0100

"The Bottomless Well" was published by Basic Books in 2005. Co-authored by Peter W Huber & Mark P Mills. Subtitled ...

Crying "Wolf!" once too often

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:58:00 +0100

The other day I was contemplating the "cry wolf" effect upon those who have been warning of pending environmental danger ...

This Life Support Machine

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:29:00 +0100

I have read a lot about this 'biodiversity'-thing. Seems to upset a few people. I even read a serious suggestion ...

What is "Sustainable" anyway?

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 15:10:00 +0100

I was reading a book by Jonathan Porritt the other day and he put something in words that made me ...

Why Buy Organic Food?

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:51:00 +0100

Why buy Organic food? Sure we have all heard that it tastes better than ordinary food or that it is ...

Slipping Closer to the Fire

Post-Carbon Man — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:45:00 +0100

I am sure all Carbon-Cutters have experienced this one - someone close to you doesn't quite share your commitment. I ...

The Roll to Coal

Post-Carbon Man — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:02:00 +0100

Once again we have news that the UK Government is returning to Coal Powered Generation to fullfil its baseline Power ...

True Opportunity COST of the Iraq War

Post-Carbon Man — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 15:38:00 +0100

From a new Report "A Climate of War" (from www.priceofoil.org) accounts for the true costs of the Iraq War. ...