By Paul O'Callaghan •
January 17, 2009
First there was “Peak Oil’, then there was talk of ‘Peak Water’, but ‘Peak Phosphorus’, may trump them all as a sustainability issue without rival.
Fact: Phosphorus is a non-renewable resource for which there is no substitute.
Our ability to provide enough food to feed the human population is dependent on the use of artificial fertilizers, which contain nitrogen and phosphorus. While nitrogen is abundant in the atmosphere, phosphorus is mined at just a handful of locations worldwide.
By Jennifer Lance •
January 2, 2009
No more squeaky voices from floating balloons. No more Goodyear blimps. We may have reached peak helium levels, as this inert gas is endangered.
According to Scientific Blogging, helium is not readily renewable and is made through from uranium and thorium decaying over billions of years:
Lee Sobotka, professor of chemistry and physics at Washington University in St.
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By The Dave Room •
September 12, 2008
While the presidential candidates are talking largely about offshore drilling, nuclear, clean coal, and large scale renewable energy strategies to be undertaken at a national level, there is a whole slate of community-based solutions that We The People can be working on locally.
To find out more, consider attending a conference on local community-based solutions to the energy crisis starting at the end of October in Rochester, Michigan.
Plan C: Individual and Community Survival Strategies for the Energy Crisis
The Fifth US Conference on Peak Oil and Community Solutions
October 31 – November 2, 2008
Rochester, Michigan
www.plancconference.org
