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Leaving oil before oil leaves us - oops, too late1 comment

WriTerGuy wrote 3 months ago: Time's almost up A leading energy economist in the International Energy Agency reported today, i … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Energy, isthisnotagame?, Oil Industry, oil shock, Peak Oil, world without oil, Fatih Birol, iea

Is $100 oil far away?2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 6 months ago: Rollercoaster time again An article in the WSJ thinks maybe not, and I agree. As noted in a NYT arti … more →

Tags: Economy, Energy, Oil Industry, Prices, world without oil

Feeding Oklahoma City, Week Six

WriTerGuy wrote 11 months ago: "Don't leave anyone behind for the wolves to devour" “The calls for food assista … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, Peak Oil, world without oil, Catholic Worker House, dorothy day center

Play out your (doomed) oil future2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 11 months ago: Lose the game, save the world? Via Philip Trippenbach’s blog, I found OILIGARCHY, a fun (and i … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Game design, Gamers, Oil Industry, videogame, world without oil, molleindustria, Oiligarchy

'Nothing short of an energy revolution'

WriTerGuy wrote 12 months ago: Revolution: it's in the air The world’s energy system is at a crossroads. Current global trends … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Environment, future history, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, Energy Revolution, energy revolution icon, energy revolution symbol

Who's hiring? Depo men

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: The Petro Razor imposes, the depo man disposes Signal of the times: Malia Wollan of the AP posted a … more →

Tags: confidence, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Post-growth, world without oil, abandoned boats, crisis concatenation, depo man

Sustainable oil is unsustainable1 comment

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: As gas prices dip below $2 a gallon in parts of the U.S., the question arises: will Americans be foo … more →

Tags: Oil Industry, Economy, Prices, world without oil, Environment, sustainability, Financial Times, bill sweet, IEEE Spectrum

The tragedy of lower oil prices

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: It’s probably unfair to finger Rocky Twyman as the architect of the global recession, for a va … more →

Tags: Conservation, Demand, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, Prices, world without oil, Alternative Energy, alternative transit

Meanwhile, back at the gas pump...2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: No Gas 4 U: A World of hurt Without Oil I learned a new WWO statistic, thanks to Krystyn: 3 mph. Tha … more →

Tags: Crowd-sourced, Historical event, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, world without oil, Atlanta, gas hoarding, Gas Stations

The WWO early warning system

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: Krystyn Wells is now seeing the serious challenges and expectations from World Without Oil come to r … more →

Tags: apocalypse, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Simulation, Urbanity, world without oil, bailout crisis, Foreclosure Crisis, krystyn

Crowdsourcing bailout/crisis avoidance

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: The expert monopoly As the bailout crisis talks continue, and the common people wait to find out wha … more →

Tags: Crowd-sourced, Economy, Historical event, historical pre-enactment, world without oil, Barings, Barings Bank, frank corder, Glass-Steagall

Privatizing (oil) profit, socializing (oil) risk

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: Oil drilling: the risk is socialized “Privatize the profit, but socialize the risk” is t … more →

Tags: Environment, Historical event, Oil Industry, world without oil, Alaska, Bailout, coastal drilling, environmental disaster, Exxon Valdez

Bailout-resistant: heroes of the 2008 oil crisis5 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: While the perps express shock at how much collateral damage their greed is doing (rather like termit … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Economy, oil shock, Post-growth, world without oil, bailout heroes, coastal drilling, consumerism, credit crisis

WWO: Predictions, forecasts, foreknowledge 4 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: I’m mulling this morning about the various natures of future knowledge, and how they influence … more →

Tags: oil shock, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, collaborative forecasting, inky_jewel, hurricane ike, hurricane felix, foreknowledge

Mad job skillz 4 the 21st cent: bicycle repair

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: An unanticipated bottleneck In the World Without Oil game, we predicted that a sudden rise in oil pr … more →

Tags: oil shock, historical pre-enactment, world without oil, 1975 oil crisis, bicycle shortage, bicycle repair crisis, Bike Oven

Crowdsourcing the American revival

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: Citizen contributions, now more than ever Responding to the crisis of the World War I and II years, … more →

Tags: activism, Conservation, Crowd-sourced, Economy, historical pre-enactment, oil shock, Simulation, world without oil, coastal drilling

Winter forecast: Cold (in the classroom)

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: Losing muscle: saving fuel by cutting education It’s my last day of vacation here in Arlington … more →

Tags: Oil Industry, Economy, Prices, isthisnotagame?, Education, world without oil, New York Times, wwo lesson plans, Fuel Oil

Oil changes people

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: Oil is changing transit ridership In the wake of Russia’s Georgian victory, a lot of people ha … more →

Tags: Peak Oil, oil shock, apocalypse, historical pre-enactment, Crowd-sourced, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, relocalization, transit

Underneath the blood, there's oil

WriTerGuy wrote 1 year ago: The stability of oil supply takes another hit The all-out war in Georgia finally moved from page 14A … more →

Tags: Energy, Europe, Historical event, middle east, military, world without oil, Baku-Supsa, baku tbilisi ceyhan, Georgia


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