According to Rob from ‘Transition Culture.org’ click here, “This is a fabulous piece by Richard Heinberg. Great to read him being optimistic, well, in a Heinbergy kind of way. I also read this piece as an early, brief version of the history of the peak oil/relocalisation/Transition movement that someone will inevitably write one day…. One correction though, ‘Transition Handbook’ wasn’t his PhD, and unfortunely he is still flogging away at that!!”
What if the economy doesn’t recover? (From Post Carbon Institute – http://www.postcarbon.org/article/80688-life-after-growth)
In 2008 the U.S. economy tripped down a steep, rocky slope. Employment levels plummeted; so did purchases of autos and other consumer goods. Property values crashed; foreclosure and bankruptcy rates bled. For states, counties, cities, and towns; for manufacturers, retailers, and middle- and low-income families, the consequences were—and continue to be—catastrophic. Other nations were soon caught up in the undertow.………
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