Wonderful. You just saved me from an apocalyptic depression :)

Thank you

Excellent place for people to come and read and think about the possibilities for the future instead of just having fear of the future.

thank you for this site!
Good Luck to you!

Hi,

A lot of talk has been about oil/petrol depletion and this is focussed on in the essay. Gas is touched on and predicted to decline. However, I have not read much on gas (natural gas) in this debate. I've understood that there are large natural gas reserves left that haven't been depleted. Is that not correct? The possibility is that natural gas could see the world through a transition to energy descent as oil is depleted.

[David, globally natural gas is expected to peak after oil, around 2020. However natural gas depletion tends to have a more local impact since it is much more expensive to transport than oil, esp when via ship. Australia has large reserves on the North West shelf. North America and the UK for instance have both already past their local peaks and the impact of this may be more severe for their economies than peak oil. -Adam]

Great work!

Excellent overview of some crucial and complex issues. We must overcome fear and take decisive ACTION NOW.
We're already many years late - it is 36 years since LTG was published!- so we cannot afford to delay further.
I will recommend this site to all my (Monash Uni-Business) students.

many Thanks
Jeff Mclean

An inspired and insightful effort!

Thank you so much for this site. The clarity you provide is very helpful. Unfortunately the corporatocracy in this country is leaning towards the brown solution. I think earth stewardship is the way to go. I have been talking to friends and family about this option but the rampant commercialism and consumerism in our society makes it very difficult for them to even consider such a major change. But thanks to your site, I will continue to try. Again, thank you.

Hola David and Su, nice work! Arohanui from Chile,
Grifen & Javiera

David and Sue,

Magnificent work, as always. Great to see your thinking published in such an accessible and structured format.

I believe the site will become a widely-linked reference point for the swelling numbers of people paying attention to the dual crises of climate change and peak oil.

These people will be trying to understand what is happening, and will be hungry to learn about paths forward.

On both counts this site is a great contribution.

Salud!

Hi David and Sue
Thanks for sending me the link to come visit!
I'll now spend some time going though this to see what you've added since we saw you here in Nelson, NZ a year ago.
Now that I've done a PDC, and assisted to teach on another, I guess I'm excited at what this grass-roots knowledge could do in the transition before us!

Best Regards
Ted

Great effort, very very useful and especially hopeful!
Am wondering if anyone is doing a spanish mirror-site for these pages ... please contact us anyone who's interested in translating: http://institutodepermacultura.pbwiki.com/Traducciones

I'd just like to echo the previous comments - a great site.

Many thanks
Ruth