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Peak Oil

ellenrr

(3,864 posts)

5. thanks for the links...

Reply to happyslug (Reply #4)

Wed Feb 27, 2013, 06:26 AM

Feb 2013

also, the doc. "The Power of Community" shows how Cuba handled the end of peak oil when the Soviet Union dissolved.

One of the consequences was a marked decrease in number of strokes, heart attacks, and in diabetes, due to people walking and biking, and due to a diet that included more fresh vegetables.

And Cuba embarked on a system of organic farming which to this day is one of the best in any country.

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anyone here involved in a Transition roup (Post-peak oil)? [View all] ellenrr Feb 2013 OP

only on my family compound... dtom67 Feb 2013 #1

Food Sharing initiative - a better way. I like this. canoeist52 Feb 2013 #2

Transition Towns are big kohodog Feb 2013 #3

No, but I have done some short papers on the concepts on DU happyslug Feb 2013 #4

thanks for the links... ellenrr Feb 2013 #5

my small town (pop 8500) has a transition group wordpix Mar 2013 #6