Perspectives

Busy few weeks
Got back from Fritz's funeral, and headed to

Michigan's Future: Energy, Economy, Environment

2.5 Day event - I skipped Sunday

Richard Heinberg was keynote speaker and panelist.

While I don't buy into all the "Peak Oil" he has some interesting perspectives
Esp. that it isn't the end of oil, just changing cost structure(s)

On the other end of the spectrum (but trying to play off the topic) we had Ellen Brown, with Web of Debt - THE COLLAPSE OF A 300 YEAR PONZI SCHEME: THE REAL DEBATE IS CRONY SOCIALISM OR FINANCIAL SOVEREIGNTY:

In between, good stuff on Wind (same plant as Boone Pickens, place in Lake Michigan, could generate 50% more electricity) and Nukes (head of DTE on why we have to build new).
Some discussion of new law on "net metering" to the advantage of "alternative" sources of electricity

Side topics on local sourcing, from energy to food, and such topics as permaculture.