Blogs about: 2008 Oil Crisis

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Winter forecast: Cold (in the classroom)

WriTerGuy wrote 2 days ago: Losing muscle: saving fuel by cutting education It’s my last day of vacation here in Arlington … more →

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

Oil changes people

WriTerGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: Oil is changing transit ridership In the wake of Russia’s Georgian victory, a lot of people h … more →

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

Underneath the blood, there's oil

WriTerGuy wrote 3 weeks ago: The stability of oil supply takes another hit The all-out war in Georgia finally moved from page 14 … more →

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

Doing without

WriTerGuy wrote 3 weeks ago: Getting past the Overwhelm Factor We got a friendly email from Kathryn Blume, who’s touring wi … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Environment, Oil Industry, Post-growth, world without oil, Kathryn Blume, lysistrata, overwhelm factor, The Boycott

Pedalists, meet your pusher1 comment

WriTerGuy wrote 4 weeks ago: Bikeless in Toronto The far-reaching World Without Oil dragnet pulled in a strange fish today: Igor … more →

Tags: oil shock, apocalypse, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Rationing, world without oil, kalwithoutoil, holly jean buck, The Walrus

The reality game is broken3 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Speaking of crises, I’m trying to clean up my desk. Here’s something easy to pitch out: … more →

Tags: Immersion gaming, oil shock, Prices, world without oil, Alternate Reality Games, Collective Intelligence, Jane McGonigal, Newt Gingrich, oil speculators

What peak oil really means

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Peak Oil, Peak Everything Found this well-titled article in GQ about peak oil. For those unfamiliar … more →

Tags: Peak Oil, oil shock, apocalypse, historical pre-enactment, Crowd-sourced, Education, world without oil, Futurism, Sharon Astyk

WWO predicts the new world order2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Chavez in Russia: all smiles Another WWO pre-ja vu moment this week, reading this article by Megan S … more →

Tags: Historical event, Oil Industry, historical pre-enactment, Prices, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, Hugo Chavez, gracesmom, Russia

'to actually see it staring you in the face'2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: You're in the story “What began as a marketing tool has now become a lot more useful: play … more →

Tags: oil shock, apocalypse, future history, historical pre-enactment, Crowd-sourced, Public Media, isthisnotagame?, Game design, world without oil

Yes, the problem is “psychological”

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: It's all in your mind Recent comments by prominent figures (such as Phil Gramm) that the U.S. cr … more →

Tags: apocalypse, confidence, Crowd-sourced, Economy, Energy, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, world without oil, mental recession

Can't-do nation

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: “When exactly was it that the U.S. became a can’t-do society? It wasn’t at the very beginn … more →

Tags: future history, Post-growth, world without oil, Environment, Energy, Energy Independence, bob herbert, Al Gore, can't-do nation

Ghost towns and the Czech diet

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Formerly vibrant neighborhoods The credit crisis is grabbing the headlines in America, as Fannie and … more →

Tags: Crime, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Oil Industry, oil shock, world without oil, credit crisis, Czech

Relocalizing your education2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: More students are learning at home In the oil shortage chronicled by the players of World Without Oi … more →

Tags: Education, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, Prices, world without oil, computerdog, distance learning, telecommuting

The pre-game announcement, but itsnotagame4 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: The Vulture Economy, San Diego This from CNN in May: The International Energy Agency gave advance wa … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, Peak Oil, world without oil, demand destruction, High Oil Prices

How we got into the 2008 oil crisis1 comment

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Auto Fuel Efficiency Standards “Over the last 25 years, opportunities to head off the current … more →

Tags: Detroit, Historical event, Oil Industry, world without oil, global oil situation, New York Times, NYT, Oil crisis, oil crisis causes

Plotting the size of the iceberg

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: The tip of the iceberg One of the key lessons of the World Without Oil game: oil is everywhere and i … more →

Tags: Crime, Crowd-sourced, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, Prices, world without oil, concatenating crises, Dominoes, iceberg

Offshore drilling vs. men in speedboats8 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 2 months ago: << How to reduce oil dependency David Kirsch, an oil analyst at PFC Energy, said that if … more →

Tags: Conservation, Demand, Economy, oil shock, Prices, world without oil, ANWR, coastal drilling, energy dependence

'The epicenter is the U.S."

WriTerGuy wrote 2 months ago: “The outlook has darkened dramatically” Another article in the paper that’s … more →

Tags: apocalypse, Conference, Economy, isthisnotagame?, oil shock, world without oil, climate change, credit crisis, crisis crisis

The Man With The Leaded Arm1 comment

WriTerGuy wrote 2 months ago: People in the U.S. are starting to talk about drilling again – in ANWR, off the coasts, anywhere … more →

Tags: Demand, Energy, Environment, Oil Industry, Peak Oil, world without oil, Addiction, ANWR, Big Oil


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