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Ghost towns and the Czech diet
Formerly vibrant neighborhoods The credit crisis is grabbing the headlines in America, as Fannie and Freddie starve on the empty calories of their bad loans, IndyMac Bank goes into federal conservator… more »
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Ghost towns and the Czech diet
WriTerGuy wrote 6 days ago: Formerly vibrant neighborhoods The credit crisis is grabbing the headlines in America, as Fannie and … more »
Relocalizing your education
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WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: More students are learning at home In the oil shortage chronicled by the players of World Without Oi … more »
The pre-game announcement, but itsnotagame
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WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: The Vulture Economy, San Diego This from CNN in May: The International Energy Agency gave advance wa … more »
Plotting the size of the iceberg
WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: The tip of the iceberg One of the key lessons of the World Without Oil game: oil is everywhere and i … more »
Offshore drilling vs. men in speedboats
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WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: << How to reduce oil dependency David Kirsch, an oil analyst at PFC Energy, said that if … more »
'The epicenter is the U.S."
WriTerGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: “The outlook has darkened dramatically” Another article in the paper that’s … more »
'Oil is the keystone of change'
WriTerGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: Envisioning a World Without Oil The mainstream media is catching up to World Without Oil’s vis … more »
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of $7 Gas
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Kevin Kelleher wrote 2 weeks ago: Back when gas was $2 a gallon, we didn’t sweat it. Our biggest concern at the pump was whether … more »
Shaving our lives with the Petro Razor
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WriTerGuy wrote 2 weeks ago: The Petro Razor: one of the useful precepts to come out of World Without Oil. In the game, once the … more »
World Without Oil: the headlines
WriTerGuy wrote 3 weeks ago: Friday wrapup: a month’s worth of headlines. They could all be part of the World Without Oil g … more »
Change is the silver lining
WriTerGuy wrote 3 weeks ago: Alert reader Cathy sent me the link to this article by Damien Cave which begins: “Higher fuel … more »
Oil crisis: internal truth vs. external truth
WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: As the effects of high fuel prices play out around the world, many people are commenting on the pred … more »
Play it - so you don't live it
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WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: “Americans are angry about the economy, I’ve come to believe, in a new and profound way … more »
The subprime energy crisis
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WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: I’m mulling this morning over the similarities between the subprime mortgage crisis and the hi … more »
The fissures appear
WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Clifford Krauss is living World Without Oil, but it’s no game. Clifford wrote an article that … more »
Incursion, recursion: 01SJ
WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: 01SJ began last night with giant tentacled aliens invading City Hall, so you can only imagine how so … more »
Bernanke talks some more
Man wrote 1 month ago: Bernanke has been talking up a storm lately. Today, he went to his old Alma Mater Harvard University … more »
WWO and Saving the World
WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: If you want to get a solid picture of what World Without Oil signified to the world, listen to WWO … more »
City Eco Lab: Saving St. Etienne
WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: Thanks, John Thackara, for alerting me to the City Eco Lab being planned for November, in st. Etienn … more »
