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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 »

Tags: Oil Industry, historical pre-enactment, Economy, Crime, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, 2008 oil crisis, the ECONOMIST, petro razor

Relocalizing your education2 comments

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

Tags: historical pre-enactment, Prices, isthisnotagame?, Education, world without oil, 2008 oil crisis, distance learning, computerdog, telecommuting

The pre-game announcement, but itsnotagame4 comments

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

Tags: 2008 oil crisis, apocalypse, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Peak Oil, world without oil, demand destruction, High Oil Prices

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 »

Tags: 2008 oil crisis, Crime, Crowd-sourced, isthisnotagame?, Prices, world without oil, concatenating crises, Dominoes, iceberg

Offshore drilling vs. men in speedboats6 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 week ago: << How to reduce oil dependency David Kirsch, an oil analyst at PFC Energy, said that if … more »

Tags: Economy, Prices, Demand, world without oil, Conservation, 2008 oil crisis, WWO, New York Times, ANWR

'The epicenter is the U.S."

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

Tags: apocalypse, Economy, Conference, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, 2008 oil crisis, climate change, Oil crisis, G-8

'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 »

Tags: apocalypse, Post-growth, historical pre-enactment, Economy, Simulation, Demand, Crime, isthisnotagame?, world without oil

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly of $7 Gas16 comments

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 »

Tags: Energy, Policy, CIBC, Economy, Gas prices, Oil

Shaving our lives with the Petro Razor1 comment

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 »

Tags: Peak Oil, apocalypse, Post-growth, historical pre-enactment, Economy, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, inky_jewel, petro razor

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 »

Tags: Detroit, historical pre-enactment, Immersion gaming, Economy, Simulation, Prices, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, San Jose Mercury News

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 »

Tags: Peak Oil, future history, Demand, world without oil, Energy, Damien Cave, Robert J. Samuelson, new work times, Economist

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 »

Tags: Peak Oil, Historical event, apocalypse, historical pre-enactment, Demand, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, Oil crisis, peakprophet

Play it - so you don't live it7 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: “Americans are angry about the economy, I’ve come to believe, in a new and profound way … more »

Tags: Conservation, Economy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Post-growth, world without oil

The subprime energy crisis2 comments

WriTerGuy wrote 1 month ago: I’m mulling this morning over the similarities between the subprime mortgage crisis and the hi … more »

Tags: Conservation, Economy, Energy, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, Oil Industry, Prices, world without oil, DigitalHowie

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 »

Tags: Crime, Crowd-sourced, historical pre-enactment, isthisnotagame?, world without oil, abandoned cars, Clifford Krauss, collective imagination, crowd wisdom

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 »

Tags: Crowd-sourced, Environment, world without oil, 01sj, environmental art, Green Prix Award, incursion, Salas O'Brien, san jose

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 »

Tags: Economics, Finance, Deflation, Inflation, New World Order, Politics, federal reserve, News, bernanke

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 »

Tags: future history, Immersion gaming, Simulation, Game design, world without oil, Jane McGonigal, WWO, New Yorker, daniel zalewski

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 »

Tags: activism, Conservation, Crowd-sourced, Europe, French, future history, Post-growth, world without oil, city eco lab


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