I recently read “Imagine There’s No Oil: Scenes from a Liberal Apocalypse,” an article by Bryant Urstadt in the August 2006 issue of Harper’s Magazine (not available online). I take the Peak Oil movement seriously, though I’m less alarmed about the future than its proponents are - perhaps as a result of my own denial. I recommend the article.

The article gave me pause about living in a cold-weather region. How will homes and workplaces be heated in a post-fossil fuel environment? Will we adapt and muddle through, or will there be an early catastrophic failure in the fuel supply? It would be best to think through the possibilites.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 4:03 pm and is filed under Environment and Ecology, Geography, Minnesota, Politics, Winter.