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Sustainability by William Eric McFadden revision 20210118-1533 |
Links to sites not related to sustainability can be found in my Bookmarks.
Read my disclaimer.
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"Living in the world as it is isn’t an argument against working towards a better future."
-- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
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"We don’t have to save the world. The world is big enough to look after itself. What we have to be concerned
about is whether or not the world we live in will be capable of sustaining us in it."
-- Douglas Adams
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"Looking ahead, I am confident that we will be ready to begin the journey towards a new energy frontier
on January 20th. This will be a leading priority of my presidency, and a defining test of our time. We
cannot afford complacency, nor accept any more broken promises. We won't create a new energy economy
and protect our environment overnight, but we can begin that work right now if we think anew, and act
anew. Now, we must have the will to act, and to act boldly."
-- President-elect Barack Obama, December 15, 2008
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"No combination of alternative fuels will allow us to run American life the way we have been used to running it, or even a substantial fraction of it. The wonders of steady technological progress achieved through the reign of cheap oil have lulled us into a kind of Jiminy Cricket syndrome, leading many Americans to believe that anything we wish for hard enough will come true. These days, even people who ought to know better are wishing ardently for a seamless transition from fossil fuels to their putative replacements."
-- James Howard Kunstler
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"Maximizing Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy is the domestic epicenter in the War on Terror
and it is imperative that we maximize the partnerships between the public and private sectors in
new and creative ways with a sense of seriousness, national purpose and the urgency the situation
merits."
-- Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
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The End of the Age of Oil:
Are you prepared for the Big Collapse? an article by Mark Morford
The End of the World as We Know Them by Jared Diamond
The Breaking Point, an article by Peter Maass (look here & here for critique)
Waiting for the Lights to Go Out by Bryan Appleyard in The Sunday Times
From the Wilderness by Michael C. Ruppert
End of Surburbia -- Oil Depletion and the Collapse of the American Dream
Association for the Study of Peak Oil
Culture Change
The End of the Oil Age!
The Oildrum
The Coming Global Oil Crisis: hubbertpeak.com & oilcrisis.com
Life After the Oil Crash
Oil Depletion Analysis Centre
Peak Oil Action
Post Carbon Institute
Surviving Peak Oil
Beyond Peak -- "Living Sustainably with Peak Oil and Economic Collapse", by Mick Winter
Dry Dipstick by Mick Winter
DieOff.com
Permatopia: a graceful end to cheap oil
Kick the Oil Habit
MuseLetter by Richard Heinberg
Introduction to Powerdown (PDF) by Richard Heinberg
InTheWake.org--a collective manual for outliving civilization
An Interview at Grist with peak oil provocateur Matthew Simmons
An Interview at Grist with doomsaying author James Howard Kunstler
FEASTA: The Foundation for the Economics of Sustainability
The Dirty Truth about Green Fuel by Sasha Lilley at AlterNet
Our Black Future by Jeff Goodell at The New York Times
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"With serious federal investment and real political will, an energy policy focused on conservation and new technologies could provide millions of jobs, revive heartland industries, reduce pollution and liberate our foreign policy. Americans are still waiting to hear from a leader with that much imagination and courage." -- Joe Conason, In New Energy Crisis, Bush Rewards Cronies |
Slow Down Fracking in Athens County (SD-FRAC)
Think Again: Climate Change by Bill McKibben, at ForeignPolicy.com
ClimateCrisis.net--the official site for Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth"
350.org -- "Global Warming. Global Action. Global Future"
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"If we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then I am absolutely certain that generations from now, we will be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick and good jobs to the jobless; this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal ..." -- Barack Obama, 2008 |
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"I’m not in this race to slow the rise of the oceans or to heal the planet." -- Mitt Romney, 2012 |
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"Is this the math you do as a Republican to make yourself feel better?" -- Fox host Megyn Kelly to Karl Rove, November 6, 2012 |
Joseph Romm's ClimateProgress.org (new URL)
George Monbiot at monbiot.com & Guardian.com (and blog)
articles at TomDispatch.com:
Mark Hertsgaard, independent journalist & author
Climate.org--a project of the Climate Institute
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Grist Magazine -- "Environmental News & Commentary"
The Real Price of Gasoline at CTA
American Buyers Get a Case of Amnesia at CNNMoney.com
"The Story of Stuff" with Annie Leonard
Energy Line 2000
EarthToys--"Alternative Energy News"
Green Energy Ohio
Green Energy Ohio -- Southeast Ohio at Yahoo! Groups (and sign in)
U.S. Department of Energy Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE)
Ohio Department of Development Advanced Energy Program / Energy Loan Fund
Energy Wise Solutions -- "Why not use free energy?"
Alternative Energy Store
CalFinder Residential Solar & blog
Solar Today, with on-line magazine
Solar Hot Water: A Primer (pdf)
Solar Hot Water Systems (pdf)
Installation Basics for Domestic Water Heating Systems: Parts 1 & 2 (pdf)
Wind Power Systems (pdf)
Wind Generators and Birds: Power Politics? (pdf)
Lead Acid Batteries (pdf)
Batteries--What We Know Abour How to Use Them (pdf)
Battery Rooms--a cellular home (pdf)
Overcurrent Protection for Battery-Powered Systems (pdf)
Surfing through Breakers (pdf)
What is a Charge Controller (pdf)
Flash Kaboom--lightning protection (pdf)
Surge Arrestors for Lightning and EMP Protection (pdf)
Build Your Own 12VDC Engine/Generator (pdf)
Experiments with Solar Hot Air Collectors (pdf)
The Great American Veggie Van Adventure (pdf)
Biodiesel (pdf)
The Back Shed, with Homegrown Power
Solar Power
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"I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait 'til oil and coal run out before we tackle that."--Thomas Edison |
Pholtovoltaic Systems Research & Development at Sandia National Labs
The Solar Guide--"Your Guide to Solar and Renewable Energy"
Third Sun Solar in Athens, Ohio
Solar-is-Future.com by SMA
HotBox Solar--solar thermal
Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living by Steen Hansen
Michael Bryce's Sunlight Energy Systems
Dovetail Solar in Athens, Ohio (corrected URL)
Sierra Solar Systems
Backwoods Solar Electric Systems
Alternative Energy Engineering--solar, wind, and water power
Earth Solar Group
Sunelco--photovoltaic
Northern Arizona Wind & Sun
Photovoltaic Power Resource Site and the Photovoltain Technologies page
Sun Electronics--"Solar Panels at the Best Prices"
Solar Blvd
ThermoMax Industries--"The Solar Water Heating Source"
Solar Energy and Ham Radio Projects by Gaites
Electric Bicycle by Gaites
Wind
Southwest Windpower -- "Renewable Energy Made Simple" (and an article)
WindEnergy.com
Wood Gas Generation
GreenCarCongress.com "Energy, Technologies, Issues and Policies for Sustainable Mobility"
Nomadic Research Labs by Steven K. Roberts
an interview with Steven K. Roberts by Eolake Stobblehouse
Simon & Jasmine's Low Impact Woodland Home
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"... if humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted, paleoclimate evidence and ongoing climate change suggest that CO2 will need to be reduced from its current 385 ppm to at most 350 ppm." -- Jim Hansen, NASA (at TomDispatch.com) |
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"Just a week ago today, before the cold rains swept back in, it was 74 degrees in San Francisco and clear and sunny and gorgeous as a giant diamond licked by nubile virgin cheerleaders high on rum and lip balm and pink-bunny vibrators."--Mark Morford on global warming, March 1, 2006 |
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"January to June 2006 was the warmest first half of the year in the continental U.S. since record-keeping began in 1895, and the sixth-warmest in the world as a whole, according to the National Climatic Data Center. Alaska, far eastern Europe, and parts of Russia posted cooler-than-average temperatures, but the rest of the Northern Hemisphere was right toasty. The U.S. average temperature in the first half of 2006 was 51.8 degrees, 3.4 degrees above the 20th-century average. And heeere's summer: Excessive heat warnings have been issued in many cities across the country as temperatures are hitting three digits; nearly half of the contiguous U.S. was in moderate-to-extreme drought as of June." -- Grist |
Compost-Bin.org
Compost! Master Composter Home Composting
Composting at VegWeb
Composting for Kids
Catawba ConvertiCoops--Urban Coops for Urbane Chickens
Pack Goats:
N0TU, Rooster, & Peanut
Lehman's -- old-fashioned, high-quality merchandise
Aaron's Rain Barrels
This is a collection of links that I have found useful or interesting, either professionally or personally. It is maintained for my own use, and is subject to change at any time. No claims are made to completeness, accuracy, or competence. No endorsement of any site, individual, product, or corporation is intended. With these caveats, anyone is welcome to browse these links or to use this page.
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