So I am looking for ways to compost in New York City and it seems pretty simple in terms of getting the compost bins into the apartments but I am not sure about how to get it out (where should it go?). Anyways, here is a collection of links about composting in the city:
http://www.nyc24.org/2006/issue2/story08/index.html
http://www.nyccompost.org/how/index.html#quickstart
HOW TO
http://www.nyccompost.org/how/wormbin.html
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Peak Oil
There are some things that are more believable than others, but how someone could try and deny the fact that there is only so much oil on this earth and that people are eventually going to use it up driving there SUVs and eating food that has traveled on average 1,500 miles to their supermarkets.
The Theory
Peak oil is the point at which the oil being extracted begins to decline. When oil is first extracted from a reserve the rate at which they can pump oil continually increases until it reaches its peak, at which point the amount of oil being extracted begins to decline. Peak oil is reached when about half of the oil has been extracted from a reserve.
When?
M. King Hubbert predicted peak oil would be reached between 1995 and 2000.
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) predicts peak oil will be reached in 2010.
Others predict peak oil will be reached in 2035.
While some people are more optimist and many would choose to believe peak oil wont hit until the latest date possible, peak oil is inevitable. The problem is, if you push peak oil further and further away, denying the problem and neglecting to form some solution or alternative way of living, when it does come people won’t be prepared.
Why does it matter?
As a society, we are completely dependent on oil. Without oil there is no way that the industrial food system will survive. Fossil fuels are used to grow plants with fertilizers and pesticides made from fossil fuels by tractors running on fossil fuels. The food is also transported refrigerated and processed using fossil fuel. It is an entire system based on fossil fuel.
Links
More About Peak Oil
http://energybulletin.net/primer.php
Community Solutions to Peak Oil
www.communitysolution.org
The Theory
Peak oil is the point at which the oil being extracted begins to decline. When oil is first extracted from a reserve the rate at which they can pump oil continually increases until it reaches its peak, at which point the amount of oil being extracted begins to decline. Peak oil is reached when about half of the oil has been extracted from a reserve.
When?
M. King Hubbert predicted peak oil would be reached between 1995 and 2000.
Association for the Study of Peak Oil and Gas (ASPO) predicts peak oil will be reached in 2010.
Others predict peak oil will be reached in 2035.
While some people are more optimist and many would choose to believe peak oil wont hit until the latest date possible, peak oil is inevitable. The problem is, if you push peak oil further and further away, denying the problem and neglecting to form some solution or alternative way of living, when it does come people won’t be prepared.
Why does it matter?
As a society, we are completely dependent on oil. Without oil there is no way that the industrial food system will survive. Fossil fuels are used to grow plants with fertilizers and pesticides made from fossil fuels by tractors running on fossil fuels. The food is also transported refrigerated and processed using fossil fuel. It is an entire system based on fossil fuel.
Links
More About Peak Oil
http://energybulletin.net/primer.php
Community Solutions to Peak Oil
www.communitysolution.org
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