PeakOil http://archive2.mrc.org/taxonomy/term/6115/all en Forbes Writer Warns of $20 Gas; Envisions a Utopia Nearly Without Cars http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/forbes-writer-warns-20-gas-envisions-utopia-nearly-without-cars <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/jeff-poor">Jeff Poor</a> </div> </div> </div> <p>Imagine the post-oil apocalypse, with modern American society heading into a direction with no Disney vacations, no airlines – a world devoid of one-stop convenient big retailers. Sounds like a desolate place, but that’s an ideal society according to Forbes magazine Christopher Steiner.</p><p>Steiner appeared on NBC’s July 24 “Today” and described a world with gas headed to $20 a gallon, but according to him it wouldn’t necessarily be a bad thing.</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/forbes-writer-warns-20-gas-envisions-utopia-nearly-without-cars" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles MRC Business Energy airlines ChristopherSteiner forbes MattLauer PeakOil Today Sat, 25 Jul 2009 05:28:12 +0000 admin 26677 at http://archive2.mrc.org Survivalism: Now, It's Hip! http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/survivalism-now-its-hip <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subtitle"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> &quot;Survivalism, it seems, is not just for survivalists anymore. Faced with a confluence of diverse threats - a tanking economy, a housing crisis, looming environmental disasters, and a sharp spike in oil prices - people who do not consider themselves extremists are starting to discuss doomsday measures once associated with the social fringes.&quot; </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-nodereference field-field-source"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="field-label-inline-first"> By</div> <a href="/author/clay-waters">Clay Waters</a> </div> </div> </div> <p style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">Survivalism: It's hip!</p><p><a href="http://archive2.mrc.org/articles/survivalism-now-its-hip" target="_blank">read more</a></p> Articles TimesWatch Economy Environment AlexWilliams DoubleStandards NewYorkTimes NYTimes PeakOil Survivalists TimesWatch TimesWatch.org Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:17:00 +0000 admin 6093 at http://archive2.mrc.org