<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO -USAlogo80.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="80" /></span>A midweek roundup of peak oil news, including:<br />
-Developments this week</p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/scapegoat.thumbnail.png" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="69" /></span>The energy world portrayed in the debates—in which coal is “clean” and oil and gas companies will lead the U.S.

<p>-The Sound of Climate Silence: Romney and Obama Spar Over Who Wants to To Drill for More Fossil Fuels During Debate<br />
-Climate Deniers<br />
-Why we can't bank on recessions to keep global warming in check</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-17/climate-oct-17">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/image_large_12.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="63" /></span>Since its founding in 1996, the Community Food Security Coalition has been the leading voice for people of color and the poor in a food movement that often marginalizes them in favor of w

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/letterpress-550x410.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="75" /></span>President Obama aroused the GOP's ire for reminding business owners of the obvious point that their success relies in part on roads and bridges built at public expense.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/LaurentChehere.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="98" /></span>Kropotkin worked within the framework of 19th century natural science, but his results are just as relevant today as they were then.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/growthbusters1.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="67" height="100" /></span>Growthbusters is the inspiring story of Dave Gardner’s efforts to challenge conservative Colorado Springs’ failed growth promotion policies.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/6761185151_0172bb1fd1_b.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="56" /></span>It’s one year since Occupy took over the churchyard at St Paul’s.

<p>-U.S. Plunge in Gas Drilling Means $1 Billion Lost Profit<br />
-Germany Balks on Natural Gas Bonanza<br />
-Shale Gas Industry Brings PSYOPs and Spy Ops to Poland<br />
-Shale gas report rules out moratorium<br />
-Collectively Photographing Fracking</p>
<p><a href="http://www.energybulletin.net/stories/2012-10-15/shale-gas-oct-15">read more</a></p>

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/c2f5a36f1a4359ee69adc168e1bea037-225x307.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="73" height="100" /></span>Years on from the early days, one could argue that the world looks more or less as Transition visioning sessions then might have imagined – climate change more e

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/LegoMagician_Credit-Yang-and-Yun-214x300.thumbnail.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="71" height="100" /></span>Wheelan's argument and the main message of today's globalized economy is that Twinkies spontaneously sprout on supermarket shelves.

<p>But there is a curious sensation around. You know, it is like one of those disaster movies; those where you know that the tsunami will arrive, or the dam will burst, or the volcano will erupt right under Los Angeles. Before the catastrophe, you see people worried about their everyday things; oblivious of the impending disaster.

<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/ASPO -USAlogo80.jpg" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="80" height="80" /></span>A weekly review including:<br />
-Oil and the Global Economy<br />
-The Middle East<br />
-IEA Reports<br />
-Fuel Prices<br />
-Quote of the Week<br />
-The Briefs</p>

<p>In early October, the eco-village, Änggärdet, Sweden, hosted two days of Live Action Role-Play (LARP) along the theme of life 2016-2027, post peak oil and post economic collapse.

<p>New Mexico residents are trying to a break free from Los Alamos’ nuclear legacy by creating more environmentally sound ways of living.