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		<title>Peak Oil: The Transition</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/08/17/peak-oil-the-transition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[{A reminder to my readers: I was down South recently to set up my daughter for her senior year of college, and next week we travel to New York for several days to set up our other daughter for her sophomore year. We’ll return at the end of next week just long enough to get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil: Another Look At Infrastructure (And Change)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/07/16/peak-oil-another-look-at-infrastructure-and-change/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 18:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=432</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are so woefully ill-prepared….
“[S]ix in ten surveyed by Pew believe that the economic situation will be better soon and that the recession is only temporary. This alone vividly illustrates how poorly the true state of the global economic situation is understood and the size of the shock that most of us are in for.
“Nearly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil &amp; Infrastructure: More To Discuss Part III</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/03/01/peak-oil-infrastructure-more-to-discuss-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/03/01/peak-oil-infrastructure-more-to-discuss-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“We’re not investing adequately or strategically in our nation’s future, and we’ll pay a huge price if we don’t change course….
“Because we’re under-investing in the areas that will determine our future dynamism and standard of living, we’ll continue to  lose ground relative to our competitors and may eventually lose ground in absolute terms as well….
 “[I]t’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part V</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/18/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-v/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/18/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every challenge we face now or will likely face with the onset of Peak Oil is a problem, unless we choose to view it for what it might actually be: an opportunity. Every product or service or method that relies upon oil is an opportunity to re-design or re-invent its successor. Easy? Of course not. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part IV</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/15/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/15/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=230</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve noticed more general discussion about the topic of Peak Oil in recent weeks—helped in no small part by Sir Richard Branson and the Peak Oil report issued by a British group in which he played a key role—although it still remains well below the mainstream media radar.
The net result is that the majority of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part III</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/13/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/13/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It remains my hope that with the right level of effort, commitment, vision, understanding, and action (BIG “ifs” of course), we can effect a reasonably non-disruptive transition away from our excessive fossil fuel dependency. It won’t be perfect or struggle-free, but we can take steps to make it easier. At this point, “easier” may be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part II</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/10/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/10/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 01:42:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in a recent post (here) that we need to develop different attitudes and beliefs about the onset and impact of Peak Oil. A better understanding of the challenges likely to be faced will be a deciding factor in how effectively we transition away from fossil fuel dependency. It’s going to take a while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Ahead To Peak Oil Transition: Part I</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/07/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-i/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2010/02/07/looking-ahead-to-peak-oil-transition-part-i/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 21:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’d like to shift gears just a bit in these next few posts and discuss some “behavioral” perspectives and considerations related to how we’ll need to deal with Peak Oil—a follow-up to one of my initial posts (here).
First up: Just a few of the things we know for certain about oil production, taken from an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Some Considerations In Anticipation Of Peak Oil</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2009/12/15/some-considerations-in-anticipation-of-peak-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2009/12/15/some-considerations-in-anticipation-of-peak-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 21:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=70</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There’s likely to be little disagreement that for most of us, the current economic, social, and political issues and conflicts we’re now mired in are the most challenging set of conditions we’ve ever encountered. Even those relatively untouched by the hardships (are there any such people?) are no doubt weary of the trials and tribulations [...]]]></description>
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