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	<title>Peak Oil Matters &#187; optimism</title>
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		<title>Focusing On Our Future (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/26/focusing-on-our-future-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/26/focusing-on-our-future-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:55:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If we focus on trying to wean ourselves from dependence on oil, we can do it.
No, it won&#8217;t be easy&#8211;kicking an addiction never is. Yes, it might lead to some people eventually switching jobs or being slightly less fantastically wealthy (oil industry executives). And, yes, it will require some lifestyle and philosophical changes (ditto). But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focusing On Our Future (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/16/focusing-on-our-future-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/16/focusing-on-our-future-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[… [W]e are farther away than we have ever been from having a shared national vision for the future of our country….
Absent such a framework for the future, the national debate has been the victim of an increasingly acute form of intellectual paralysis: The short-term mindsets of our elected officials and the voters — tied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Focusing On Our Future (Pt 1)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/02/focusing-on-our-future-pt-1/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2012/01/02/focusing-on-our-future-pt-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 00:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today
— Abraham Lincoln
Let’s work to make this a very good year for us all….
Imagine, if you will, a nation of 300-plus million people &#8230; the vast majority of them good, honest, decent, and hard-working (when they have the opportunity, that is).
Each and every one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still More Never-Ending Efforts To Skate Past The Facts Of Peak Oil (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/10/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/10/10/still-more-never-ending-efforts-to-skate-past-the-facts-of-peak-oil-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 12:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Peak Oil Denial]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1074</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: Back in April, I followed-up on a series of posts which I first began a year ago and last discussed back in April ([links below*). In that series, I’ve discussed the apparently limitless ability of too many to either ignore facts about oil production entirely, or who instead resort to efforts where disingenuous arguments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision For The Post-Peak Oil Future (Pt 6)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/09/14/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-6/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/09/14/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 11:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1030</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This series (first one here) spins off from a recent series of posts in which I’ve discussed the need for all of us to move in a new direction as we anticipate the challenges to be confronted as a result of declining oil production in the years to come. The impact will be felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision For The Post-Peak Oil Future (Pt 4)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/08/03/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-4/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/08/03/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-4/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1013</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This series (first one here) spins off from a recent series of posts in which I’ve discussed the need for all of us to move in a new direction as we anticipate the challenges to be confronted as a result of declining oil production in the years to come. The impact will be felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision For The Post-Peak Oil Future (Pt 3)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/07/27/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-3/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/07/27/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-3/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=1004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This series (first one here) spins off from a recent series of posts in which I’ve discussed the need for all of us to move in a new direction as we anticipate the challenges to be confronted as a result of declining oil production in the years to come. The impact will be felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Vision For The Post-Peak Oil Future (Pt 2)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/07/20/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-2/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/07/20/a-vision-for-the-post-peak-oil-future-pt-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jul 2011 11:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=995</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This series (first one here) spins off from a recent series of posts in which I’ve discussed the need for all of us to move in a new direction as we anticipate the challenges to be confronted as a result of declining oil production in the years to come. The impact will be felt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil &amp; A New Direction (Pt 7)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/31/peak-oil-a-new-direction-pt-7/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/31/peak-oil-a-new-direction-pt-7/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 12:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Direction]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This is the latest installment in a new PeakOilMatters series (which started here). It’s about finding a new and better vision to get to, through, and beyond Peak Oil and its widespread impact on what we produce, how we produce, and how we live. We won’t be falling off a cliff tomorrow, and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peak Oil &amp; A New Direction (Pt 6)</title>
		<link>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/08/peak-oil-a-new-direction-pt-6/</link>
		<comments>http://peakoilmatters.com/2011/03/08/peak-oil-a-new-direction-pt-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2011 12:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rich Turcotte</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[A New Direction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[oil demand]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://peakoilmatters.com/?p=756</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[NOTE: This is the latest installment in a new PeakOilMatters series (which started here). It’s about finding a new and better vision to get to, through, and beyond Peak Oil and its widespread impact on what we produce, how we produce, and how we live. We won’t be falling off a cliff tomorrow, and the [...]]]></description>
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