Great sift. I got some websites added to my favorites and found a group in my area.

He talks about just the US imports. I think an important issue also is that you have many countries (China pops to mind immediately) that are very aggressively competing for the existing oil supply.

I disagree with the speaker's point about Peak Oil being the driver of inflation for the dollar. I think that the government printing more money when they need/want it is the primary source of the devaluation of the dollar. But if you want to talk about inflation, you should look at the Middle East. Since their oil standard is the dollar, they are the ones that have been experiencing the inflation instead of the US. I read in the Economist that they had been experiencing inflation in the mid-20% per year. In fact the UAE switched its oil standard to a "Currency Bucket" that includes other currencies in an effort to decrease the out-of-control inflation. Of course, no doubt due to pressure, 70% of that bucket is still the dollar.

Here are some websites that may be of interest (focused around building local community):
Financial: http://www.solari.com
Local currency: http://www.riverhours.org/
Local currency: http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/
Example of city farming: http://pathtofreedom.com/
Biointensive farming: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biointensive/
Buy local food (US): http://www.localharvest.org/
PBS NOW episode (growing local food): http://www.pbs.org/now/shows/344/index.html

From video:
Post oil groups: http://relocalize.net/
Energy news: http://www.energybulletin.net/

Oh yeah, here is the US can eliminated oil imports: http://www.videosift.com/video/TED-Talks-Amory-Lovins

^Curio: Very cool, thank you for all that!

No problem. It's one of my many interests. Thank goodness I work at a job that I can surf the internet for personal research when it isn't busy.

One of the great benefits of sites like Videosift is that we get to combine our efforts together and bring all kinds of interesting things to each other's attention. With a little individual time and effort for sharing, we all benefit as a group and as individuals.


>> ^calvados:
^Curio: Very cool, thank you for all that!

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