And here they are.

This is my "Health" post for the week!

I'm seeing Hurrican Rita bear down on Texas, and it reminds me of a lot of the energy and resource questions that are looming over modern civilization and how we power ourselves AS a civilization.

An article from Technology Review, presenting some of the apocalyptic views of James Howard Kunstler, proprietor over at Clusterfuck Nation.

This review article is pretty balanced, giving seriousness to the views of Kunstler, without - in the end - buying it.  For those concerned about Peak Oil, give it a read.

Also, a good article by the science writer Darksyde over at DailyKos, that is more topical, on how oil rigs around the ports of Texas and Louisiana work.

Vomitting Confetti has been talking about this topic a bit as well recently.

Anyone else have some thoughts on this?