Notes on the film A Crude Awakening
1 barrel of oil's energy is equal to a years work of one man.
1 cal of food eaten takes the equivalent of 10 cal to make.
The Caspian Sea shows the earliest signs of oil depletion. In 1900, 95% of Russia's oil came from Baku.
In 1914 Venezuela discovered oil.
Oil was mined out of texas by the 1950's.
Producing oil from tar pits takes more energy then what is released.
The only region today that has not knowingly peaked in oil is the middle east. Saudia Arabia produces around 12 million barrels a day.
China is now the 2nd largest importer of oil to the USA.
Stock markets are predicted to crash when oil runs low, a depression is then predicted to follow.
The Eco-Design Manifesto
From 'The Eco-Design Handbook' - Alistair Faud-Luke
Design to use locally available materials and resources wherever possible (thinking
globally but acting locally).
Design to maximise a product/material/service product's benefits to communities.
Design to encourage modularity in design to permit sequential purchases, as needs require
and funds permit, to facilitate repair/reuse and to improve functionality.
Design to create more sustainable products/materials/service products for a more
sustainable future.
Design to satisfy real needs as opposed to transient, fashionable or market-driven needs.
Design to minimise the ecological footprint of the product/material/service product, i.e.
reduce resource consumption, including energy and water.
Uses sustainable material such as straw, clay soils, sands, sticks. Each have their own attributes such as wall thickness, thermal properties, speed and ease of materials. Clay Waddle, instead of weaving with sticks they are weaving with straw and clay, which is strong and quick to put up. Straw bale goes into wooden frames, you can curve it, useful if you don’t have a lot of openings. Near doors you change to light straw clay which frames openings. Within the same building you can have a variety of material. Cob is sculpting by hand the shape of the wall with mud so buildings can take on a variety of shapes. You can heat it so it becomes a radiotar for the whole house , it absorbs heat from sunlight which will insulate and keep the house heated and cooled respectively.
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The Eco-Design Manifesto
From 'The Eco-Design Handbook' - Alistair Faud-Luke
Design to use locally available materials and resources wherever possible (thinking
globally but acting locally).
Design to maximise a product/material/service product's benefits to communities.
Design to encourage modularity in design to permit sequential purchases, as needs require
and funds permit, to facilitate repair/reuse and to improve functionality.
Design to create more sustainable products/materials/service products for a more
sustainable future.
Design to satisfy real needs as opposed to transient, fashionable or market-driven needs.
Design to minimise the ecological footprint of the product/material/service product, i.e.
reduce resource consumption, including energy and water.
Uses sustainable material such as straw, clay soils, sands, sticks. Each have their own attributes such as wall thickness, thermal properties, speed and ease of materials. Clay Waddle, instead of weaving with sticks they are weaving with straw and clay, which is strong and quick to put up. Straw bale goes into wooden frames, you can curve it, useful if you don’t have a lot of openings. Near doors you change to light straw clay which frames openings. Within the same building you can have a variety of material. Cob is sculpting by hand the shape of the wall with mud so buildings can take on a variety of shapes. You can heat it so it becomes a radiotar for the whole house , it absorbs heat from sunlight which will insulate and keep the house heated and cooled respectively.
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