Reading Research and Reality

With only a short practice after our game was canceled I arrived home at 5. It has been a while since I've been home before 6:30. I had no idea what to do with myself. After some jubilant time wasted I warmed up a bowl of noodles, poured a glass of milk, grabbed a book on peak oil and headed to the plush green grass--shirt off, tan time.

Reading about oil iss a great time. Who knew that something as boring as thousand year old algae remains could have so much written about it. Acting out of the ordinary I felt inclined to take notes on what I was reading. Many scribbled stats will not go forgotten--
"EROEI of oil in 1930 was 100:1" 
"Europeans use 1/2 the amount of oil per capita of an American."
"resilience vs. sustainability"

the great thing about research is it puts everything back in perspective. It gets you thinking again.

I want to come back and summarize some of the articles I read.
But here they are for now.
Oh ya, and I couldn't help but read a couple of articles on cows/beef-- agriculture is so interesting!

• http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/aug97/livestock.hrs.html
• The Transition Handbook
•  http://peakoildebunked.blogspot.com/  ---this was quite helpful 
• NY Times "rethinking the meat guzzler"

get the dome piece ready for thoughts on oil!

My main dilemma with reading splurges is passing the info on. Restating  the information seems pointless when I can simply refer you to the article. But of course it helps me think critically when I have to argue an idea on my own. Anyone can read and regurgitate. With such discerning readers as yourself I don't want to disappoint.