Denis Tegg, lawyer from Thames writes this of himself -
"I am an optimistic, calm and (mostly ?) rational person. I am not inclined to believe that peak oil means apocalypse now and that the end of the world is nigh. But all the evidence suggests oil depletion will mean much tougher times. So I am not waiting for the politicians to wake up and start mitigation efforts, or for the media to report the issue in any depth. I figure I need to take steps myself so that my home and community are more resilient.
I have joined Transition Towns, and changed my car to a fuel efficient model. I have started to develop a large organic vegetable garden and orchard in my backyard, and joined Oooby to help up skill my food growing knowledge. I have investigated solar hot water and solar power for my house, and given talks to various groups about oil depletion and its implications for kiwis. I wrote an opinion piece which was published in the NZ Herald last year. I made a submission on the governments Draft Energy Strategy."
Denis writes a blog on the issue of "oil depletion and peak oil - with a New Zealand focus."
His blog, Oil Shock Horror Probe sounds, from the title, like a tabloid newspaper but is well written and contains valuable information and opinion from Denis.
He has covered the very impressive report by the Dunedin City Council 'Peak Oil Vulnerability Report' in his latest post.
He's well worth following.
