How to Overthrow Corporate Rule in 5 Not-so-easy Steps. Resources and information on fighting corporate power, democratizing our government and freeing people's time. Many people are spending a lot of their time volunteering to stop specific environmental threats, to address a specific labor issue, or to stop various other corporate abuses to our communities. The number of problems seems endless. Isn't there a faster way to save the world? This page is devoted to those who are interested in getting to the root of society's problems. These are the reforms that make other reforms possible. Take away their money: Stop privatization / Re-socialize systems Privatized systems mean that corporations get to profit from providing important social services which could be provided by (hopefully democratically-controlled) public bodies. Electoral/democracy: [A more comprehensive list of election reform resources can now be found on our electoral reform page.]
Structural attacks: Human/worker rights: 30 hour work week30 hours work for 40 hours pay! The Real News Network. UncoverTheNews.com. Peak oil primer and links. On this page: 1. Peak oil primer What is peak oil? Peak oil is the simplest label for the problem of energy resource depletion, or more specifically, the peak in global oil production. Oil is a finite, non-renewable resource, one that has powered phenomenal economic and population growth over the last century and a half. Why does oil peak? Oil companies have, naturally enough, extracted the easier-to-reach, cheap oil first. M. In the 1950s the well known U.S. geologist M. No oil producing region fits the bell shaped curve exactly because production is dependent on various geological, economic and political factors, but the Hubbert Curve remains a powerful predictive tool. What does peak oil mean for our societies?
Our industrial societies and our financial systems were built on the assumption of continual growth – growth based on ever more readily available cheap fossil fuels. The 'Hirsch Report' A U.S. So when will oil peak globally? Later in life M. Already peaked? Decline rates Exports 2. 3. Canadians For 9/11 Truth.