http://kickingthegasoline.com A Business Manager's Blueprint For Action Sat, 19 Jun 2010 00:24:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We've known about it for decades. It's mentioned in the most prestigious of newspapers, such as the The Independent (UK) and The New York Times. It's occasionally covered on the most heavily trafficked web news sites such as The Drudge Report and CNN.com. Prominent but retired figures like James Schlesinger, ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/kicking-the-gasoline/time-to-evolve-what-it-means-to-be-human/ By Charles Cresson Wood In 2009, the Obama administration granted BP a special exemption from a legal requirement that the oil company perform an environmental impact study (EIS) exploring the results of drilling in the Gulf of Mexico with its platform called Deepwater Horizon. According to the Washington Post, the Department ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/contingency-planning/the-questions-you-ask-create-the-future-you-manifest/ In ancient Greek mythology, Cassandra had such great beauty that Apollo granted her the gift of prophesy. After spending the night at Apollo's temple, she later did not return his love. In retaliation, Apollo placed a curse on her, so that no one would ever believe her predictions. Many of ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/management-strategies/cassandras-lament-%e2%80%93-four-reasons-why-nobody-listens-to-peak-oil-warnings/ By Charles Cresson Wood Most articles appearing in business newspapers and magazines implicitly assume that economic growth will continue in the years ahead. This assumption is widely held by economists, but is based on a fundamental misconception about limited resources. This doctrine holds that the free market (whatever that is, because ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/management-strategies/time-to-revamp-business-models/ By Charles Cresson Wood The public has known about the threat of markedly diminished oil supplies since 1956. Over the last 50 years, the notion of more limited future supplies of oil has been fiercely debated in public forums, and now the data clearly shows which side was right. Now we ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/contingency-planning/the-irrationality-of-not-preparing-contingency-plans-for-peak-oil/ By Charles Cresson Wood Many decision makers in business and government continue to erroneously believe that peak oil is a "theory" that will not substantially affect them or their organizations, at least not any time in the near future. Accordingly, they continue to drag their feet when it comes to ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/contingency-planning/peak-oil-is-a-serious-business-contingency-planning-issue/ By Charles Cresson Wood From many different credible and highly placed sources we are today hearing about the dire energy situation that industrialized civilization faces. Industrialized countries have remained dependent on oil for way too long. As evidence of this consider that fully 50% of the energy consumed in the ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/financial-justification/the-peak-oil-downside-will-be-steeper-than-the-upside/ By Charles Cresson Wood During his first term in office, Ronald Reagan was asked in an interview whether he was going to run for the Presidency again. He said that if he did what needed to be done, there would be no need for a second term. He ran for and ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/financial-justification/more-leaders-fewer-statesmen-needed/ By Charles Cresson Wood The Obama Administration has been desperately trying to prop up and maintain the petroleum-dependent American personal car industry. Unfortunately these efforts are a lost cause, because this way of life (a transportation system primarily based on billions of personal automobiles) is no longer a viable option. ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/management-strategies/dont-fight-the-powerful-trends-now-underway/ By Charles Cresson Wood One of the big risks in the financial world, that caused our current banking crisis, was the level of exposure taken on through derivatives. For example, AIG admitted that they did not include certain scenarios in their models about the risks associated with the selling financial instruments ... http://kickingthegasoline.com/contingency-planning/we-are-ignoring-serious-systemic-risk/