Peak Oil and Earlsdon

We could be seeing the end of the era of cheap oil. That is, half of the world's oil has been extracted, and the remaining half will be harder/more environmentally damaging/more expensive to extract. As well, world demand, rising year on year, may not match up with month-to-month supply.

We should start preparing for an era that is profoundly and intensely local.

- We'll do more walking, or take more public transport, since we will see less car use.
- We'll have less food distribution centred on driving to-and-from supermarkets. Supermarkets themselves may face challenges (finding petrol for all those lorries of refrigerated fruit and veg).
- Consumers should be able to choose food produced closest to their home, and to know the “energy content” of the food (was it flown, was it sent by rail, was it sent by boat, were alternative energy sources used at the source farm?).
- We need more food preparation skills (to avoid processed food) on a mass level. This will mean more classes in school on food preparation and nutrition, and incorporating food gardens into the design of new schools.
- Greens in Coventry would work towards an expansion of urban space for allotments.