 Tell the boss you are going to be late to work
(Salina Journal: Sun, 01 Jun) First off, a correction. Last week, in a hilarious glimpse of a future in which gasoline could climb to $15 a gallon before it's rationed, I listed some Web sites that discuss the concept of peak oil, that delightful point when the world's oil production begins an inexorable decline.
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 What happens when oil runs out?
(The Grand Rapids Press: Sun, 01 Jun) GRAND RAPIDS -- The collapse of cities, a return to rail transportation, famine and a worldwide depression are but a few outcomes predicted by energy industry insiders and believers in the peak oil theory who gathered this weekend at Calvin College.
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 Michael Conniff: CON GAMES: Socket To Me
(HuffingtonPost: Mon, 02 Jun) Pundit Thomas Friedman says "green is the new red, white, and blue" -- and he's right. To waste energy, to do anything less than conserve, is borderline treason.
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 Celeb stories are real news
(Toronto Star: Mon, 02 Jun) "You're the problem," a male friend told me sternly a few weeks ago. I'm why the rich are getting richer and poor are getting poorer, why political apathy abounds, why environmental catastrophe looms. Because I, and people like me, read stories about celebrities.
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Jesse Kornbluth: The "D" Conference: Daddy, What Did You Do During Peak Oil?
Letter writer hit 'several nails on the head'
Midlander finds three paths forward to energy independence
Patrick Takahashi: Why Is There No National Energy Policy?
