Peak Oil Writer Calls for Healthcare Hirsch Report
An Australian doctor called this week for a healthcare version of the well-known Hirsch report to look at mitigation options available to the healthcare sector as oil becomes scarcer over the coming few years. Such a report would allow planners and policy-makers to manage the significant expected impacts of oil scarcity and energy descent, and cause a “paradigm shift” to new and ecologically sustainable ways of delivering adequate and accessible health care for all. - September 10, 2006
New Website Examines Health Care Options after Peak Oil
A new blog launched recently seeks to explore health care options after peak oil. "Because modern medicine runs on fossil fuel, just like the rest of our society, it is vulnerable to rising oil prices and supply disruptions", says blog founder. - August 10, 2006