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Article written by the awesome Sean Lloyd on the 10 Nov 2008

I was just perusing, at my leisure, Urban Sprout as I haven’t read it in a few weeks and I came upon some interesting facts relating to Cape Town.

As everyone already knows, the worlds oil is not exactly in abundance anymore, and the struggle for energy is getting more hectic every day. The world consumes some 85 million barrels of oil a day which is a massive amount. With oil running out, everything that the world is built on is in a crisis. No transport to bring us food, no power for lighting, no economy etc.

So it’s interesting to note the concept called Transition Towns, which are basically towns that are gearing themselves up for when oil eventually becomes too expensive to pump and too scarce to find, and we have to change our way of life to more local and sustainable. According to the Urban Sprout article “Transition Towns movement hits Cape Town” , Transition Town communities have been formed for Kommetjie and Hout Bay (Click here for the Hout Bay TT website)

I find that all rather fascinating.

Another interesting article is “Green transport for Cape Town City Bowl — Phase 1 of the rapid transport system goes ahead” Click that article to read it.

And be sure to check out Urban Sprout for a whole host of other interesting and informative green news.

UPDATE:Also be sure to have a look at Urban Harvest. Basically, they design, set up and maintain an edible garden for you so you can grow your own organic food. Obviously this contributes to a more local lifestyle, saving massive amounts of fuel to transport your food to you.

Sean Lloyd

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Rory Reply

Why don’t Hout Bay worry about about real problems. I went for a cycle on Sat and on my way home I had to pass through Mandela Circle (the one by the informal settlement). There was sewage flowing down the hill through the circle and down the road. That place is disgusting. Look oil is going to run out one day but by then we’ll have a solution.

Sean Lloyd Website Reply

Yeah I agree, it is filthy at that settlement, it seems that that sewerage is constantly flowing down there. I dunno about the whole oil solution just yet, it’s not only oil but other resources like metals and the such that are becoming scarce. Mining equipment needs massive amounts of energy to run. So to mine the elements we need to construct solar panels, batteries for electric cars, we will still need energy. Not to mention that when these elements run out, we won’t be able to hold and store energy (Batteries etc)

One interesting thing is concentrated solar power, forgotten the exact details, but light is focused with mirrors, heat rises (Or steam), moves turbines and creates electricity. I think Australia are doing it.

But it will all take time, in the meantime I’m here for a massive party!

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