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For several years in the United States, typically in summer, there would be complaints and concerns with the price of oil and its effects on the price of gasoline. It has all finally come to a head this year (2008) and it affects countries world wide, leading to food riots and protests in some places. Not only do we have to deal with high oil prices but there is also a food crisis caused by a push to use food (such as corn for ethanol) as a source of alternative fuel.

The debate and issues raised by climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions, peak oil and geopolitical risks relating to energy dependence and the environmental risks associated with oil and gas exploration, drilling, refining a distribution, governments have begun supporting biodiesel production in a HUGE way.

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Megan Quinn Bachman presents "Surviving Peak Oil, Thriving in Community" from the International Conference on Peak Oil and Climate Change: Paths to Sustainability. This is part two of the presentation

Megan Quinn Bachman is the Outreach Director of Community Service and has been writing and speaking on peak oil since 2003. She serves as Master of Ceremonies for the U.S. Conferences on Peak Oil and Community Solutions in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Quinn Bachman's articles on peak oil appeared in Communities, Permaculture Activist, WellBeing, Vermont Commons, Energy Bulletin and Global Public Media. She co-wrote and co-produced the documentary, The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil. Quinn Bachman earned a degree in Diplomacy and Foreign Affairs from Miami University and studied abroad at the University of Havana in Cuba.