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Brixton: an oil free zone

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According to the Guardian, people in Brixton are trying to make the area an "oil-free zone." This follows in the footsteps of proper hippy towns like Totnes, Stroud and Falmouth. The idea is that rather than waiting to see whether there will be alternative energy sources when oil runs out, some poeple are already trying to do without it.

Read the article here

Anyone know anything about this? A local called Duncan Law is involved. Any views?
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Think of all the squeaky doors
 
An oil-free zone?

That's John Whelan, Steve Russell and Keith Fitchett, not to mention Keith Hill, all fucked then! :)
 
I'm sure the developing economies of India and China will rush to follow Brixton's example.:rolleyes:

What a waste of time.:(
 
There a Torre Canyon full of oil deposited every night on Brixton's street thanks to the littering fuckwits spewing out of KFC/McD/and all the other plastic packaging fast food stores.
 
I kept seeing the Lambeth Climate Change Action Group bloke at Brixton station recently. Couldn't help but dismiss him as a/ Optimistic, b/ laughable.
 
pinewood said:
I remember Brixton as "nuclear free zone" in the 80´s. And the ANC-coloured flag on the top of the town hall...
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Exactly what i was thinking of. Perhaps they could change the signs?
 
What does this mean in practice? That they will close all the petrol stations and redevelop the sites as more "luxury flats". Oh hang on, that's happening everywhere already!

What does an "oil free zone" mean, really? It sounds a load of bollocks to me.

Like all those Nuclear Free Zones back in the 80s:

1. there are no nuclear power stations in urban areas
2. being a nuclear-free zone wouldn't have persuaded the Soviet Union not to target you, if it had ever come to that
3. anything remotely nuclear in the UK, like convoys or trains carrying nuclear material etc, is under the control of people who care not a hoot about the opinions of a bunch of posturing local councillors

Giles..
 
RushcroftRoader said:
Where is this meeting this climate change group is having? Can I drive there?
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You joke but a friend drove to one of the Reclaim the Streets parties in the mid 90s.
 
editor said:
There a Torre Canyon full of oil deposited every night on Brixton's street thanks to the littering fuckwits spewing out of KFC/McD/and all the other plastic packaging fast food stores.
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KFC and McD have used cardboard/paper packaging for a while now, so can't get them on that. :)
 
I think it means planning for the time when the oil runs out, rather than being oil-free now.

Shame the windmill isn't being restored to run on wind power...if it was we'd all be all right, in Brixton. If Friends of Brockwell Park act quickly they could get a wiond farm and a brazil nut plantation going in time for sustainable power and bio-fuels.
 
OpalFruit said:
I think it means planning for the time when the oil runs out, rather than being oil-free now.
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Exactly.

I think the pessimism on this thread is rather worrying though! If people take the attitude of "oh, what's the point, that'll never work" what hope do we have? FACT: one day, oil will run out and we will need an alternative. If somewhere like Brixton, or Stroud, or wherever, starts preparing for it, then I think that's a good thing and not only has environmental benefits, but will benefit the local community in the long run.

OpalFruit said:
Shame the windmill isn't being restored to run on wind power...if it was we'd all be all right, in Brixton. If Friends of Brockwell Park act quickly they could get a wiond farm and a brazil nut plantation going in time for sustainable power and bio-fuels.
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:D Interesting point though. In Stroud (where I went to school) the council runs its offices on renewable power. There's water power harnessed from the local river, solar panels etc and I think they also buy power from local company Ecotricity which has a windmill up on the hill. If all 400+ local authorities (and also the local councils) started using renewable energy, for example, that would be a big reduction in oil use and a decent step on the path to not having to rely on oil. That's the point I think they're trying to make here.
 
Do you remember when that chippy in Wales (I think) started selling off old oil to use as petrol, cars ran perfectly well on it - and the gvt made it illegal!

Under the influence of the petro-chemical industries, no doubt.

A vote for an oil-free Brixton is a vote against Shell!

So maybe the future of an oil-free Brixton IS KFC....

You can't win. :confused:
 
I love Totnes - one of the 'transitional towns' mentioned in the article. It is like going back to 1968. The only problem is that to get to Totnes you have to go in a car or bus get on the 125 train - that runs on diesel oil.
 
OpalFruit said:
Do you remember when that chippy in Wales (I think) started selling off old oil to use as petrol, cars ran perfectly well on it - and the gvt made it illegal!
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No they didn't.

As long as you pay duty on it (which still makes it cheaper than petrol or diesel) it's perfectly legal. There's smaller municipal authorities nowadays running their fleet on "bio-diesel" (recycled cooking oil).
 
there goes my plan to do some exploratory drilling outside the tube station...

mind you, if we found oil, the haringey massive would finally have an excuse to get the yanks to bomb the place :p :cool:
 
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