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Gigi Berardi

2009

Volatile energy prices

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Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi Berardi Jun 2009

Energy, Agriculture, And Food: National, County, City Considerations, Gigi Berardi

Gigi Berardi

The objective of this paper is to evaluate the available information, assess the specific situation in Whatcom County, and make recommendations on reducing vulnerability to peak oil. The paper includes a discussion of energy use in agriculture, identification of particularly vulnerable areas, and suggestion of ways to reduce the vulnerability of the county‘s agriculture and, indeed, the entire food system to peak oil and volatile energy prices.