Last month saw small progresses on many fronts at pointReturn. The pond environs were cleaned up, a trench to trap rainwater was dug, vetiver was planted along the trench’s edge, a kitchen was planned and begun and about 300 saplings were set in place. Of the plants, a good number were Pongamia Pinnata, India’s forgotten biodiesel tree. The last piece of action was particularly comforting, for in the last month too, fell the week which brought clinching evidence that this planet’s petroleum reserves may have peaked. The Peak Oil year may have arrived about 7 years ahead of the dreaded date. …read on