When MuseLetter started in January 1992, it was a one-person operation. I wrote and edited every word of text (with the exception of one short essay in one issue), did the layout/typesetting, stuffed envelopes, and maintained the mailing list. It was a small list, and there was only a print version (I barely had email at the time, and this was before the World Wide Web existed as anything more than a concept). I enjoyed complete freedom to write on any topic, and to express any opinion, led only by my Muse.

As the years went by, volunteers began to help with mailings. Then I added the option of e-mail subscriptions. By 2006, Post Carbon Institute was generously aiding me with a paid part-time assistant who handled most of the administrative aspects of publication. Also by this time, the subject matter dealt with in MuseLetter had become focused almost entirely on issues related to energy and the environment. As of this writing, four books on Peak Oil and related topics have emerged through monthly MuseLetters: The Party’s Over, Powerdown, The Oil Depletion Protocol, and Peak Everything.

This January I was offered, and happily accepted, a paid position with Post Carbon Institute as Senior Fellow. The mission of Post Carbon Institute is exactly congruent with the work I have been doing independently for the past five years, so the match could not be better. If you are not already acquainted with the organization, please explore the web site, www.postcarbon.org.

Post Carbon Books is now handling production and administration for MuseLetter, thus enabling me to focus more on writing and public speaking.

Because MuseLetter serves the educational and research purposes of Post Carbon Institute, we have decided to make e-mail subscriptions free from now on. The print version will continue, with subscription costs unchanged, and likely improvements in the offing (larger print). Revenues from print subscriptions will support the Fellows program of Post Carbon Institute.

Current e-mail subscribers will of course have their subscriptions continued. With regard to the fees they have paid, they have three options:

• A pro-rated refund (one dollar per month of remaining subscription time)
• Application of remaining pro-rated e-subscription fee to a postal subscription (for example, a US e-mail subscriber who has just sent in a check for $12 would be able to switch to a print subscription for an additional $8)
• Donation of remaining e-subscription fee to the Post Carbon Institute’s Fellows Program. If we do not hear from you, we will assume that this is your preference.

Contact Post Carbon Books with your preference: store (at) postcarbonbooks.com.

For print subscribers:
For Paypal and credit card payments (preferred!), please go to PostCarbonBooks.com. Please make checks or international money orders payable to Post Carbon Books, and mail them to
Post Carbon Books, PO Box 1480,
Sebastopol CA 95473.
Many thanks for your support.