John Howe

For the past decade John Howe (MechEngr’56) has been an author and speaker on energy, population, environment and economics. He writes “We are entering the second half of the short oil age, and in that context, things don’t look very promising.” His studies are shared in his manuscript, The End of Fossil Energy, 4th ed.: What’s Next? It’s Up To You. John, the 1956 CU ski team captain, and his wife Debbie Mead Howe (Art’69) live in Waterford, Maine. They have fond memories of their time at the university and Boulder in the 1970s when John was vice president of engineering for the Head Ski Co. on 63rd Street and Debbie was a professional freestyle skier.