The Oil Drum

Yeah.. like many of us, you miss IP's point entirely.

As long as we hit this wall HARD enough, our bodies will just pop through the hole the collision produces, and land neatly on our bikes which are parked on the other side of the wall.

Our buildout of PV/Wind/Solar Heat/Conservation measures are way too late. (Even Nuclear, for those who look to that route) Who knows if we still have a few years to really ramp them up, or if we will do it even so. More and more people are trying as Grid PV and other commercial products start to ramp up some, but the numbers, as most probably recognize, are dismally small. The lies and distortions of XOM and GM, et al.. are getting some noise, but few Pols can take this info to the logical conclusion.. or dare to anyway.

I do have some hope in the fact that we are spread out over the whole planet, and that some pockets will find solutions where others are getting slammed, or slamming one another. While the international economy is one of the great, chain nets that will pull many, many communities downwards together.. as economic ties weaken, various communities will have the chance to 'refloat' on local assets, and the reduced ability to transport so freely could also have the benefit of protecting various areas by the very virtue of their distances from others. This might once again be a saving grace for the profligate USA, with the oceans as massive borders to migratory flows or invasions, etc. But really, this thinking is more about much smaller areas and communities, which is what I work on, since it beats painting caustic pictures of the 'Road Warriors'. By the way, if they were all attacking each other for fuel, would they really be doing it in a bunch of souped up V-8's, or should we remake it to today's tech and have them all on Vespas and Priuses?

I had a fairly pollyana-ish friend who took the 'Grass is always greener' aphorism and turned it into 'Make your own grasses as green as possible'.. Hard to say it without smirking, but I know it has a good bit of truth in it, nonetheless.

"You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one.."

Bob