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203 comments on Sustainability: Planning from a Base of Zero
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While I think it is useful to consider a zero fossil fuel availability world I think that even if there is complete societal collapse there will still be plenty of bits and pieces of technology and people who have knowledge and know how to organize things and use tools.
We may not be able to light up cities filled with skyscrapers and neon lights but we will still have limited access to enough materials to be able to have some capability to produce electricity lights batteries etc... BTW since both bees and whales are already threatened I would suggest not planning anything around them...
How about we just all go to bed when dusk hits?
For me that would be 14 hours of sleep in the winter. Canucks would get more.
There are other things to do in bed besides sleeping.
...and then there is the population growth problem...
Will Stewart : "...and then there is the population growth problem..."
If it were an enlightened society aware of overpopulation and starting from zero, surely contraception would either be free and/or tantamount to mandatory?
That would be an enlightened society that still has manufacturing capability. We are talking about the time after there is no electric for lights requiring candles or early bedtimes. Such a society will NOT be manufacturing contraceptives.
While that used to be what folks did for millenia, what also happens is that people wake up during the night to move around, hit the bathroom, grab a snack (the remnant /relic of this in the English language is a "night cap"). Different people would wake up at different times, and the those circadian rhythm differences determine if you are a night owl or early bird.
Oil from non-edible or marginally edible (like acorns) seeds and nuts.