Stories tagged with "wartime mobilisation"

Will Wartime Mobilisation Address Peak Oil?

Posted by Chris Vernon on July 2, 2008 - 10:45am in The Oil Drum: Europe
Topic: Policy/Politics
Tags: lester brown, original, peak oil, wartime mobilisation [list all tags]

I frequently hear it suggested that we need a wartime mobilisation to address the challenges we face. The most recent being in the synopsis for Lester R. Brown’s new book, Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization:

The world faces many environmental trends of disruption and decline. The scale and complexity of issues facing our fast-forward world have no precedent. With "Plan A", business as usual, we have neglected these issues overly long. In "Plan B 3.0", Lester R. Brown warns that the only effective response now is a Second World War-type mobilisation like that in the United States after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

What is a wartime mobilisation, what triggers one and what relevance does such thinking have to today’s challenges?

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