Peak Oil, Climate Change, etc.
Mar. 25th, 2007 10:28 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
helwenSomeone named Greenman's post on Peak Oil. Take what you will from it:
http://www.energybulletin.net/27711.html
I liked the quote from Dmitri Orlov that he used in one of his points:
"An economy does not collapse into a black hole from which no light can escape. Instead, something else happens: society begins to spontaneously reconfigure itself, establish new relationships, evolve new rules, in order to find a point of equilibrium at a lower rate of resource expenditure."
Some of this can certainly be seen in the increased awareness of bartering -- there are even official web sites and organizations in some places for this -- makes it accountable to the gov't -- apparently has been useful to businesses, odd as that might sound.
I tend to agree with with Greenman's last comment in his list: "I believe that solutions, where they can be found at all, are to be found at the individual and community levels."
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On Climate Change, I thought I'd make my own "I believe" statements.
1. I believe that it's completely irrelevant whether one believes in Climate Change or not.
2. I believe that it's completely irrelevant whether one believes that Climate Change, if it exists, is caused by Man or Nature, or both.
3. I believe we should clean up our act because I'd like to live on a cleaner planet, with respect for myself, others, and the environment.
4. I believe that a cleaner planet would be a far better legacy to leave ours and our friends' children, and their children, etc., than all the gold and jewels and technological wonders currently available.
(And since apparently I'm a 'musician nerd', perhaps I should try to write a song about that....eek)
http://www.energybulletin.net/27711.html
I liked the quote from Dmitri Orlov that he used in one of his points:
"An economy does not collapse into a black hole from which no light can escape. Instead, something else happens: society begins to spontaneously reconfigure itself, establish new relationships, evolve new rules, in order to find a point of equilibrium at a lower rate of resource expenditure."
Some of this can certainly be seen in the increased awareness of bartering -- there are even official web sites and organizations in some places for this -- makes it accountable to the gov't -- apparently has been useful to businesses, odd as that might sound.
I tend to agree with with Greenman's last comment in his list: "I believe that solutions, where they can be found at all, are to be found at the individual and community levels."
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On Climate Change, I thought I'd make my own "I believe" statements.
1. I believe that it's completely irrelevant whether one believes in Climate Change or not.
2. I believe that it's completely irrelevant whether one believes that Climate Change, if it exists, is caused by Man or Nature, or both.
3. I believe we should clean up our act because I'd like to live on a cleaner planet, with respect for myself, others, and the environment.
4. I believe that a cleaner planet would be a far better legacy to leave ours and our friends' children, and their children, etc., than all the gold and jewels and technological wonders currently available.
(And since apparently I'm a 'musician nerd', perhaps I should try to write a song about that....eek)
