The Long Emergency (please read)
POSTED BY: fredgiblet
UPDATED: Monday, August 14, 2006 22:52
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Technically this belongs in Real World Discussions but I feel that this should be read by more people than visit that board. It is long but important so please read it.
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/7203633/the_long_emergency/
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FREDGIBLET, the powers that be won't be happy until they have 9/10 of the civilized world walking to a street corner to catch a bus because they can't afford the price of fuel to put in their cars. Nope that will be only for the rich.
Now that the pricetag on the worlds automotive power source is going up all things connected to it will. Which means the price of everything. I can see a time when all we do is go to work ( by way of a bus trip) and come home from work. I'm going to stop here.... because it's better that I do 
One last thing. I'm not surprised by todays news headlines. The Evil in the world is getting worse.
Z
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Fred
good article! Thanks for the link!
We are The Forsaken - We aim to burn! and we don't need no stinkin levels!
one of the Forsaken TM
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Originally posted by FutureMrsFIllion:
Fred
good article! Thanks for the link!
www.fark.com
Probably one of the most informative (and funny) sites on the web.
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I haven't read it all the way through ('cause I'm sloooow); but, it's already really good. Thanks for sharing this!
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h'mmm, interesting article that ^^
you know, am i the only one who kinda likes the idea of regressing to using horses to get around again? only problems would be power to keep up my net connection and, you know, long distance travel and similars, for which i must confess a fondness =S
well, okay, heating, hot showers, hot water, you know, and everything else i take for granted and struggle to get by without (cannot abide cold showers...when the hot waters on the blink, i do my best, but i reckon i must stink to high-heaven just from trying to jump in and out as quickly as possible once a day >.< ) maybe those would be drawbacks...
but horses would be good, yes horses would be good.
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Good article.
If interested in more on oil (Hubbard's peak, pricing in Dollars vs. Euros, imperial foreign policy, etc...), check out "American Theocracy" by Kevin Phillips.
The dude is not a pinko or tree hugger and has conservative/republican credentials.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/067003486X/sr=8-1/qid=1155251435/ref=
pd_bbs_1/104-7046391-9575955?ie=UTF8
From Washington Post's Book World:
American Theocracy is three books in one. He argues that a "reckless dependency on shrinking oil supplies, a milieu of radicalized (and much too influential) religion, and a reliance on borrowed money . . . now constitute the three major perils to the United States of the twenty-first century."
His first worry is oil. "Over the last several hundred years each leading global economic power has ridden an emergent fuel resource into the pages of history," he notes, citing Britain's 19th-century reliance on the coal industry as an example. But such reliance can prove disastrous if that resource dries up, which Phillips believes will happen. Citing the more pessimistic of geologists' projections about declining global oil reserves, he argues that our dependence on oil has ushered in an era of "petro-imperialism" that spawned the war in Iraq.
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@ ODDSBODSKIN
May I make a suggestion? If you own a house or land right now, perhaps you might want to look into alternative energy. Putting solar panels on/around your house now will prevent your being caught in the rush when energy prices skyrocket. Additionally, if you get a beefy enough setup you might even try selling to your neighbors as the prices rise.
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Yes, horses would be fabulous (after I learned how to ride, that is)!
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Originally posted by yinyang:
Yes, horses would be fabulous (after I learned how to ride, that is)!
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But I don't want to clean up the poop!
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