Not that bad?

btu2012 · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 10:37 pm Post subject: Re: Not that bad?

Hi Jane.

Welcome to the site.

If you hang around here then you will gradually learn that peak oil is only one facet of a much larger global systemic problem which doesn't have any solutions within the current political and social paradigms.

From a systems theory perspective it is but the first of a series of serious resource constraints which we are beginning to run into.

You will find that an awful lot has been known about that for decades but has been obscured from most people due to various interests as well as due to human wishful thinking.

An updated large scale model for what's going on is discussed in the book below:

http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Limits-Confronting-Envisioning-Sustainable/dp/0930031628

which is a very good introduction to the way of thinking that could help us approach such problems.

You can also find many interesting insights and connections here:

http://dieoff.org/

though you should be warned that the site at this link is very pessimistic.

The most important thing as you learn about all this is to keep your balance when confronted with the cognitive dissonance which you are likely to encounter.
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