Heineken wrote:Nothing is happening.
I see the same lines of migrating SUVs, the same hideous shopping strips a la Kunstler, the same knock-down and pave-over of forests and meadows for rows and swirls of identical oversized houses.
The same glittering seas of cars gathered at major consumption nodes.
The same endless suburbs growing more endless.
The same bottomless spew of predictable, manipulative hash from our "leaders."
The same lewd and garish "reality shows" cluttering TV---just one step away now from outright freak shows and public executions.
In response to Peak Oil, Peak Water, Peak Health Care, deforestation, global warming, overpopulation, fiscal lunacy, runaway militarism, and a kind of creeping fascism, we are doing pretty much what we've been doing all along---NOTHING.
Nothing is happening.
zberry wrote:My own personal litmus test is the neighborhood newspaper delivery person, who continues to deliver newspapers in a Hummer H2. As long as I see the Hummer used to deliver newspapers, I know people aren't changing behavior.
Battle_Scarred_Galactico wrote:Pulling your ripcord 2 seconds before impact does not a safe jump make.
SoothSayer wrote:The West is chugging along as normal ... not good, but perhaps we can power down when required.
However China worries me ... it is a monster devouring resources as fast as it can find them.
That particular train wreck will be spectacular ... but will it take other countries with it?
Heineken wrote:SoothSayer wrote:The West is chugging along as normal ... not good, but perhaps we can power down when required.
However China worries me ... it is a monster devouring resources as fast as it can find them.
That particular train wreck will be spectacular ... but will it take other countries with it?
It's not just a matter of powering down, given that the environmental damage we've done, incuding runaway global warming, is irreparable.
How do we feed, water, and clothe an exploding population while powering down? Not likely.
No, we're on a collision course nothing can avert.
Heineken wrote:Nothing is happening.
<Heineken's gripping post - pared down>
Nothing is happening.
Heineken wrote:Nothing is happening.
SoothSayer wrote:However China worries me ...
Don35 wrote:The down side is the longer we go w/o change the hard the fall will be. THATS what scares me!
Andrew_S wrote:Heineken wrote:Nothing is happening.
<Heineken's gripping post - pared down>
Nothing is happening.
Precisely. Very well said. In fact more than ever is happening: peak stuff, peak crap. All the more reason to believe we are approaching or are at peak.
Maybe one day even Heineken will peak! Dread the thought.
Heineken wrote:
Yes, Peak Heineken is inevitable. Perhaps I can brew my own . . . if brewing supplies are still available . . . unlikely.
Anyway, who wants warm beer?
I actually asked the barman to put some ice in my bitter! It certainly helped - and I wasn't even ashamed.
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