Pops wrote:Jeeze Plant, don't you get it? FFs make PV & Nukes affordable just like they do Taurases! I believe it's doubtful they can replicate themselves on their own power let alone anything resembling the modern world.
No doubt energy will be more expensive in a FF-free world. Germany's energy costs have gone up about 50% since they started their massive build-out of wind and solar energy. A 50% increase in energy costs doesn't mean the end of civilization.
Pops wrote:That's the whole point of PO: Petroleum is the Grand Enabler, from the pop in yer Rice Krispies to the Do in your Doo Wop.
Of course. All I'm saying is that after peak oil we can do better than to treat humans like gerbils and hook them up to treadmills and bicycle generators etc. to make electricity. Why not be think this through and take advantage of the wind, sun, etc. and make electricity that way?
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Pops---Nice to hear from you. How's the house sale going? Hopefully you've sold the farm and bought that RV you were talking about and are happily on the road by now.
I was just reading about all the folks staying in their RVs and tents out at the counter-culture Burning Man festival in Nevada and wishing I was there---but I'm pretty busy putting up firewood and getting ready for winter here in Alaska. Hey---I'm wondering if you are there....have you bought your RV yet? What kind did you get? I can just picture you all comfy in an RV at Burning Man, spreading the word about peak oil, and rubbing shoulders with the counter-cultural elite
RV at "Burning Man" counter-cultural festival