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allhatnocattle.livejournal.comSource; MotherJones, March 18 2009
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babystrangeloop has written a few posts about PeakOil and the depleting resource. It makes perfect sense that given a finite resource and consuming it at record speeds that eventually, given supply/demand, the costs will continue to go up and the resource will all but disappear.
Even if you don't believe in global warming, it is not unreasonable to seek alternate sources of power. There are a variety of reasons to do so. Less reliance on foriegn oil. Less reliance on fossil fuels that will certainly be exhausted at some point (although it's not clear when).
Nor is it unreasonable to scale back consumption to more manageable consumption levels. Yet few are willing to make the inconveniencing sacrifices. I would rather swap a gluttonous lightbulb for a power-mizer lightbulb rather then going to bed when it's dark. I would rather swap an gas-guzzler for a Hybrid rather then not drive.
However the political policies around the world, both implemented and proposed, are about making less mess, rather then any effort to not making a mess. Cap and trade offsets and other such policies do not create sustainability, only delay the problem for future generations. The best offset, is fewer consumers.
It would be unreasonable for every household to become self-sustainable, given the current urban-ality, under current technology. Yet there is hope. Technology is becoming better. Wind generators are as aesthetically inconvenient as a television antennae (some of you might remember back when). And the breakthrough in fusion energy may well just lay around the corner. Wallet sized dilitheum crystal power plants are not un-dreamed of.
However, energy, pollution, and the economy are only a few of the problems that overpopulation contributes to. The issues are many. Yet the strain is greater.
True, most people will not "get" the bigger picture. Most will not cease breeding. They will not give up their only reason to live, which is to have children of their own, to pass on their genes, etc.
Sacrifice is never self-serving. It serves the greater good. Live simply, so that others may simply live.
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babystrangeloop has written a few posts about PeakOil and the depleting resource. It makes perfect sense that given a finite resource and consuming it at record speeds that eventually, given supply/demand, the costs will continue to go up and the resource will all but disappear.Even if you don't believe in global warming, it is not unreasonable to seek alternate sources of power. There are a variety of reasons to do so. Less reliance on foriegn oil. Less reliance on fossil fuels that will certainly be exhausted at some point (although it's not clear when).
Nor is it unreasonable to scale back consumption to more manageable consumption levels. Yet few are willing to make the inconveniencing sacrifices. I would rather swap a gluttonous lightbulb for a power-mizer lightbulb rather then going to bed when it's dark. I would rather swap an gas-guzzler for a Hybrid rather then not drive.
However the political policies around the world, both implemented and proposed, are about making less mess, rather then any effort to not making a mess. Cap and trade offsets and other such policies do not create sustainability, only delay the problem for future generations. The best offset, is fewer consumers.
It would be unreasonable for every household to become self-sustainable, given the current urban-ality, under current technology. Yet there is hope. Technology is becoming better. Wind generators are as aesthetically inconvenient as a television antennae (some of you might remember back when). And the breakthrough in fusion energy may well just lay around the corner. Wallet sized dilitheum crystal power plants are not un-dreamed of.
However, energy, pollution, and the economy are only a few of the problems that overpopulation contributes to. The issues are many. Yet the strain is greater.
True, most people will not "get" the bigger picture. Most will not cease breeding. They will not give up their only reason to live, which is to have children of their own, to pass on their genes, etc.
Sacrifice is never self-serving. It serves the greater good. Live simply, so that others may simply live.
