I have seen the future, and I doesn't like it.

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Life after the oil crash.
Ok, last time, I went and pinned it on a vid that most people cannot read at work.
So I am letting y'all boot up something you can read quitely when you oght to be working :)

http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

In case you have trouble reading graphs, this one has a Blue Peter style 'talk you through the implications' - complete with original sources, for those who wanna check.

It might seem like I am doom mongering , but I just want to say -
Let's put more into Planned Parenthood, make it optional, but make it a damned sight easier at home and abroad.

Let's have oil rationing, sooner rather than later. Let's also have everything rationed if it's made with oil.

let's try to be civilised about the few resources left and share them out among ourselves.

Let's start reducing consumption , reusing things and recycling more.

let's remember that civilisation as we know it will be over by 2050, if it lasts that long.

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There's you in London with (Boris told me) one of the best transport networks in the world and you still feel the need for a car??? :o

It's better to use Pulic Transoprt when going into Town , because u don't get parking probs, etc. But we live on the edge of the city. getting to the seaside, or to my Brother in law's for Christmas Dinner, or bringing back a new TV or something from Lakeside, its better to use a car. so, on those occassions, we do.

the big thing about the Goverment is that they want to protect tax revenue.
A Green Government would be smaller, more localised and would be seriously looking at saving energy, not raising revenue from ordinary housholds.
paying for the monumental screw up that the banking system caused is a job for the banks and the mega rich who use them.