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[tom <tom AT honeychrome.com>]

On May 23, 2008, at 2:08 AM, don.bowen AT earthlink.net wrote:

> ......Oil industry spokespeople are
> starting to say that we will peak at 100 million barrels a day but  
> those may
> be wildly optimistic........


It is kind of amusing (in a grim sort of way) to see 'peak oil'  
suddenly popping up everywhere, and increasingly in mainstream media  
after seeing the idea laughed at and dismissed for so long.  Looks  
like more and more sheeple are beginning to slowly lift their heads  
from gorging at the trough of techno-overconsumption and noticing  
that, 'hmmm, something doesn't seem quite right!'  When my  
overstuffed, SUV-driving, bulk-processed chem-ag food-product  
gulping, voted-for-you-know-who-because-he's-the-one-they'd-rather- 
have-a-beer-with, suspicious of brown people, 'real American'  
relatives start acting less bemused by my homesteading endeavors and  
earnestly talking about 'alternative energy' change appears to be  
underfoot.  I suppose things are likely to get very painful, but I'm  
going to go for optimism, and hope that the challenge results in the  
vast majority of people discovering that we have far more in common  
than not and that we can meet all of our needs without destroying  
each other and the planet.  Its going to be a bumpy ride, but it will  
be interesting and maybe even fun...