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  • From: Jerry B <liberty AT kaballero.com>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] One year vision
  • Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:45:56 -0400

Lisa K.V. Perry wrote:
.... Then I have other friends (and much family) who are sure we'll find
more oil
and that the government will fix everything including the big, fat financial
mess. It seems that 80% of the people I know (or conversations overheard in
public if the subject arises) fall into this category.
This is what astounds me, as if finding more oil is what we need. Lot's of tycoons from various countries are thrilled over the prospect of new oil becoming available as the ice melts over the northern seas, and even National Geographic is exited over Methane becoming available due to melting permafrost! How shortsighted can we be? How to do without it is what we Must do.

Peak oil we should have learned by now is about the best thing that could have happened, and it is the measures we take to forestall it that will doom us. This 'Climate Change' thing is for real and the cause is simply too much CO2 from burning fossil fuels. As catastrophic as it would be if all oil and coal suddenly dried up overnight, still less pain and death would be the result than if we were to keep on the tack we still are on now.

My thoughts for the coming year are directed towards learning and DOING as much as I know and can do, so that as many as possible, especially the young, survive what I am certain is coming upon us all, and much faster than we think. The question is not if all these chaotic events will occur, or even when, but how many, if any, will survive it. That now is surely up to us alone. Saving our own almost spent lives is not the issue ... but to see that the young make it. Perhaps then we will have the opportunity to get back in and do it right, or at least better than we have till now. The fact is, without us, there may not be a next time. Yes, I think there is a place for group community efforts, learning and practicing new ways of getting along and reaching joint decisions, and working side-by-side are required. I would hope that the experience and expertise of the older ones here is not hidden away in lonely cabins but available to those who are going to need every bit of information, encouragement and 'how-to' advice they can get. jerry b




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