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[Jerry B <liberty AT kaballero.com>]

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