permaculture

["Anne Schwarz" <thegrayhat@hotmail.com>]

> John Schinnerer wrote:

> For a while there may be a choice...and then, when we wake up with a
> *really* nasty hangover from guzzling the *last* jug of our fossil fuel
> mega-binge, there won't.  We'll eat regionally sustainable diets or cease
> to inhabit our region.  Double order of camas bulbs, and buckwheat greens
> on the side please, waiter... ;-)

The problem is, where do those people go?  There are so many densly 
populated places that are not self sustainable.  California provides much of 
the agriculture for the world, but a good portion of the southern part of it 
would have to be depopulated.  What would we do with almost everybody in Los 
Angeles trying to transplant themselves for example?  The central valley is 
already packed enough.  In terms of food, it can probably support
the roughly 10 million people in L.A, but what about actual living space?  
How regional is regional?

Anne

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