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- From: "Charles de Matas" <cdematas@hotmail.com>
- To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: [permaculture] surviving peak oil
- Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:31:06 +0000
I've just been reading about the mennonites in Belize. With their low level of technological dependence, maybe they would be more able to survive the effects of peak oil.
Charles.
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Some conservative groups live as though they were still in the sixteenth century. They have long beards, wear traditional clothes, play no music in their churches, refuse to use electricity, drive horse and buggies rather than cars, while their tractors do not have rubber tires. ... Others are far more liberal; they dress in normal clothes, have music in the churches, drive cars and pickups and embrace technology. They are some of the most prosperous and productive persons in Belize, especially in the agricultural sector. Oil has recently been found on Mennonite land and a few of them are planning to enter politics.
Dr. Bruce Paddington
more info:
http://www.northernbelize.com/cult_mennonite.html
http://www.mcc.org/themes/mennonites/
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[permaculture] surviving peak oil,
Charles de Matas, 07/14/2007
- Re: [permaculture] surviving peak oil, Tommy Tolson, 07/14/2007
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