"As one commentator recently observed, the reason our leaders are acting like desperados is because we have a desperate situation on our hands.
If you've been wondering why the Bush administration has been spending money, cutting social programs, and starting wars like there's no tomorrow, now you have your answer: as far as they are concerned, there is no tomorrow.
In 2003, the BBC filmed a three-part, relatively apolitical, documentary entitled "War for Oil" about the role the Bush administration's knowledge of Peak Oil played in their decision to invade and occupy Iraq. As the documentary explains, in private the Bush administration sees the war in Iraq as "a fight for survival." From a purely Machiavellian standpoint, they are probably correct in their thinking.
For what it's worth, Bush's Crawford ranch is completely off-the-grid and equipped with the latest in energy saving and renewable power systems. It has been described as an "environmentalist's dream home." The fact a man as steeped in the petroleum industry as Bush would own such a home should tell you something.
On a similar note, Dick Cheny's personal investments indicate he (or more accurately, whoever handles his money) is expecting economic collapse."
Get Ready. Now.
Gold. Guns. Groceries. And God, too: you won't make it through the 21st century on fin-de-siecle materialist cynicism and bon vivant. There was a good reason why all those medieval peasants were fervent believers. When you ain't got matter, you better have spirit.
Awareness. Are you close by a farm? Can you/do you know and trust the people around you? What does your region's economy and agriculture look like? Water supply? What would you do if you have no more gas delivery to your house? Do you have a wood stove instead? Anything?
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Yes, Peak Oil is here soon if not already.
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"As one commentator recently observed, the reason our leaders are acting like desperados is because we have a desperate situation on our hands.
If you've been wondering why the Bush administration has been spending money, cutting social programs, and starting wars like there's no tomorrow, now you have your answer: as far as they are concerned, there is no tomorrow.
In 2003, the BBC filmed a three-part, relatively apolitical, documentary entitled "War for Oil" about the role the Bush administration's knowledge of Peak Oil played in their decision to invade and occupy Iraq. As the documentary explains, in private the Bush administration sees the war in Iraq as "a fight for survival." From a purely Machiavellian standpoint, they are probably correct in their thinking.
For what it's worth, Bush's Crawford ranch is completely off-the-grid and equipped with the latest in energy saving and renewable power systems. It has been described as an "environmentalist's dream home." The fact a man as steeped in the petroleum industry as Bush would own such a home should tell you something.
On a similar note, Dick Cheny's personal investments indicate he (or more accurately, whoever handles his money) is expecting economic collapse."
Get Ready. Now.
Gold. Guns. Groceries. And God, too: you won't make it through the 21st century on fin-de-siecle materialist cynicism and bon vivant. There was a good reason why all those medieval peasants were fervent believers. When you ain't got matter, you better have spirit.
Awareness. Are you close by a farm? Can you/do you know and trust the people around you? What does your region's economy and agriculture look like? Water supply? What would you do if you have no more gas delivery to your house? Do you have a wood stove instead? Anything?
These are life and death questions. Get on it.