Unfortunately, not everyone believes Robert Malthus theories (myths?) on the relation between population and food supply. As Murray Bookchin stated back in...
Larry Fishman
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Jul 1, 2008 5:19 pm
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Yet another peak and crash. http://www.theonion.com/content/video "Entertainment Scientists Warn Miley Cyrus Will Be Depleted by 2013" Craig Vassel...
Craig Vassel
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Jul 1, 2008 5:46 pm
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... I don't believe they're necessarily mutually exclusive at all. However, do you have a plan for changing this capitalistic grow or die paradigm we live in?...
Hi, Larry. That's a valuable way to look at things as long as we don't forget the fundamental relationship that is at the bottom of it all — that infinite...
... Damn, that DOES sound dire. I wish I knew who she was. I lead such a very spartan and frugal entertainment lifestyle. Should start a blog about how to do...
Hi Andre and Dennis, My main point is continually overlooked/minimized and that is as long as we live in a "grow-or-die" capitalistic society that values the ...
Larry Fishman
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Jul 1, 2008 6:43 pm
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Agreed. However, in my view, collapse has begun. This is, to me, an academic discussion at this point....
  Some of the spraying related to weather "mitigation" contains thorium, which apparently is quite flamable. In addition to some purported arson, that may...
... Larry, it may very well be (it is certainly able to appeal to parts of us that overconsume, etc.), but at this particular moment it may not be the most...
An article from another group: Â Â Â Trimethyl Aluminum (TMA) and barium are just two of the toxic chemicals used in recent atmospheric heating and testing...
By the way, there was an interesting article on Commondreams.org yesterday, "This Economic Panic Is Pushing the Planet Right Back Down the Agenda...
Larry Fishman
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Jul 2, 2008 5:30 pm
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... You've touched upon who really runs things. What difference does it make if we don't understand that too? Or if most people genuinely pretend to care but...
Along the lines of Michael's article several days ago. For all the talk of rural areas being better off than cities (at least at first during energy descent),...
I think this is temporary. I think Kunstler is correct when he predicts that small towns across America are just waiting to be — and will eventually be —...
... Small towns may or may not be the way to go, but they will only survive if they can hack being almost completely self-sufficient, i.e., pretty much cut off...
... To small towns where there are poor living conditions with no infrastructure left and no money or energy to maintain it? Unfortunately of course there are...
... Probably best to travel in a posse and seek out a town whose power vacuum hasn't been filled yet by a petty warlord. If you haven't read it yet, Kunstler's...
Articles suggest this problem extends beyond just flat-screen TVs.  http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=201489&in_page_id=34  ...
... How many times do we see the "law" of unintended consequences? I just went food shopping at Safeway. I don't really buy much real food there, but get cat...
Since steel (+58% in 6 months) and other commodities is becoming more and more expensive, alternatives also in car construction are urgendly needed, most...
Can we use all the German farmland presently growing food to grow all the hemp we'll need? ... As much as I think marijuana laws are silly, I also thing...
I've shared a document with you called "Green Party Water Resolution": http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dgwnc84b_0cd7d5xmb&invite=g2vd4x3 Martin...
http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0806/ref.shtml Reflections: The Death of Gallium by Robert Silverberg I mourn for the dodo, poor fat flightless bird, extinct...