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So, is life like a rock. You either sit with it and do nothing or push it uphill?

Who is asking? Sisyphos?

Camus imagined Sisyphus being happy after he pushed the rock uphill and it rolled b ...

Rat things. I have a rat living somewhere around my wood pile and he seems okay. Just a squirrel with a public relations problem, seems to me. Why do people get so bent out of shape about rats?

In ...

no offense, but what "aware", "noble" and "responsible" wife to have children with!

...I'm seriously considering not having offspring because of how depressed I will feel if because of my actions s ...

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Elites are not really necessary and heirarchy isn't necessarily a good thing.

Those who are not of the elites and are not above the median of the hierarchy will agree to that.

And everyone of ...

You do not need fossil fuels to produce fertilizerany of the steps you just described. Even if you were right about the oncoming depletion of fossil fuels (which, of course, you aren't), your argument ...

From CNN:

This is nothing. Here are a few nice reads about poulty production and "fecal soup," which makes up 15% of the weight of USDA-certified chicken. For our non-native-English-speaking reade ...

Jared Diamond discusses lithic mulching on Eastern Island in "Collapse." Here's what he writes:

"Rocks make the soil moister by covering it, reducing evaporative water loss due to sun and wind, and ...

I have to say, tribes fighting with sticks and stones would be preferable to missiles, white phosphorus, nukes, tanks, etc.

It would still be a brutal death, but at least it would char the lands ...

"Gear" is slang for drugs in Britain. Peak Drugs. Rock on! headbang

http://anthropik.com/2005/09/thesis-7-humans-are-best-adapted-to-band-life/

I can hardly recommend Jason Godesky's writing highly enough.

Thanks Ludi. I couldn't find the thread that link was on ...

This is a long post based on a comment that is now ancient history, but I beg your indulgence ...

You really should volunteer with the minutemen

Umm? What's in it for me?

Can we all agree ...

I must confess, I didn't read Ferretlover's post before I wrote my own. Now that I have, I must say it's absolutely bizarre the similarity of the responses we have gotten to the subject, and it's even ...

First reaction? Paraphrasing a bunch of people: "They" will come up with a "solution."

A lot of educated people in China get it. Having read from other posters what the average American thinks, not just about Peak Oil but environmental issues as well, I'd say people over here are a lot ...