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I knew there was a reason why I hadn't posted here in a while, and why I let the "two-week ban" for publicly criticizing site policies on my other ID actually be the permanent ban it was intended it t ...

One thing I've learned over my years on this planet is that folks don't voluntarily stop doing things that they like to do.

Yes, my constant refrain...asset inertia and cultural direction will n ...

Your neighbors have spoken Caver.
They haven't spoken, they've been jonesing. We are talking about a drug, caffeine. A more efficient dealer has come into the neighborhood.

...Perhaps a movement will occur and people like Zardoz will manage just fine which makes me wonder, since Z is so vocal about all of this then what is Z doing to prep, to set an example etc etc?
Wha ...

Now, where the maps showed only ice, a band of fast-flowing seawater ran between a newly exposed shoreline and the aquamarine-blue walls of a retreating ice shelf. The water was littered with dozens o ...

Most of the other states are hopeless unless you're seriously rich, or they don't qualify for other reasons.

How rich? I got some money.

The only reason I'm in Virginia is that land here co ...

Eliminate fossil fuel dependance because it is finite, depleting and will impact us soon.

Eliminate fossil fuel dependance because it is changing our climate and will affect us soon.

The questio ...

Now someone please do the energy slave math again - i like that part the most Smile

How many man hours per gallon of gas, barrel of oil etc etc?

Maybe we will go back to using human slaves.

Th ...

Industrialized agriculture most of the time feeds people, but it will also breed famines, because when crops do fail, the people previously supported by those crops now have no food.

Famines happ ...

Are you saying that giving up the hunter-gatherer way was always involuntary?

Who knows? Who cares? The point is that it was our first big mistake in a chain of mistakes that are now taking out ...

You could try something like:

"Hey, suppose I could point out some 'issues' in the capitalist system, that are as of yet unaddressed. You, in turn, could use those flaws issues to your advantage, ...

There are some good ideas here, but I'd like to think things through a little further.

I have been doing some reading recently about food production, processing and fuel usage. Some interesting fi ...

Do you actually live in Trondheim? That looks like a small city (aka town) to me. Or, are they the spoiled people you speak of? If I were to generalize about the US living situation, I would be war ...

Level-headed, law-abiding, emotionally stable, above-average capabilities (intelligence and/or strength and/or endurance), strong internal moral compass.
Relatively speaking. Whose laws? Relatively ...

Lets say oil supplies to North America drop at a rate of 5% per year and alternate energy production (nuclear, coal, renewables) only replaces 1% because we have failed to make timely investments in ...