How then, do we move backwards? How does a society, with most of the people having no clue of future events, move from being dependent on a vast and intertwined network of goods and services produced by the indigenous people of whereever, to a local resource and renewable energy based society, and do so in the timeframe available (20-30 years using the most liberal extimates, 10-20 with resonable estimates, 5-10 with worst case scenarios), all the while prices on everything increasing, world politics getting more militaristic, governments continuously reducing civil liberties, shortages of goods on the market and weather patterns resembling bad Hollywood movies?
This is a flash animation about Exxon. I have even stood outside a Exxon gas station with signs saying "Exxon Endangers Humanity. Stop Global Warming." But this is ridiculous now that I know about peak oil. I mean maybe they have endangered humanity with global warming and peak oil through all of their efforts to have oil so subsidized and stopping any fuel efficiency. But maybe by that time that they had a lot of influence that it was already sucky. And we obviously needed that oil to keep the prices low to keep our economy functioning semi-decently. I don't know. I just look at everything totally different now. But they are not getting record profits because they are gouging. It's because oil is getting more expensive and they know reinvesting it for exploration is useless.
Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 5:31 am Post subject: Re: Exxon "Exxposed" Animation
I think the creators of coyote's linked animation are venting their anger and loosing focus on what they want to get done, with such animations and a shown lack of understanding one cannot expect to be taken seriously by the people that can make a difference on this issue.
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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: Re: Exxon "Exxposed" Animation
antspice wrote:
I think the creators of coyote's linked animation are venting their anger and loosing focus on what they want to get done, with such animations and a shown lack of understanding one cannot expect to be taken seriously by the people that can make a difference on this issue.
Um... it's not meant to be taken seriously. It's a cartoon. Funny ha-ha? _________________ "If a path to the better there be, it begins with a full look at the worst." — Thomas Hardy
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