Hoarding is exactly what the government is doing right now by filling the SPR, and frankly it's the best thing that could happen. It drives prices up. High prices encourage demand destruction. They also finance new well development. The hoarded oil gives us a buffer to fall back on once shortages become more prevalent. High prices are what we need in order to adapt to what's coming, and the sooner they happen, the better.
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:04 pm Post subject: Re: The awesome excitement of total collapse
JPL wrote:
Seriously though, this 'fear' of a life without power, factories & technology is one of the tools that the current (Capitalist/Industrial) set-up uses to keep us all in line. Loose the fear and then you start to see the world for what it really is.
People here sometimes are too quick to look at things in ideological absolutes. Even the Amish don't live like cavemen.
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 5:23 pm Post subject: Re: The awesome excitement of total collapse
mos6507 wrote:
JPL wrote:
Seriously though, this 'fear' of a life without power, factories & technology is one of the tools that the current (Capitalist/Industrial) set-up uses to keep us all in line. Loose the fear and then you start to see the world for what it really is.
People here sometimes are too quick to look at things in ideological absolutes. Even the Amish don't live like cavemen.
This is not an 'ideological absolute'. It's just the way I think. I don't want us to go back to a caveman society any more than anyone else.
All I'm saying is that there are models that allow us to have a highly civilised, high-population society without 'Industry'.
Post-oil Cuba is one. I'm sure we can create others in the future. Just trying to be positive here, y'know!
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