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?
Joined: May 06, 2008 Posts: 49 Location: The hills of Northeast Iowa
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 3:59 pm Post subject: Hello from Iowa
As my name suggests, I'm an Iowan, who (after doing some reading about butchering chickens) came across information about more rural living, which led to a web site on peak oil.
This has not been something new to me as I've stumbled on it before, but it seems with everything in the news and such, it's much easier to wrap my own mind around it then it has been in the past.
In poking around this website all ready, I've found that my wife and I are fortunate in that we both believe in a little simpler lifestyle. We've recently moved out to a small acreage, which reduced our overall house payment, giving us more room to garden, and a place for a small pasture too. I dabble in home brewing, wife is great with a needle and thread, and both of our daughters are seeing this as a positive lifestyle as well.
Do we have a lot to do to consider ourselves prepared? You bet we do. But I feel that we have the tools to make that an easier transition then most do.
I'm rambling so I'll close saying that I drop the term "peak oil" around the area here (small town Iowa), and very few have any idea what I'm talking about. I read the term "willfully ignorant" around here somewhere, and that's exactly how I'd describe many people. I hope to pull myself from that boat, and be more realistic about what my family can expect in the coming years.
If you've read this far, you need something else to do!
Joined: May 06, 2008 Posts: 49 Location: The hills of Northeast Iowa
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:41 pm Post subject: Re: Hello from Iowa
Cashmere wrote:
Awesome. Welcome.
My standard advice to newcomers . . .
Don't try to hard to convert people.
They come when they're ready, and few are so wise and open minded that, when given the info, they'll consider it.
And the only reason I've even mentioned it is simply to see what other people know. I'm know enough to make myself dangerous to myself, but have the knowledge on how to find other things out. That's my gift and curse, that I love mining for information!
Joined: May 06, 2008 Posts: 49 Location: The hills of Northeast Iowa
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Hello from Iowa
gnm wrote:
Welcome Darin from Iowa! It sounds like you are in a good place already. It always pays to be near the food!
-G
I agree! Plus, in other areas here, there's much talk of community building. While we live in conservative heaven/hell (depending on your slant on things), I've never found a place where people are so quick to rally around each other, a positive in any situation!
Joined: Apr 03, 2004 Posts: 6371 Location: My Grandkids' Farm
Posted: Tue May 06, 2008 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Hello from Iowa
AnIowan wrote:
I'm rambling so I'll close saying that I drop the term "peak oil" around the area here (small town Iowa), and very few have any idea what I'm talking about.
- Darin
I'd suppose ethanol and food prices and gas prices and imported oil do though, nibble at the edges I'm thinking.
Pops; down in SW MO -
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