I'm afraid I think he's right (even if he's indulging in a lot of schadenfreude)--it's just a matter of timing. Our society isn't going to survive the peak oil crash intact.
The bright side is that we'd have to become hyper-local in our economy, give up the hyperconsumerist dreamland of suburbia, big box stores and electronic entertainments, and deal with the real world.
Re:Ask HN: Are we in trouble?
by ibsulon on Tuesday March 03, 2009 @05:38PM
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What you call a bright side of hyper-locality and the "real world," I call a civil war in which religious and sexual minorities will be left without a side and mercilessly slaughtered.
I'm afraid I think he's right (even if he's indulging in a lot of schadenfreude)--it's just a matter of timing. Our society isn't going to survive the peak oil crash intact.
The bright side is that we'd have to become hyper-local in our economy, give up the hyperconsumerist dreamland of suburbia, big box stores and electronic entertainments, and deal with the real world.