{"id":19240,"date":"2016-03-28T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2016-03-28T18:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19240"},"modified":"2016-03-28T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2016-03-28T18:07:07","slug":"peak-oil-are-we-not-better-than-this-intro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=19240","title":{"rendered":"Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postHeader\">\n<h3 class=\"postTitle\"><a title=\"Permalink to Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro\" href=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/2016\/03\/25\/peak-oil-better-intro\/\">Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-8682\" src=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SaltIslandRoadF100715-225x127.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SaltIslandRoadF100715-225x127.jpg 225x, http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SaltIslandRoadF100715-768x432.jpg 768x, http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/SaltIslandRoadF100715-650x366.jpg 650x\" alt=\"SaltIslandRoadF100715\" width=\"528\" height=\"298\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One-sided stories or news features serve many purposes. Unfortunately for the public, serving their interests is rarely if ever one of the objectives \u2026 or outcomes.<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">Who among us doesn\u2019t want an endless parade of good news about issues great, inconsequential, and all in between? For almost all of us, we have enough issues and concerns and challenges to deal with as it is. Devoting time and effort to learn about or involve ourselves in social and political issues outside of matters directly and personally impacting us\u00a0<em>right now<\/em>\u00a0isn\u2019t usually at the top of our \u201cTo-Do\u201d lists. If we could assure ourselves that such issues wouldn\u2019t affect us now or later, then we could indeed completely ignore them and let the chosen others deal with them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">Life tends not to work that way, however. Economic, cultural, and political issues influence and impact most aspects of our lives, even if we rarely acknowledge that fact or notice any direct bearing on our daily lives. Energy considerations\u2014and certainly climate change\u2014can be added to that list.So while few of us have the opportunity, means, or capabilities to immerse ourselves in those broader public conversations and policies, we should at a minimum expect that whatever our level of understanding or awareness, it is the product of an honest and complete dissemination of facts and concerns which will affect us\u2014if not today, then soon enough. Idealistic perhaps, but it would be nice if we didn\u2019t have to plead for truth-telling and full disclosures.<\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">There are few if any business, social, or political endeavors which are not designed to influence others in some way.<\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peak Oil: Are We Not Better Than This? Intro One-sided stories or news features serve many purposes. Unfortunately for the public, serving their interests is rarely if ever one of the objectives \u2026 or outcomes. Who among us doesn\u2019t want an endless parade of good news about issues great, inconsequential, and all in between? 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