{"id":21692,"date":"2016-09-17T12:50:07","date_gmt":"2016-09-17T17:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21692"},"modified":"2016-09-17T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-17T17:50:17","slug":"peak-oil-climate-change-system-justification-pt-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=21692","title":{"rendered":"Peak Oil; Climate Change; &#038; System Justification Pt 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postHeader\">\n<h3 class=\"postTitle\"><a title=\"Permalink to Peak Oil; Climate Change; &amp; System Justification Pt 8\" href=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/2016\/09\/16\/peak-oil-climate-change-system-justification-pt-8\/\">Peak Oil; Climate Change; &amp; System Justification Pt 8<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"postContent\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9134\" src=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMGP0789-225x169.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 527px) 100vw, 527px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMGP0789-225x169.jpg 225x, http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMGP0789-75x56.jpg 75x, http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMGP0789-768x576.jpg 768x, http:\/\/peakoilmatters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMGP0789-650x488.jpg 650x\" alt=\"IMGP0789\" width=\"527\" height=\"396\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Of course<\/em>\u00a0it\u2019s threatening to think that our lifestyles, systems of governing, and capitalist processes themselves may all face drastic changes in the not-too-distant future because of the facts and reality of Peak Oil and climate change! I\u2019m certainly\u00a0<em>not<\/em>the poster-child for Peak Oil advocacy and lifestyles. I have a very nice, capitalist, well-to-do lifestyle. To hell with all of you, I don\u2019t want\u00a0<em>MY<\/em>\u00a0life to change!<\/p>\n<p>STATING THE OBVIOUS<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve noted this on several occasions: I\u2019m willing to wager that almost all those urging greater awareness of the oil production\/energy supply challenges we\u2019ll be facing soon enough would be delighted to be proven wrong. None of us are eagerly\u2014or in any other manner\u2014awaiting the onset of the inevitable magnitude of personal, economic, commercial, and cultural changes which our beliefs about peak oil suggest. Being wrong about this would be ideal, but we\u2014<em>I<\/em>\u2014have serious doubts about\u00a0<em>that<\/em>\u00a0outcome being the likeliest.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s too large a group of ardent and well-financed others well aware of the inherent limitations finite resources carry. They more than most appreciate how widespread will be the impact of a diminishing energy supply colliding with increasing demand and a growing worldwide population. They also understand\u2014as do those opposing\/denying the facts of climate change\u2014the costs and consequences to their own organizations once their Business As Usual practices succumb to the production facts of these finite resources.<\/p>\n<p>What worries us: the problems will be of such scope and impact and complexity that we strongly believe in a need for planning to take place now\u2014by all of us, both Left and Right\u2014and we\u2019re not seeing enough honest, intelligent, rational analysis from those whose contributions will be every bit as important and meaningful. The ideology sponsoring practical and effective adaptations and solutions won\u2019t matter to us\u00a0<em>if they work<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peak Oil; Climate Change; &amp; System Justification Pt 8 Of course\u00a0it\u2019s threatening to think that our lifestyles, systems of governing, and capitalist processes themselves may all face drastic changes in the not-too-distant future because of the facts and reality of Peak Oil and climate change! I\u2019m certainly\u00a0notthe poster-child for Peak Oil advocacy and lifestyles. 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