Re: EIN "MUST-READ/HEAR"

Geschrieben von MattB am 01. Oktober 2005 13:56:13:

Als Antwort auf: Kunstler: The Long Emergency (Interview, engl) geschrieben von MattB am 01. Oktober 2005 12:18:35:

Der dekliniert das wirklich komplett durch, was geschieht wenn die Welt in PeakOil kommt (vorbehaltlich WENN er denn (schon?) kommt).


Ein weiteres Zitat (bei ca. 53min):

"...Yes, that and some other things: precious metals. I’m not a gold bug myself, but I think there are people who make a good case that it’s not a bad thing to be in possession of. I’d add something to your rural land ideas though. You know, one of the characteristics of this period we’re entering in will be tremendous social turbulence, and if you look at other periods in history, for example, the plague years of the 1300s, what you see is really very impressive disorder in the country side, in the rural places, with rampant banditry, and people not really being able to live stable lives, and as a consequence of that, you get falling food production during another crisis, which only aggravates the problem. And I wonder myself about people who are moving out to rural places, thinking they’re going to have a survival bolt hole, and what kind of bargain they’re making for themselves. I myself tend to promote the idea that it’s at least as good, , and perhaps a better idea, to think about living in a small town in a cohesive community, ...."


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