Jay Hanson wrote:
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> Human in modern societies have become TOTALLY DEPENDENT on their machines.
> These machines are going to "run out of gas" this coming century -- forever.
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That does not have to be a catastrophe.
Norway was "out of gas" the years 1940-45, and that was not a big
problem. Civil society got nothing from the outside world but the input
that was necessary to produce things the germans needed.
But cars were able to drive burning wood. And although Norway depends
upon grain from the outside world it was possible to feed the cows with
cellulose from the forrests. I have not seen these things, it was before
I was born, but I have seen pictures from it. The cellulose-food was
some white sheets, and cows are able to eat cellulose, they do it every
day, and if the cellulose comes from gras are trees does not matter
much. But I guess planes will not fly burning wood, but do we need
planes?
Theere will be some changes when there is no oil left, but to a creative
and coherent society it might be a good thing. Societies which are very
rigid and in big problems today might get problems to adapt.
I think it will be an interesting and challenging situation. In some
ways it will be back to the good old days, but we will still have lots
of technology that were not present in the "good old days", like
internet, and should be able to do better than in the good old days.
We will have to make it with the resources that we have close to us, and
will not buy flowers from Kenya any more or have vacations abroad very
often, but I do not call that a catastrophe.
In Sudan there is a catastrophe today!
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Tor Førde
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