Mark Jones wrote:
>
> At 25/08/2002 16:13, Melvin P. wrote:
>
> >There is a glut of oil in the world.
>
> Er, well.
>
> Even BP don't quite agree. They, like Shell, think we are at the end of the
> oil age.
This could be, but as I've argued with Mark for about 5 years now, it
cuts no political ice. One is not going to build a mass movement out of
fears for the the future (re power, environment, global warming, what
have you) in time to do anything about that future.
I can't predict (no one has _ever_ successfully predicted in advance)
what issue(s) will spark the next mass movement(s) nationally or
globally, but one can say that they will emerge from the conditions of
everyday life for some large group of people.
Agitationally, environment is a non-starter much beyond those circles it
has already reached in the last 30 years. Those moved to action by
_other_ issues will incorporate environmental crises into their
thinking, first those other issues have to appear.
Carrol
