It’s true it probably will be more uncomfortable at best for us in high consumption countries. And in many ways more violent. I’ve spent time living in societies where I witnessed a fair amount of unpleasant violence being inflicted on a pig or chicken in the name of dinner. And for sure it could be pretty dire, and much worse than that in lots of ways for lots of people.

However, I don’t underestimate the power of government to limit for quite some time the more seriously destructive effects of the coming age of scarcity. After all, the world will not be WITHOUT fuel and power. The military and police will almost certainly get what they need to do their job – whatever that might be?

I expect there will always be some sort of an exchange system for trading; my hope is that it will be one that places a fairer value on real goods and services than all the tatt, “bads and nuisances” that have kept the economy “growing” for decades.

I do also think there will continue to be personalities who thrive using their talents to captivate and entertain. And I think there will quite possibly be a lot more horses.

Maybe I should have bought a horse last year instead of an electric bike…? Much more expensive but maybe in the long run, a more sustainable investment.

“… but for a while there will be absolute chaos: riots, lynchings, starvation. It’ll be a world without power or fuel, and with no fuel there’s no way the modern agricultural system can be maintained. Which means there will be no food either. You might like to stop and think about that for a while.”

“I believe the government knows this is a distinct possibility and that it might happen next year”

“Top Gear is a wonderful form of vicarious entertainment, but the reality is that we’ve got a global crisis here – we’ve got to manage our resources, stop being an oil economy, and embrace a fantastic, exciting future.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/mandrake/3527197/Top-Gear-just-not-up-to-green-speed.html

It appears Jeremy Clarkson has re-tuned his senses, welcome!… and I relate to where he’s coming from.

I trained to become a fully skilled ‘Vehicle Technician’, and got all the certificates – I used to get pleasure at driving & servicing numerous cars to make them run smoothly & efficiently…but the car industry is very dirty, a bad habit that needs radical change.

We’re still driving on suck/ squeeze/ bang/ blow !!… madness !!

…perhaps if we no longer look at a sheet of paper as ‘a sheet of paper’, but think deeper and visualise that sheet of paper as being part of a real, living thing then we can really start to connect with our origins.

Our progress should not be at the mercy of nature, for that is not progress.