F George McDuffee <gmcduffee@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>:
[...]
>Alcohol will not fully substituent for the existing gasoline
>supplies, but in an embargo situation will allow critical
>services such as the emergency services [police/fire/medical],
>armed forces, and essential trans****tation of items such as
>medical supplies and food to be maintained.
[...]
>We can wait and wait and wait some more for a perfect solution
>with no downside [which will never arrive], or we can go with
>what we know works, and improve it as we go along. Waiting for
>the perfect solution, which will never arrive, will result in
>the emergency imposition of some form of syn-fuels, with minimal
>op****tunity for planning, review/evaluation and cost
>containment.
Two possibilities:
We maintain our current consumption patterns (or anything close),
and our current economic/political value system, and reduced
consumption is forced on us in an apocalyptic framework. (In
this case, who cares, 'cause the righteous will be raptured up
shortly, and the rest can f--k off. That's the plan, anyways.)
Or, we can examine our pathological value system, reduce
consumption drastically but rationally, on our own schedule,
conserve the oil we do have (hopefully not for some fascist
apocalyptic blowout) along with conserving less immediately
available energy alternates from day one.
We're burning oil like there's no tomorrow, for the shorterm gain
of the few. Under our current cor****ate value system, we'll do
the same thing to the soil in short order. Then we'll really be
screwed.
cheers,
Scott S
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