the fallacy of Peak Oil totally undoing our ability to move goods around [View All]

[KakistocracyHater]

America. Long before the combustion engine there were great civilizations that shipped foodstuffs, fabric, medicines, books, furniture, etc. all thruout their territory. Sumeria, Rome, Egypt, the Phoenicians-all used water routes/barges to ship goods all over their respective nations. The 19th Century had paddle-boats & then steam boats & trains. Take a look at Ancient Rome & look at their recipe books, they also shipped papyrus all over their territory.

I dislike the tactic of fear used to blind people to genuine alternatives, & that's a keystone of the Right & the "other Right"/DLC. Roman glass found in England-without using oil.

Past as preview-we do not need to feel panic or horror, as these feelings make it difficult to keep a clear mind. THEY did magnificent things WITHOUT OIL & WE CAN EQUAL THEM IN THIS. It takes unswervable determination & a dispassionate mind to hold fast & not let fear-mongering change our minds.

It may strike some here as too simple, but we have only to look at the aquaducts of the Romans, their roads & maps, looking into these very old civilizations gives us options the oil barons & banksters are hellbent to prevent on being used as workable blueprints, because it will wipe out their deathgrip on us, it will make THEM obsolete. The site jesusneverexisted.com has ALOT of Roman examples of a higher quality of life before Christianty took over & spread like cancer. It also has examples of Arabian science being far superior before the crusaders attacked them, distilleries, soap-making recipes, astronomical knowledge, plumbing-after the Christians attacked Muslim fundamentalism took over & lessened their quality of life. "Old Testament Christians" are now attempting to repeat this self-destructive pattern, their "war on culture" is just another way of saying war on civilization itself; "Red Letter Christians" this is not aimed at you, I'm talking about fundies here.

Everyone will try to say you can't have nearly the same quality of life without oil-bullshit. They're the horse & buggie crowd who claimed cars were a temporary fad, that radio wouldn't last, that traveling to the moon was impossible & against "God".

18th Century water fountains: before electricity. Aquaducts & cysterns-before oil generators & electricity. We don't need oil to make our roads, Roman concrete is superior & even sets & cures underwater.

We can avoid horrendous human misery & suffering by forcing a changeover now. If only we could corral "Liberal" millionaires to put their money where their mouth is, working in tandem with archaeologists & scientists who have studied these areas. The biggest impact of Peak Oil may be plant fertilizers & the tremedous yields these oil-based plant foods have yielded.

But it would take overriding the status quo crowd, who've proven they don't know shit except how to strike fear in people & sread confusion & doubt.