I feel like I'm waking up from a 30-year nap.

[Peak_Oil]

For the first time, I'm getting a completely different picture of the world than that with which I was raised. I can't tell if it's because things have changed or because my point of view has changed.

US foreign policy is a disaster. We are a colonial power and use our military to oppress the poor in third world nations to essentially steal whatever we want.

US economic policy is a disaster. Maybe my tinfoil beanie is on a little tight today, but since reading about our fiat money supply it looks like the dollar could collapse completely if "faith" runs out. Why did we base our economic system on this house of cards?

US media has become a total lapdog of politicians, who in turn are lapdogs of the extremely wealthy. If it's good for the rich, it's good for the common people. What? The more we allow power and wealth to concentrate in the hands of the few the better it is for the people on the bottom? I feel like I'm living in a chapter of 1984 when I watch CNN.

War is a mess, and is usually foisted upon us by industrial interests. The people don't want war... they want jobs and families and a good life. How did we end up on a treadmill where we work and work and work, and don't take any time off to enjoy life and liberty?

Well, nobody's going to clean up this mess for me, I think. Actually, I'm wrong. Bev Harris is doing something, the powers that be at DU are doing something, Mike Ruppert is doing something... I need to do something too.

My pet topic is peak oil if my name hadn't made clear. This is the issue on which I'm beginning to get involved. Finally, I'm doing something.

It really feels like I'm waking up from a zombie march. It's time to get rolling on this thing and try to do something to improve our country for the ordinary people.

[babylonsister]

1. Yeah, reality sucks, doesn't it? nt

[Indiana_Dem]

2. Welcome to reality!

I woke up last year sometime. I learned of peak oil in February. This is scary isn't it?

[Us vs Them]

3. This is good. This is very good.

I think all of us are here because we've had that wakeup call. The scary part is trying to imagine how much it would take to convince those with their head still in the sand. In addition to each of us having a project we've found a personal connection to, I think it is our collective duty to try and inform anyone who will listen. We may not be able to shake them awake, but we can draw back the curtains and let the light shine in.

[jasmeel]

4. What's peak oil?

[DireStrike]

6. Peak oil...

It's the halfway point. When we have consumed half of the oil available in the world.

Oil makes our way of life possible. Big changes are coming in the next few decades. Do a google search for "peak oil".

[Strelnikov_]

7. Actually It Is The Production (Rate) Peak, Not Volume Midpoint

There will still be well over 1/2 the volume in the ground, it is just that the difficulty in extracting this oil will be far harder than before, thus the production peak.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

5. rip van winkle heh? read "The Last Hours of Ancient Sunlight" by.........

Thom Hartmann