The Inevitable Scolding

[kmo]

It's a challenge to hang tough with the Peak Oil narrative these days. The general (and false) conception of Peak Oil theory was that it predicted that industrial society would run out of oil and that everything would grind to a halt. The perception today is that we are awash in oil from hydro-fracking and horizontal drilling and that this will be

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Not just anarchism and peak oil.

[ext_4021213]

It doesn't have to be an issue of black folks not being interested. It could simply be that most of them don't have the money or time to get to the conference. The first and only time I went to a professional baseball game was in St. Louis six years ago. My now wife and her sister were with me. I noticed lots of black players, lots of black people selling food and drink---but only one black man and his son watching in a sea of white. I asked my fiance if black people liked baseball and she was so surprised to see how white the crowd was that she actually stood up and looked all over in real shock.

I actually think lots of black folks like baseball. But I suspect most of them can't afford a ticket. No big mystery, folks. That's what systemic racism looks like. But think about this---. I heard some black, female musicians on the local campus radio. It was a performance somewhere. The lead singer ended the set with a state that said something to the effect that if you have any privilege---don't feel guilty, use it to make the world a better place.

I'm an old white man with a good education and other opportunities. I don't feel guilty about there not being black people at an event. I feel guilty when we waste our privilege and don't actually accomplish anything.