"Energy, we're gonna be stretching you out." Or not.
I just had a conversation with a friend who insists that a lot of people didn't see peak oil coming, particularly the rural working class of North America who are stuck with auto-dependent lives.
Those people are going to suffer mightily under $10/gallon gasoline. If they own property its value will plummet. It's going to rape our economy.
But let's not pretend it's a surprise. I'm 43 years old. In elementary school a major topic of our current events studies was the energy crisis at the time and the necessity for conservation. This video was featured between Saturday morning children's cartoons in 1978--thirty years ago.
In 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected U.S. president and all that nonsense stopped. Maybe it's no wonder people forgot something that they knew bloody damned well a generation ago. We're a long way from home and running out of gas.
Those people are going to suffer mightily under $10/gallon gasoline. If they own property its value will plummet. It's going to rape our economy.
But let's not pretend it's a surprise. I'm 43 years old. In elementary school a major topic of our current events studies was the energy crisis at the time and the necessity for conservation. This video was featured between Saturday morning children's cartoons in 1978--thirty years ago.
Click to viewIn 1980 Ronald Reagan was elected U.S. president and all that nonsense stopped. Maybe it's no wonder people forgot something that they knew bloody damned well a generation ago. We're a long way from home and running out of gas.