28 February 2005

Hubbert's Peak Is Here

If this is right we need to urgently think about our lifestyle choices because energy is inevitably going to get expensive. Don't forget the knock on effects of that. Since much of our food is grown with petrochemical fertilisers and pesticides and transported using oil and wrapped in oil [that's what plastic is, folks, in the final analysis] and ditto for most of what we buy, then this is quite possibly the beginning of the end of cheap food and consumer goods. Back to the world I grew up in during the sixties and seventies; local seasonal food and less stuff to buy. Maybe. The urgent need for us as Christians is to think about our lifestyle-discipleship. I recommend Tom Sine's books for further thinking.Joel Makower: Two Steps Forward: Hubbert's Peak Is Here

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