"As the price of solar comes down -- and cheap plastic solar comes onto the market -- we're going to see lots more of this." I suspect this is right.
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Solar Grove [:solar:]
02 August 2005
Peak Oil and the Curse of Cassandra
I really hope that this guy's right.
"So here is my advice to peak oilers: after all is said and done, you're going to be ridiculed, just as the Y2K people were (and still are) ridiculed. Not because you were wrong, but because you were right enough to keep the disaster from happening. In 2025, when most people in the world are driving cheap, Chinese & Indian-made battery/fuel cell/bioflexfuel hypercars, relying on smart agriculture to reduce or eliminate petroleum fertilizers, and using bioplastics as raw fabber materials, those reminded of the 'peak oil' scare are going to look around and say:
'Peak oil? What a bunch of nuts. Look -- nobody actually drilled in the Arctic Wildlife Preserve or off the California Coast, ExxonMobil went out of business because nobody needed their liquified coal 'oil,' and people were more freaked out by oil at $60 a barrel than at $120 a barrel. Where were the wars, the starvation, the collapse of civilization and the ATMs spewing out money we were promised?'
When you hear them say that, feel free to smile and nod, and know that you were right."
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Peak Oil and the Curse of Cassandra:[:peak oil:]
"So here is my advice to peak oilers: after all is said and done, you're going to be ridiculed, just as the Y2K people were (and still are) ridiculed. Not because you were wrong, but because you were right enough to keep the disaster from happening. In 2025, when most people in the world are driving cheap, Chinese & Indian-made battery/fuel cell/bioflexfuel hypercars, relying on smart agriculture to reduce or eliminate petroleum fertilizers, and using bioplastics as raw fabber materials, those reminded of the 'peak oil' scare are going to look around and say:
'Peak oil? What a bunch of nuts. Look -- nobody actually drilled in the Arctic Wildlife Preserve or off the California Coast, ExxonMobil went out of business because nobody needed their liquified coal 'oil,' and people were more freaked out by oil at $60 a barrel than at $120 a barrel. Where were the wars, the starvation, the collapse of civilization and the ATMs spewing out money we were promised?'
When you hear them say that, feel free to smile and nod, and know that you were right."
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Peak Oil and the Curse of Cassandra:[:peak oil:]
Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons?
I've a lot of time for Eugene Peterson, this article has a few gems to reflect on in the way of growing in Christ. However I do find myself wondering about this: "The New Age stuff is old age. It's been around for a long time. It's a cheap shortcut to—I guess we have to use the word—spirituality. It avoids the ordinary, the everyday, the physical, the material. It's a form of Gnosticism, and it has a terrific appeal because it's a spirituality that doesn't have anything to do with doing the dishes or changing diapers or going to work. There's not much integration with work, people, sin, trouble, inconvenience."
He's right and he's wrong and it depends on what you mean by 'New Age'. Yes there is plenty of neo-gnosticism around. No, it's not all like that: quite a lot is very keen to work with 'integration with work, people, sin, trouble, inconvenience.' though not usually in Christian categories. Heck, there's a whole swathe of newagery that starts out from themes like integration, the body, relationships and growing through life's 'inconveniences'.
We don't do Christian mission in these spiritual 'post-times' [to recycle part of the title of something I'm writing] any favours by passing these half-truth memes on.
Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons - Christianity Today Magazine:[:spirituality:]
He's right and he's wrong and it depends on what you mean by 'New Age'. Yes there is plenty of neo-gnosticism around. No, it's not all like that: quite a lot is very keen to work with 'integration with work, people, sin, trouble, inconvenience.' though not usually in Christian categories. Heck, there's a whole swathe of newagery that starts out from themes like integration, the body, relationships and growing through life's 'inconveniences'.
We don't do Christian mission in these spiritual 'post-times' [to recycle part of the title of something I'm writing] any favours by passing these half-truth memes on.
Spirituality for All the Wrong Reasons - Christianity Today Magazine:[:spirituality:]
01 August 2005
U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism
It seems like things are really moving on the fatwa front:-
"An organization of top American Muslim religious scholars plans to issue a formal ruling today condemning terrorism and forbidding Muslims to cooperate with anyone involved in a terrorist act"
Islam :Islam:] U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism:
"An organization of top American Muslim religious scholars plans to issue a formal ruling today condemning terrorism and forbidding Muslims to cooperate with anyone involved in a terrorist act"
Islam :Islam:] U.S. Muslim Scholars To Forbid Terrorism:
Six or Seven Axioms of Mass Social Change
Taking Margaret Mead's rather famous line about change, here's an interesting discussion on how social change happens.
"For a small group of thoughtful and committed people to change the world, they must believe that change is possible. They must be ready to act the moment a stuck system becomes liquid. They will only be effective if they display collective intelligence. Finally, they must live in a small world."
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: The Six or Seven Axioms of Mass Social Change:
"For a small group of thoughtful and committed people to change the world, they must believe that change is possible. They must be ready to act the moment a stuck system becomes liquid. They will only be effective if they display collective intelligence. Finally, they must live in a small world."
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: The Six or Seven Axioms of Mass Social Change:
Open Source Warfare
An interesting round-up of how open-source methodology is being applied by terrorist groups. And before you mentally damn FLOSS by that association, recall that there is nothing that is not at root good and no'thing' save God alone that cannot be co-opted to woe from weal. Note too:
"The irony in all of this is that these six elements would likely also apply to innovative, emergent efforts to counter guerilla/terrorist activity. This is what David Stephenson is talking about when he writes of 'smart mobs for homeland security' -- iterative, collaborative, tactics that remain open to novel uses of technology and systems. "
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Open Source Warfare:[:terrerism:]
"The irony in all of this is that these six elements would likely also apply to innovative, emergent efforts to counter guerilla/terrorist activity. This is what David Stephenson is talking about when he writes of 'smart mobs for homeland security' -- iterative, collaborative, tactics that remain open to novel uses of technology and systems. "
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: Open Source Warfare:[:terrerism:]
Wiccans and Christians - States of Mind
In my view, the neo-pagan world is one barometer of post-modern spirituality and the referenced blog entry gives a good intro into why and what we should be paying attention to.
"shifts in consciousness. These are:
* Consciousness of creation’s aliveness.
* Consciousness of creation’s inter-relatedness.
* Consciousness of the unseen depths of creation.
* Attention to altered states of consciousness."
Ekstasis: Wiccans and Christians - Mutual Challenges over States of Mind:
"shifts in consciousness. These are:
* Consciousness of creation’s aliveness.
* Consciousness of creation’s inter-relatedness.
* Consciousness of the unseen depths of creation.
* Attention to altered states of consciousness."
Ekstasis: Wiccans and Christians - Mutual Challenges over States of Mind:
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