Most of my friends in the environmental community and the Transition movement are big fans of the value of interdependence. They'd surely agree with President Obama when he recently said, "if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own...The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things … [Read more...]
Reject the Savior State and take back your self-reliance
At some level peak-oil believers grasp the significance of peak oil. But at a more basic level — how we respond — they sometimes seem to miss it altogether. If we don't have the cheap energy— crude oil—to continue economic growth, how do we justify our federal spending? More importantly, if we won't raise taxes, where do we make the budget cuts? This disconnect about … [Read more...]