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  We all new it was too good to be true.

  It's just that no one wanted to ruin the afterglow.On Bush didn't mean he'd literally reduce Middle East imports posted 3 years, 10 months ago 3 Responses

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  Placards and Crazy People

  Haven't people been doing that for the last 30 years or so, since the first oil crisis?  There has been some success, absolutely.  There is a population that actually thinks about how their decisions about what to buy and where to drive affect everything else.  But given how much more petroleum we consume now compared to then, it doesn't seem like we've made much progress.  
  Positive change is all good.  Awareness is absolutely necessary.  But aware, slow, positive change will not yield the kind of global societal changes that are neccessary in the time we've got (even if you think we have another 30 years).  Witness how far America has turned back over the last 5 years.  You have to have people like Lovelock poking and prodding, pushing people out of their comfort zones.On We're all going to die posted 3 years, 10 months ago 5 Responses