<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Increased offshore drilling does not substitute for national energy policy]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by dlewis78731 http://www.grist.org/article/hog-heaven-part-1/ Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:00:29 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/hog-heaven-part-1/1 Hog Heaven part 1

Interesting story.  It strikes me as a mismash of both old and new thinking.  On the old side, the oil companies are taking advantage of us, on the new side, we need to do something about our oil addiction.

Like, we can't really believe things are the way they are, it must be somebody's fault. On the other hand, we recognize that we can't go on with growth forever, on a finite planet.

Well, news flash!  The oil and energy situation is a global one, not just something the oil companies are doing to us in the US.

While we sit around pointing fingers, and assuming, in the back of our heads, that everything can go back to "normal" and we'll have lots of cheap oil for our cars, the world is changing.

If we don't do some serious, wartime style adaptation to this reality, things are not going to go so well for us.  It will take every approach we can think of to blunt the impact of the loss of oil for transportation, industry, and in every aspect of our lives.

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Interesting story.  It strikes me as a mismash of both old and new thinking.  On the old side, the oil companies are taking advantage of us, on the new side, we need to do something about our oil addiction.

Like, we can't really believe things are the way they are, it must be somebody's fault. On the other hand, we recognize that we can't go on with growth forever, on a finite planet.

Well, news flash!  The oil and energy situation is a global one, not just something the oil companies are doing to us in the US.

While we sit around pointing fingers, and assuming, in the back of our heads, that everything can go back to "normal" and we'll have lots of cheap oil for our cars, the world is changing.

If we don't do some serious, wartime style adaptation to this reality, things are not going to go so well for us.  It will take every approach we can think of to blunt the impact of the loss of oil for transportation, industry, and in every aspect of our lives.

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