As regular readers know I keep up with all the fun news of vanishing oil from planet Earth by hitting the Peak_Oil community at LiveJournal.Com almost daily. It's actually a great resource for learning about oil and it's place in society. Earlier today LJ User [http://babynutcase.livejournal.com/|BabyNutCase] posted [http://community.livejournal.com/peak_oil/372281.html?view=2465593#t2465593|a transcription] of the resolution San Francisco just passed on Peak Oil.
Why is this important? Essentially it says that progressive leaders are starting to accept Peal Oil as something that is likely to occur in their lifetimes and even in the foreseeable, not-to-distant future (next Sunday AD?). Why is this important? Simple, it means putting together a plan for dealing with Peak Oil is a good idea for every American city and, really, every American town, too.
Like Global Warming, I don't think it's a matter of "if it's really happenning or not." I think it's a question of benefitting from being prepared or not.
As in, would it help us in the long run to pretend that GW and PO are real? Perhaps not in the short-term financial side of things, but in general preparing for Peak Oil is a good idea and juuuust in case it's real, we won't get anally raped by fate.
Don't you just hate when you get anally raped by fate?
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