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Monday, June 16, 2008

We will all have pet monkeys and eat air

Well, that's just my prediction.

“Will it be robot housemaids, or ruthless scavengers living on the arctic fringe in a post-oil climate-change nightmare? Or not quite like either?”

Indeed there is little in the world of futurology which looks between these extremes, which looks towards low energy futures with a nuanced vision. Permaculture co-originator David Holmgren weighs in to fill this gap, drawing on 30 years of permaculture thinking. He envisions four possible post oil peak futures.

Check them out

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

I found this very stimulating to read, even though I comfort myself that it is a bit pessimistic. However, polar ice IS melting faster than anyone thought it would... public transport is swelling with demand as petrol prices increase. hmmmm.

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