I am slow of mind at times - well, in fact, quite often. While staring at the side issues, though important issues, of GMO seeds and corporations taking over America, wars being fought where we aren't being threatened, and the like, the obvious has escaped me.
What will the world look like when we run out of fuel? This is going to happen - at some level. I believe there will be fuel available for a couple of hundred years but after the next 30 or so years, it won't be available to the public. No, the reality is that the quantity of oil we can pump from this planet is very limited. The other reality is that the population is booming. These two lines can be graphed and their intersection, I believe, is approximately 30-40 years away. When the governments of the world can no longer hide the fact that we are running out of oil (and they are hiding it) it will be too late for the people of the world to do anything about it - except suffer.
The governments will keep what ever oil is still available to fuel their military and to continue to provide a basic infrastructure for the people, but there will be no jumping in the car and driving to work, the grocery store, or anywhere for that matter. Our lives are based on petroleum and when that is no longer available to exploit, life as we know it will end. In fact, it may very well mean the real end of life for millions as food shortages and poverty sweep across the world, and in their wake riots and mayhem follow. Think that's far-fetched? Just look at the loons rioting over the recent Boston hockey win in Vancouver, Canada. Oh yeah, losing a hockey game is worth rioting for isn't it - not! But what will these people do when the realize they can't afford to put gas in their cars - long before the gas has actually run out?
Many who read this will say, Oh no, the government won't let this happen. I'm telling you they are letting it happen right now! Think about it - there has to be a finite amount of oil in the ground. If the earth were a hollow ball, that is the maximum amount that could be contained! But it isn't a hollow ball and peak oil has already happened in many places - including the United States. People are just refusing to acknowledge it. They are living in a dream! This is the dream that says, things will always get better, there will always be more, it will go on like this forever.
I am advocating that people start to think about how the world is going to look when a world that is set up to run on oil no longer has oil in its tanks. This isn't as simple as saying well, we'll have solar by then, or we'll have hydro by then, or we'll have something else by then. Our entire distribution system is set up for gasoline or diesel. Everything that is manufactured in this country - yea, in the world, requires petroleum in some form. When that is gone, the products we are used to, the lifestyles we are used to, will not be available to us any longer. That means just about everything we use today will be affected, because oil and yes, coal (limited as well) powers all the manufacturing.
The solution to this is going to take many minds working together to reinvent society. The time to start is now.
Wally Roderick
self-sustainable living,non-GMO,organic seeds,organic gardening,healthy living,pesticide-free,organic farming,peak oil,heirloom seeds,aquaponic food production,organic food production,raising chickens,hatching your own eggs, raising quail
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Change in focus at our farm
15 June, 2011
Well, it's not a major change, but we are reducing our number of chickens to focus more on the vegetable side of the industry - to be specific, I want to do more research into the GMO side of the industry and see if it is possible to determine who has products on our grocery shelves that definitely use GMO products in them, and then expose those products to the consumers of our country.
America deserves the same fair shake that Europe is getting on GMO foods. They protested and had them removed from their shelves. We can do the same in our country if everyone will take a stand. We are America. Monsanto is not America and will not survive in the food industry if we do not purchase their goods. If the companies involved in the production of GMO foods are more interested in profit than in our safety, they have declared war on us by their actions. They are saying they don't care if we die as long as they make money. Anyone willing to kill you for their personal gain has declared war on you.
America - suit up!
Well, it's not a major change, but we are reducing our number of chickens to focus more on the vegetable side of the industry - to be specific, I want to do more research into the GMO side of the industry and see if it is possible to determine who has products on our grocery shelves that definitely use GMO products in them, and then expose those products to the consumers of our country.
America deserves the same fair shake that Europe is getting on GMO foods. They protested and had them removed from their shelves. We can do the same in our country if everyone will take a stand. We are America. Monsanto is not America and will not survive in the food industry if we do not purchase their goods. If the companies involved in the production of GMO foods are more interested in profit than in our safety, they have declared war on us by their actions. They are saying they don't care if we die as long as they make money. Anyone willing to kill you for their personal gain has declared war on you.
America - suit up!
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Why are there so many food allergies
14 June 2011
From Dr. Mercola's website.
A compelling video - good research- showing why the number of food allergies is skyrocketing.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/14/why-are-there-so-many-food-allergies-now.aspx
From Dr. Mercola's website.
A compelling video - good research- showing why the number of food allergies is skyrocketing.
http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2011/06/14/why-are-there-so-many-food-allergies-now.aspx
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