Comments for The Agenda Restated - Kunstler at http://atlanticfreepress.com , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://atlanticfreepress.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:12:11 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/894-the-agenda-restated-kunstler.html#comment-1181 The crunch will come when we can no longer buy fuel to get to work and do our necessaries, such as shop for food. People who live in rural communities in particular won't be able to get to town because bus lines, rail lines, all are nonexistent and will have to be built from scratch. The time lag between the arrival of the crunch and the introduction of various solutions is going to be marked by violence that may or may not be organized. But violence will happen because frustration will out, and a great deal of frustration will be outed before frustration is eased when things begin to look convincingly better. I'm sorry to be old and sick. The new world promises to be an exciting time, a renaissance of sorts, and I'll be sorry to miss it. - a guest Wed, 07 Feb 2007 06:04:17 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/894-the-agenda-restated-kunstler.html#comment-1174 But can we get a time frame here? I ask primarily because I'm starting to work on improving my habits, but it's gonna take a while. I don't know how to sew or knit. I'm only passable on repairing things, and while I take the bus to school and work, I do also drive - and my partner drives to work. Organized change, whether on a personal or a global scale, does not happen overnight. - a guest Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:40:59 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/894-the-agenda-restated-kunstler.html#comment-1168 As Mr. Kunstler says, we may not be doing as much of this in the future. Just like the people who badger him, I too suffer from "cognitive dissonance." That's why I keep reading his proscriptions over and over in hopes that one day they'll sink in. That I'll succumb to the inevitable and learn to use my hands. There will plenty of work for young scientists too. . . I've just been exposed to the work of Tom Bearden, the energy-from-the-vacuum guy. Don't know what peak oilers think of him, but, as he says, "It is particularly important, I think, to make the material [about how to extract cheap energy] available for all those sharp young grad students and post-docs who are looking for where the real holes are in their present scientific models." He's at Cheniere.org. - Russell Wellen Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:28:28 +0100 http://atlanticfreepress.com/news/1/894-the-agenda-restated-kunstler.html#comment-1165 I find the solutions that Mr. Kunstler describes here (as he has before) are some of the most helpful, and positive that I've read anywhere. I've witnessed the denial and anger that comes when people come to understand our predicament. Of course, one of the greatest obstacles we face in the transition is that so many people wish to cling to a system that is so pathological, and will defend it so vigorously. If the "psychology of previous investment" married with "when you wish upon a star" are the operating mindset, keeping most in denial, then will only the arrival of Global Peak Oil be sufficient to wake them up? And, is that what will finally convince the majority that continuuing our adventure in Iraq (and possibly expanding it) is worthwhile? I wonder if our "leaders" will finally fess up in the coming months, to justify the continuuing war. -Dave - a guest Mon, 05 Feb 2007 18:29:58 +0100