World Without Oil: My Solution

What would you do in an oil crisis? We think one is coming soon; here's my plan of action. See http://worldwithoutoil.org for more details

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[txchuckles]

Yes ma'am, you bet. Most of the people down there have food plots or gardens for personal use, hunting is plentiful, and people have their own wells. I realize this isn't a right-away solution, but my hope is that if people think long-term/globally and make plans to get themselves through tomorrow, then next month, then next year, maybe it won't be so bad if there's a crisis. Thanks for your thoughtful comments!

[stagesofobsession]

Dude guys.

Do you realize that it takes like 1 gallon of oil to farm an equivalent of 0.8 gallons of oil energy that consists of BIODIESEL?

How ironic, eh?

You have to PLANT the crops, which requires oil (no farm machinery could run on something else, and even if they can, mathematical reasoning says ceteris pluribus). You lose oil to get the biodiesel, so what's the point in planting in the first place?

Not to mention the opportunity cost of FOOD which is obviously more important than oil.

[daltonagre]

Wrong.Just 3 brents of oil = 2.2 brents of biodiesel.I live in Brazil.

[joelsvideospage]

Biofuels are not the answer for sure. The earth's CO2 balance is 350 PPM. We're @ 392 PPM. Biofuels will push us even further past the 350 PPM equalibrium. Plus, it doesn't make sense to plant food crops strictly for fuel. We're going to have to make the big hard choices TODAY. We stopped the ozone depletion, this next one isn't going to be as easy.

[musza05]

Good luck! But it would make more sense to grow food on those lands.

When oil will become scarce, the shelves in the supermarket would be empty anway.. Note that ur buddies couldnt even make biodiesel out of soybeans without oil input.

[kingofthebrittains]

This is No Solution. This is trying to continue an unsustainable life style w/ different unsustainable means. You don't need to worry about fuel, you need to worry about what you're going to eat when the petroleum dependent supermarkets are empty. I recommend going to transitionus. org or collapsenet , org cluborlov . com and doing some reading. I don't think you know how serious the situation really is. Cheers.

[sturgismom13]

@stagesofobsession Just think industrial HEMP

[bathetcnow]

@Aleque alcohol small scale in a closed permaculture system... david blume - and try hthis one on for size... MIT...DAniel Nocera... open sourced electrolysis for sun / water / hydrogen.. youtube - personal energy... absolutely game changing... blow your minds! lets get on it boys and girls....times almost up!

[bathetcnow]

what now?

[Aleque]

not bad plan, but better would be electricity produced by windmills.. it's far from impossible

[dollywarrior]

free energy is one very important solution we need, oil companies dont care of us all they want is money trilions of dollars till the last drop.

[MrEnergyCzar]

One way I prepared for peak oil was converting my home to a net-zero solar powered home that uses no oil or gas..I made a video about it called, "Preparing for Peak Oil"....

[poppymock]

so your going to farm all that land just to fuel the farm equipment? why not have a smaller diverse farm and eat the food yourself, and maybe sell the extra food?