Peak Oil - photo essay of futility

These photos represent maybe 10% of what I've been up to over the years, excluding the 10-12,000 DVDs I've given away, also a talk I gave during the 2007 Kapiti local body elections, I was using the election platform to try (in vain) to educate - at least the people who bothered turning up at the meeting, as you can hear I used my time to talk about the real issues we all face, not the day to day trivia we mostly focus on.




http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/08
SNIP
Published on Wednesday, July 8, 2009 by Orion Magazine
Forget Shorter Showers: Why Personal Change Does Not Equal Political Change

by Derrick Jensen

Would any sane person think dumpster diving would have stopped Hitler, or that composting would have ended slavery or brought about the eight-hour workday, or that chopping wood and carrying water would have gotten people out of Tsarist prisons, or that dancing naked around a fire would have helped put in place the Voting Rights Act of 1957 or the Civil Rights Act of 1964? Then why now, with all the world at stake, do so many people retreat into these entirely personal solutions?

Part of the problem is that weve been victims of a campaign of systematic misdirection. Consumer culture and the capitalist mindset have taught us to substitute acts of personal consumption (or enlightenment) for organized political resistance. An Inconvenient Truth helped raise consciousness about global warming. But did you notice that all of the solutions presented had to do with personal consumption—changing light bulbs, inflating tires, driving half as much—and had nothing to do with shifting power away from corporations, or stopping the growth economy that is destroying the planet? Even if every person in the United States did everything the movie suggested, U.S. carbon emissions would fall by only 22 percent. Scientific consensus is that emissions must be reduced by at least 75 percent worldwide. END SNIP

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[MrEnergyCzar]

Great pictures....To prepare for peak oil I converted 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"....

[supercalifragtoo]

Brilliant record of all your hard work Robert. Thanks for the research I have now seen that has enlightened me as to T E O T W A W K I - peak oil, financial situation, resource wars, etc.

I am so proud of you and Kevin Moore for your selfless efforts to alert society to the huge JOLT that is coming!

Bless ya

Dympna

[supercalifragtoo]

Robert has demonstrated in no uncertain terms that our so-called leaders are criminally incompetent, if not outright criminals, for ignoring the crucial issues of the times and sabotaging the efforts of those who are concerned about the future and try to raise public awareness.

[RozOilcrash]

All Hail Mr NZ/Aotearoa Oilcrash you are to be applauded loudly. 'cause there is still a lot of silence on PO around. Keep it up and keep smiling.