7009 AD - "Mammy, did humans really live like that then, why were they so stupid, did not know they were killing themselves?
young kid talking with mother in POST OIL AGE

Like it or not lads, the honeymoon is over, or soon to be anyway. This "economic crisis" is but the first crack in a system that thrived while it could but is over, the cheap abundant oil days are over. Its not like a car that goes till the last drop, its when you peak that trouble starts for an economy.

I refer you to a graph from just a few years back, showing global discovery / consumption graph, that is the reality.



Or to put it in simpler terms, as world thinker on peak oil, Colin Cambell has done:


Anyway more about all that stuff at From OIL AGE financial crisis, to sustainable communities + COP 15

And yes it is possible to live sustainably, it will be a different type of world than that which we are used to today, but its already happening, and as many are finding out "Maybe that future less oil dependand world might be a whole lot more enjoyable than life today"

In case you want to see the DOOM AND GLOOM side on why oil age has many of us in a mess, id suggest (52 minute documentary on oil)

BUT to finish on a hopeful note, the original film link given in this thread, that which we screened down in scariff, east clare, when the community gardeners of the island of ireland came together some years back to meet, socialise, swap stories and dreams, continue to build up a more sustainable enjoyable alternative...



heres that cuban film, (the trailer), IT ROCKS!!!


The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil

And one last hopeful thing, have ye heard of the plan for SPIRIT OF IRELAND, to go from 98% import of fossil fuels in Ireland to aiming for full green energy production as well as exporter, I think they are on to a winner here, im v excited by the Bold idea. (keep an eye on development at their TWITTER site