After hearing and reading about the 48 hour closure of the North Sea oil pipeline due to the 1,200 person union strike at the Grangemouth, Scotland refinery, I began to think about dependency. Motorists and consumers were urged by the government "not to hoard fuel, saying there would be enough to go around." In attempt to offset the 700,000 barrels of oil per day supplied by the pipeline and to ensure that there is "enough to go around" the Scottish government is importing 72,000 tons of fuel from Europe. Some fuel stations in Edinburgh are limiting purchases while others have already reported they have run out of gas.
What happens when there is "not enough to go around?"
People cannot travel (unless they walk or bike).
People cannot get to work (unless they work in their own community).
People cannot earn notes of exchage (see above).
People cannot buy food (unless they know local farmers and/or trade other possessions).
People cannot eat (unless they grow their own food or know local farmers).
We are obviously an oil dependent people. What all are we dependent upon that may need remedied where we would be deeply troubled if there was "not enough to go around?
Sunday, April 27, 2008
I don't like oil.
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coffee ....... ;)
i think that i am dependent on many things more than coffee... except for right now as i finish a postmodern philosophy essay suggesting the current state of the church and some prescribed remedies. one of which may include dependency on the communitas rather than a global economy.
how about air?
j clark,
i think you are being facetious however make a good point about quality air management.
Man it would suck to have to walk or ride a bike somewhere...i can't image the pain that would rip through my heart if I couldn't drive my car...
Oil is a god.
I think it is interesting that in the 80's when there was an oil scare, car companies came out with little cars and stopped manufacturing the big gas guzzlers. But we see in todays culture they are producing more and more big SUV's rather than smaller cars to help with the economy and environment, not to mention lowering our dependancy on oil.
tyler.
are you saying you don't like my honda element? are you telling me that i worship another god named oil?
no travis I am not saying YOU worship oil, or that I don't like your element (it is actually pretty fuel efficiant) but i am saying that in our culture, oil has become something we worship and we will even kill for it. This is seen in many other "staples" in our society.
is oil not a god?
"There Will Be Blood"
today the president was drilled with questions about oil and food issues.
he could not answer a single one of them.
radically thinking, maybe running out of oil would be the best thing for our world.
ache,
good to hear from you. let me know when you are in the mv. i might agree with your radical proposition - though chaos and violence would temporarily exist.
AMISH
http://www.powerofcommunity.org/
do it
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