Oil hit a new record today! It spiked to over $147 per barrel. Why? Sword rattling by Iran, Israel and the U.S., problems with Nigerian insurgents and dropping supplies in the U.S.
Most Oil industry analysts believe it will go even higher next week. But they are right a little less than half the time.
I guess getting high on oil is just the way the people want to be.
Our collective capacity to suffer from all this pain is something people have been doing for ages. We just WON'T let go of a way of life that is taking us down a little faster each day.
So, even saying that will change nothing. Like alternet.com pointed out with regard to SUV owners - they'll hold until their leases expire and try to slip into something a little less comfortable. But the reality is that in the end ALL the cars have to come off the roads if we want to have even the slightest chance of getting through this alive.
I do wonder if I should consider dumping the scooter and consider getting a horse, a washtub/scrubboard and big barrel of salt for meat preservation and ball jars for canning. This also means buying some chickens and to start learning how to raise'em and planting a garden.
I do certainly want to be ready when the fan hits the shit which I expect will be soon (that's not a literary faux pas by the way - it's intentional).
Most Oil industry analysts believe it will go even higher next week. But they are right a little less than half the time.
I guess getting high on oil is just the way the people want to be.
Our collective capacity to suffer from all this pain is something people have been doing for ages. We just WON'T let go of a way of life that is taking us down a little faster each day.
So, even saying that will change nothing. Like alternet.com pointed out with regard to SUV owners - they'll hold until their leases expire and try to slip into something a little less comfortable. But the reality is that in the end ALL the cars have to come off the roads if we want to have even the slightest chance of getting through this alive.
I do wonder if I should consider dumping the scooter and consider getting a horse, a washtub/scrubboard and big barrel of salt for meat preservation and ball jars for canning. This also means buying some chickens and to start learning how to raise'em and planting a garden.
I do certainly want to be ready when the fan hits the shit which I expect will be soon (that's not a literary faux pas by the way - it's intentional).
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