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Originally Posted by sendler
Jason Bradford linked his manifesto on Resilience.org.
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Food, its scarcity, the desire and opportunity to grow it, and the need to do it in ways that are appropriate to place and circumstance, will drive demographic shifts this century. People with life experiences and training suited for the urban environment are going to need a rapid education on what it takes to live off the land, and so-called conventional farmers and ranchers will have a steep learning curve to adopt more frugal and sustainable methods. But farmers and ranchers are not the only ones who need help adjusting to 21st century pressures. A society that actively supports them is also crucial to their success.
Some worry that in losing access to cheap energy the worst aspects of the past, such as xenophobic tribalism, will resurface. Navigating energy descent will likely require that we take the best of liberal world views like openness to ideas, enthusiasm for change, and tolerance of differences...
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With a list of references and further reading at the bottom
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https://www.resilience.org/stories/2...nergy-descent/
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Read the whole manifesto for download here here.
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https://www.postcarbon.org/publicati...ture-is-rural/
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Perhaps the first lesson would be to disabuse people of the notion that fossil fuels were ever cheap.
The evidence clearly suggests that they are the most expensive fuels ever conceived.
We're entering an energy ascent.
Business colleges are going to have to correct for the collective,generational dyslexia/logic inversions.