Peak Oil

GliderGuider

(21,088 posts)

3. Preparing as in stockpiling food and ammo? No.

Thu Dec 22, 2011, 09:15 PM

Dec 2011

Preparation like that is a bridging strategy that works only for a short-term crisis. This shift is going to be more like a permanent transformation of our way of living. For the coming changes I recommend acquiring skills for human-powered living (gardening, animal husbandry, carpentry, leather-working, sewing, herbology, beer and winemaking etc.), buying a chunk of land, buying and learning to use hand tools of all sorts, and learning community-building skills.

If the only crisis we were facing was PO I'd forecast a boiling frog. But when you factor in a global financial crisis, rocketing food prices and the extreme weather events we're starting to see from climate change all at the same time, things could obviously change on a dime. All it takes is being in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong skill-set, and things can go pear-shaped in a hurry.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

17 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

The Peak Oil Crisis: 2012 -- Apocalypse Now? [View all] Lyric Dec 2011 OP

I've been slowly gathering supplies for the past few years.. Viva_La_Revolution Dec 2011 #1

Lets keep Peak oil in perspective, oil production will drop, but gradually not rapidly happyslug Dec 2011 #2

What are your prediction based upon? 4dsc Dec 2011 #5

Yes, those assumptions look decidedly optimistic GliderGuider Dec 2011 #7

look at the SLOPE of the graph you used for 1965-1973 and post 2005 happyslug Dec 2011 #13

And if countries start beating the war drums over the remaining oil resources? NickB79 Dec 2011 #14

Economic reality is a tough thing to defeat militarily happyslug Dec 2011 #15

I expect the effect of PO to be completely obscured by the coming global economic "difficulty" GliderGuider Dec 2011 #16

I agree with the saw tooth decline AND that conflicts will occur happyslug Dec 2011 #17

Hubbert's Curve happyslug Dec 2011 #8

Preparing as in stockpiling food and ammo? No. GliderGuider Dec 2011 #3

Well I can't afford to buy land, but I have some skills for hard living. Lyric Dec 2011 #4

Plus, throw in disasters created by the rush to extract dwindling fules dixiegrrrrl Dec 2011 #6

Also disasters caused by the burning of said fuels, ie weather instability due to climate change NickB79 Dec 2011 #9

Why do you think a chunk of land is the way to go? NickB79 Dec 2011 #10

It's a question of probabilities GliderGuider Dec 2011 #11

For inspiration, look to Cuba Kennah Dec 2011 #12