tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post7635547977815204994..comments2024-03-20T11:36:53.907+00:00Comments on Restoring Mayberry: ProphetsBrian Kallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11082602126850605083noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-77648026454335641222009-04-13T01:54:00.000+01:002009-04-13T01:54:00.000+01:00Agreed. I wonder sometimes if we will be able to c...Agreed. I wonder sometimes if we will be able to change, when we have not in the past -- and then I remind myself that we have changed, over and over, through history. So there is hope -- but no guarantee. <BR/><BR/>Jimmy Carter is gaining much more respect lately, even in unllikely circles -- The American Conservative recently ran an article called "Jimmy Carter Was Right." Their staff does not generally favour liberal Democrats, as you might imagine, but they understand peak oil and the limits to growth, and see Carter as a kindred spirit in that sense.Brian Kallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082602126850605083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5811749743523633503.post-68587945032274571462009-04-12T08:01:00.000+01:002009-04-12T08:01:00.000+01:00It reminds me of whenever the news media interview...It reminds me of whenever the news media interviews the neighbors of some heinous serial killer and they say "He was such a nice young man, we can't believe he could be this terrible killer". <BR/><BR/>Climate Change, economic havoc, peak oil. We knew, it's just that it's really hard to look that reality in the face because then you have to realize that you MUST do something about it, you have to change. No one wants to do that.<BR/><BR/>Jimmy Carter, in 1979: "We can't go on consuming 40 percent more energy than we produce. When we import oil we are also importing inflation plus unemployment."<BR/><BR/>Heh, truer words...Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17297237900094898777noreply@blogger.com