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footfootfoot · 09-10-2008, 08:14 PM

I'm with you on that. As we reach peak oil (if we haven't) some people will be forced to change their lifestyles, many have already around here. A lot of folks are going back to wood, a lot of folks are insulating, whatever. We'll go more nuclear power, wind, water. All thsoe condos built in old mill towns will be gutted and revert to water powered mills again. Who knows? Energy production and use will sort itself out.

But an army or a nation for that matter travels on its belly. When folks get hungry, things will heat up. The ironic thing is honey bees , which pollinate something like 14 billion (figure pulled directly from my hinder) in crops, aren't even native to the US. But their introduction allowed the massive scale of agriculture we employ for that type of crop.

Still, I wouldn't bet a dime on this or any election in the US.

Just checked the national honey board's website www.honey.com and they say in 1999 the value of crops was 14.6 Billion (That might have just been the bees compensating for Y2K

09-10-2008, 08:14 PM	#29
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	I'm with you on that. As we reach peak oil (if we haven't) some people will be forced to change their lifestyles, many have already around here. A lot of folks are going back to wood, a lot of folks are insulating, whatever. We'll go more nuclear power, wind, water. All thsoe condos built in old mill towns will be gutted and revert to water powered mills again. Who knows? Energy production and use will sort itself out. But an army or a nation for that matter travels on its belly. When folks get hungry, things will heat up. The ironic thing is honey bees , which pollinate something like 14 billion (figure pulled directly from my hinder) in crops, aren't even native to the US. But their introduction allowed the massive scale of agriculture we employ for that type of crop. Still, I wouldn't bet a dime on this or any election in the US. Just checked the national honey board's website www.honey.com and they say in 1999 the value of crops was 14.6 Billion (That might have just been the bees compensating for Y2K __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs Last edited by footfootfoot; 09-10-2008 at 08:31 PM.