The Gaming Den

At the risk of annoying everyone here is some more: The Specialization Trap Few ideas are quite as unpopular nowadays as the suggestion that the fate of past civilizations has something to teach us about the likely destiny of our own. This lack of enthusiasm for the lessons of history pervades conte...

K- I haven't been ignoring you, but I did have a hard time coming up with a good reply. I think there is much to what you say, but I'm still not altogether convinced. The fact that it is possible to generate electricity from many sources doesn't necessarily mean that it will be economical to do so e...

Here is another little piece from the Archdruid report. "An example from one of the most famous cases of social collapse is relevant here. On Easter Island, as I think most people know by now, the native culture built a thriving society that got most of its food from deepwater fishing, using du...

Thanks guys it is good to hear some logical reasons for optimism. I'm not entirely convinced but I hope you are right.

I think that "just a matter of cost" is a bigger matter than you might think. I think that we just cant get enough ethanol or biodiesel to maintain our current civilization. What really convinced me was the fact that solar which was supposed to be almost viable as an alternative with oil a...

Recently I started reading the archdruid report, which argues that as fossil fuels run out over the next century or so the Industrial age will come to an end and people will have to accept a much lower standard of living than what prevails today. I think he is right, but I really hope he is wrong. I...

thanks

I've used a couple of quotes of yours for my blog. I'd use another but I'm not sure how to quickly navigate back there it was on about the 60th page of the politics megathread you were naming categories of conservatives.

Later.