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How long will concrete last if it isn’t maintained?
As energy grows scarcer and is devoted to growing food and other life-support services, our infrastructure will crumble. Bob Holmes. 12 Oct 2006. Imagine Earth without people. NewScientist.com Lack of maintenance will spell an early demise for buildings, roads, bridges … Continue reading
Dan Allen: When collapse happens, help it crash faster
What Dan Allen writes below is what many scientists and ecological activists are thinking and saying privately. Read his entire post at resilience.org for context, since this slice of the article seems rather harsh and cruel from this small excerpt. … Continue reading
Posted in Demand Destruction, What to do
Tagged peak oil, rapid collapse, what you can do
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Even Pencils will be hard to make
Most of us are unaware of how complex our society is, how things are made, how food is grown, how stuff is delivered, and the people, energy, transportation, and kinds and sources of materials in every day objects. This essay, … Continue reading
Posted in Antecedents, Extinction, Humpty Dumpty, Localization, Making Stuff, Supply Chains
Tagged collapse, peak oil, pencil
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