Category Archives: Where to Be or Not to Be

As oil declines, remote gas stations will closefirst, forcing many to move to urban areas, which will become megacities. For a while food, shelter, and power can be provided to urban centers, but eventually the electric grid will fail and diesel shortages strike. National guards and locals checkpoints are likely to make it hard for people to flee cities for the countryside

The freedom to travel enabled people to flee to better tribes

Posted on May 12, 2022 by

Preface.  One of my favorite books was Bruce Chatwin’s “Songlines” about how aborigines were included by the Australian government in the building of a new railroad so that sacred sites could be avoided and they could add the rail line … Continue reading →

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How past societies avoided the Agricultural trap

Posted on May 9, 2022 by

Preface.  There’s a great deal of evidence that past tribes did grow food but deliberately chose not to make that the entirety of the way they lived, preferring a more seasonal styles of life with hunting and gathering, and governance … Continue reading →

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Why were California & Pacific NW Native tribes so different from each other?

Posted on May 6, 2022 by

Preface.  Why do many societies near each other have such different values, beliefs, mythology, and governance?  In “Dawn of Everything”, the authors suggest that it’s because:

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Dawn of Everything: self-governance not Kings & Slavery

Posted on May 3, 2022 by

Preface.  After the Great Simplification new societies will arise, and I hope copy past civilizations that deliberately avoided slavery, war and autocratic kings.  I’ve extracted a few examples of this from The Dawn of Everything below.

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What did Native Americans make of the French in the 16th century?

Posted on April 30, 2022 by

Preface. My first exposure to philosophy was in High School, about the philosophies that helped shape the U.S. constitution. This led me to read Rousseau, Hobbes, Locke, Montesquieu, and others. “Dawn of Everything” points out that Native American philosophies should … Continue reading →

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Dawn of Everything Conclusion

Posted on April 27, 2022 by

Preface. Clearly for their conclusion to make sense you’ll need to read the book and see the evidence for yourself.  Since they challenge just about all of the ideas currently in fashion, you can find some pretty damning reviews of … Continue reading →

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Dawn of Everything Introduction

Posted on April 24, 2022 by

Preface.  It is likely that all world oil, both conventional and unconventional, peaked in 2018. The good news is that this means there isn’t enough carbon left to turn the world into a hothouse extinction, though for centuries the planet … Continue reading →

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The 10 states with the most farms

Posted on November 4, 2021 by

Preface. Of course there are many considerations: how climate change will affect farming in each state, the cost of the farmland, and other ecological factors discussed in the book by Hall & Day’s “America’s Most Sustainable Cities and Regions: Surviving … Continue reading →

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Riskiest counties in the U.S.

Posted on October 23, 2021 by

Preface. I suppose that if you’re trying to figure out where to survive peak oil, the hazards might be something to consider. This isn’t the greatest tool in the world. To use it, select a county in the Counties tab … Continue reading →

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Excerpt from “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars”

Posted on August 6, 2021 by

Preface.  This is an excerpt from Philippe Le Billon’s (editor) anthology “The Geopolitics of Resource Wars.” Global peak oil production happened in 2018 (EIA 2020), and the energy crisis will probably hit by 2025.  The coming energy crisis and climate … Continue reading →

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