tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post114644108566990992..comments2024-03-24T11:01:27.668-04:00Comments on Resource Insights: Principles for the Post-Peak Oil Job MarketKurt Cobbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05330759091950742285noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1147073227938439162006-05-08T03:27:00.000-04:002006-05-08T03:27:00.000-04:00In the same vein as the previous comment I find it...In the same vein as the previous comment I find it pretty useless to mull over "desirable" changes without questionning the process that could bring about those changes.<BR/>Even if a "perfect" solution existed (still, for what values, for whom???) there is no guarantee that it could be implemented given the existing "social mechanisms" inherited from our tribal ancestry.<BR/>People's silly ideas and habits are not anymore adaptive in the face of this kind of challenges.<BR/>No matter which side they apparently choose (primitivists vs transhumanists for instance) these are just inflated versions of our "good old tricks".<BR/>This is the most complicated and worse part of the problem.<BR/>Arguments about technologies, economics, politics, nuclear, ethanol, permaculture, drawdown, takeover, egalitarianism, libertarianism, whatever... are subsidiary to the dynamics of change and the dynamics depends more on people's opinions than on any realistic assessement of the challenges.<BR/>No matter what one would think, want or wish the inmates are de facto running the asylum.<BR/><BR/>JLDKevembuanggahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06122171446581728667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1147030488168774002006-05-07T15:34:00.000-04:002006-05-07T15:34:00.000-04:00Sir,I have read your article, "Principles for the ...Sir,<BR/><BR/>I have read your article, "Principles for the Post-Peak Oil Job Market," with anthusiasm but unfortunately failed to find that it offered anything new to the subject it purports to address. However, the one specific "principle" I wanted to address with you or bring to your attention was that concerning Jevons' Paradox and your words to "emphasizing efficiency."<BR/><BR/>I am so thankful that you mention Jevon's Paradox. It is quite real and something that makes all proclamations about fuel efficiency and "renewable [sic] energies" empty. However, after referencing it in your article in the fourth paragraph, you go on to apparently forget it in your chart further on in the article. I found myself thinking, "either you believe or you don't," or "either you get it or you don't."<BR/><BR/>What starts out as an ambitious thesis becomes the same on limp-noodle quip about "cooperation, efficiency, recycling, sustainability (which doesn't exist), decreasing takeover, etc." I believe this is a huge topic but is given little scrutiny or forethought here. Jobs, roles and lifestyles are changing and that change will intensify as we go further down the slope and go off anticipated cliffs. Without going into my entire thesis here, a big question to ask is whether or not people will be willing to go back to high-human and animal-labor agrarian living and will that livelihood even be an option that our government will economically reward or socially allow? We must--if we want to survive and not be subjugated proles--be willing to reassume the work and live more and more with less fossil fuel inputs.<BR/><BR/>Maybe therein lies the difference between "principles" and "realities."<BR/><BR/>With respect and thanks for reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1146764562514245382006-05-04T13:42:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:42:00.000-04:00This should be one of the blogs with hundreds of c...This should be one of the blogs with hundreds of comments after each posting. Thanks for the excellent insight.<BR/><BR/>CNAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8861605.post-1146474751592860182006-05-01T05:12:00.000-04:002006-05-01T05:12:00.000-04:00I agree. For the survival and well being of us all...I agree. For the survival and well being of us all, we should adopt a new mindset. The details of the new way of thinking may vary, but I think you mentioned some of the fundamental and universal elements of such a mindset.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com