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In reply to the discussion: How Peak Oil Will Shatter Cities Like Merriam, Kansas [View all]GliderGuider
(21,088 posts)32. That brings a lot of clarity to the localization issue.
Last edited Wed Mar 28, 2012, 03:44 PM - Edit history (1)
Thank you, your people/goods/information distinction was just the insight I needed.
I suspect that the internet has the potential to persist even in very bad times. I hope so, because it's the greatest human invention since the printing press (or even since speech according to my Comp Sci advisor back in the 1980's.) A lot depends on how well the technological infrastructure stands up I guess. But we now have the knowledge in books to recreate anything from the pony express to fiber optics, and that counts for a lot.
Again, thanks. This has been an very productive conversation. It's good to know there are others who share this awareness.
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I think this is true for many places. I've lived in a lot of places in the US and thinking back I
RKP5637
Mar 2012
#3
There should be restrictions on the type of plans used by developers for both business & residential
LiberalFighter
Mar 2012
#15
That would make sense, if the effects of insufferable energy prices were localized.
The Doctor.
Mar 2012
#6
It is serious economically, politically and socially -- but the situation is not calamitous
FarCenter
Mar 2012
#24
Whiskey Tango Bravo are you doing out there and are you a hermit or do you just like rattle snakes?
lonestarnot
Mar 2012
#26
Cool, but you may want to consider a mule team if the gas continues to rise.
lonestarnot
Mar 2012
#33
Not really that big of a deal....many cities will adapt.....and many will disappear
cbdo2007
Mar 2012
#16