Peak Oil

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Who put peace on the back burner?

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

We say you are God of the weak and vulnerable. We also say “only the strong survive” and “God helps those who help themselves.” I don’t think we can have it both ways. The Bible accounts show you again and again acting on behalf of the lowly, the weak, the vulnerable. Most of us fit those descriptions at least some of the time. They don’t so much define who we are as describe our condition. I am weak but you are strong, and knowing your strength is here to support me makes life a greater joy, makes my vulnerability not a cause for panic. For some reason, I am reminded of a song title, at least I think it’s the title: “I love how you love me.” Or, how about “You light up my life”? Keep on coming to prop me on my feet.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“Did you see the chick standing in the front of the crowd? One of God’s crowning achievements!”

[From what we know, that wasn’t His style.]

D. Blog: It’s About Natural Resources

For 40 years we’ve had convincing evidence that Earth has limited resources and that the human population is too large to be sustained. We didn’t want to hear it, didn’t want to adjust to those realities, instead wanted to continue as if consumption growth could go on and on and on.

Now we’re on the verge of “peak oil”, that point when the cost of extracting and refining oil becomes greater than the value received from it. When we reach that point, the jolt to the our societies will be far greater than what we experienced in the recent “unprecedented” recession, also brought about by our over-consumptive ways of living.

Many government and corporate officials are aware of the threat, but don’t/can’t do anything to warn us. Some activists are trying. Take a look at the Transition Movement. And watch the documentaries “Peak Oil” and “End of Suburbia.” The films are sobering; the Transition Movement offers hope and a way to respond to the coming global tsunami that will drastically alter the human landscape.