... more fissile material than they consume - provided, of course, they operate as designed and that the ER/EI exceeds 1.0. This is tricky indeed. You can make...
... Its amazing and to be expected. Central authority is always suspect of radical ideas that cast doubt on faith in authority. As Ed Abbey told us: "Fantastic...
Just made this post to ER yesterday, maybe we can talk about some of this stuff here, too. Tom asked me to cc my posts from ER. Makes sense, that list goes so...
Sounds good to me so far, Michael. I think the "body economy", barter between individuals and the group, strikes the sort of balance between group and...
We now have situation in our midst that demonstrates how systematized central authority creates the conditions for oppression and coercion of others. The...
It's quite clear that centralized authoritarian social systems require centralized energy systems subject to concentration and commodification so as to remain...
As we slide down the back slope of the end of the Age of Oil, we will, of necessity, withdraw from the mythical "Global Economy," even from the national...
... Yes, high-powered technology is one of the things such central systems need to look, listen and coerce. ... There's a great author named James Kunstler who...
Why Gold Rigging Is Ignored by the Media ... was posted by "Angry Chimp" <glitchmaster_@...> This article begins by observing the sad state of affairs...
... I just had a detailed encounter with Kunstler this week. I provided background research for our local public radio station for an on-air interview with...
... On the subject of gold and libertarians, gold-backing (of currency) that so many libertarians clamor for is a) supremely environmentally destructive and...
"P.S. Anarchism isn't such a stretch as all that. For example, suppose that instead of electing public servants they were chosen randomly from a pool of all...
I've often written about the idea of a spectrum of human types. Or a bell curve. I would say that human nature is a statistical thing. You do not often get...
... <snip> ... <snip> Sounds like Pete Carroll's idea of the Chaocracy. If it's used to decide life and death as in the case of a jury, says he, how about...
Great to find this discussion group! I moderate the long-emergency group at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/long-emergency. THE LOMG EMERGEMCY is the book on...
... Exactly. When the people see exactly how stupid the people who are selected to be their representatives are, more attention will be focused on education. ...
... I agree entirely. The term, "humanist socialism" is, of course, redundant. Any socialism is humanist socialism since it involves only humans and no other...
Efforts applauded. I'm familiar with a few local community-friendly places, but does anyone know of a directory of non-FDIC banks? I've spent some time on ...
I have truly enjoyed Mauk McAmuk's postings ever since I joined this group. I think he handles his adversaries well and I think he's funny. I appreciate his...
Mr. Cobb is badly mistaken. The only reasonable course is to abandon market economies which have got us into all this trouble by consuming too much energy...
Mauk strikes me as more intelligent than many who argue with him give him credit for. Yet I feel that he isn't being as straight about the logic as he claims....
... From: Tom Wayburn To: AlasBabylon@yahoogroups.com ; energyresources@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 6:52 PM Subject: Physics and psychology ...
For a paper I am working on, I need one or two good hyperlinks to material (essays and/or data) both indicting suburbia and coming to its defense. Tom Wayburn ...
Here's one you may have heard of, James Kunstler's "The Long Emergency". Actually a book, but turned into several article-sized chunks here and there on the...
This link might give you some leads: http://newurbanism.org/pages/416429/index.htm or this one: http://www.sustainable.org/ I saw a Notre Dame link for...
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