Simple answer? No. i do wonder if we aren't at the beginning of the end. It's odd to me, in fact, that more people are not worried about the supply ending sooner then later, of oil, and the effect that will have on the planet.
Sounds like their response is to adopt a simpler lifestyle. The grandma lost 70 pounds. All that is good. A basement full of canned foods and an armory of guns will only delay the inevitable if there is a total economic collapse, but simplifying their lifestyle will assure them a more comfortable life if times merely get harder due to rising costs and shortages of resources.
Good thing they're prepared. We all know when the Y2K bug hits on January 1, 2000, civilization as we know it will totally collapse.
They're lost weight, planted trees, grow a garden, drive less. Sounds good to me, even if they did it because they believe the country is about to collapse.
What about...... I remember around four years ago, at Costco (Sams Club, same thing) they had a gallon of odorless, non flammable emergency fuel, that was $20. The local news team ran it through a new Jaguar, and it ran fine. What was that, and why can't it be made cheaper?
Found it. Found it. One article said it was merely Kerosene. Would a car run on Kerosene for ten miles like this stuff? CanadianDriver: Automotive Product Reviews - Pennzoil Roadside Rescue New Emergency Fuel Additive Rescues Drivers Who Run Out of Gas
Re: What about...... It's probably gasoline with $17.50 worth of chemicals to suppress the smell. If it was really non-flammable the jaguar would not have run on it. Did they run the car on the pure stuff, or did they just add some to a full tank of gas? Add a gallon of alcohol to a tankful of gasoline, and all modern cars will run just fine. Call it gasohol and lots of folks prefer it. Energy has a cost. If it's fuel it has energy. Energy costs more today than it used to. You can make your own of course, for free, but the equipment costs money. Don't tell anybody, but I have it on good authority that Darell (evnut.com) has a top-secret alien machine that makes energy for free. (Well, except that it's not actually secret and it's not alien ...)
I would have thought so 6 months ago. Since then I've studied the problem and come to the same stark conclusion they have. How do you imagine the world will look like in 30 years?
