Reply #17: We are the creature that didn't know when to stop. [View All]

[Gregorian]

And with the power to make that so.

I've just finished watching all eight parts of the video. It should be mandatory viewing for every person on earth.

I've battled some of my engineering friends who claim that Malthus was wrong. Or that the billions of barrels of oil we'll discover will pull us out of the mess we're in. Or that global warming doesn't exist. Or that we can engineer our way out of this. All of these, mechanical engineers with the same years of calculus that I've had.

Over the last ten years I have physically begun to break down over this. This morning is one of those mornings. I'm sick. My head is like a hangover. I hold my breath at night. And I'm angry much of the time. Listening to the old man, I now see that it's not just me being a nutcase. But like this forum, until I realized politics in America, I had no idea why I was in such a state of frustration over our society. Reagan's era brought yet another layer of frustration for me. And until I realized things like repealing the Fairness Docrtine, I just assumed I was neurotic, and needed to get drunk just to anesthetize myself. Years later I discovered what a mess we are in. No media to speak of. No control mechanism. A country gone wild with Straussian politics. Corruption. No, I'm not nuts. No more than anyone else. I suffer from good vision.

Sheesh, what were we talking about?

By the way, today is the 365th day that I've been without electricity. Speaking of energy. I'm using far more than my alloted American standard of 1.8 liters of petroleum per day. Hopefully planning will come through, and I'll have a house soon. But after having this thread of discussion, I have renewed doubt about what the hell I'm doing. Another house?! Good lord. All in the attempt to escape the hoards.

But I've digressed from whatever it was we werre talkking about. Argh.

:)