The End Of Suburbia
Hi Folks
I have been busy on several boards ( Yahoo groups) runningonempty2,runningonempty3,runningonemptyCA and others. Peak Oil knowledge is spreading and information is being passed by word of mouth. I had my insurance agent over today. He had never heard of peak oil. I gave a 5 cent tour and broke it down ( It think ) quite well so he could "Get" it. I also told him about our showing of "The End Of Suburbia" at the Chatham library, 7:00 wed.May 31. I did not have to go too far in my examples, just told him about the world production of oil is at it's peak and the light crude is mostly gone and what is left is the heavier oil and the price is going to go up and up. I then told hom abot the 3000 mile salad where you go to a Toronto resturant and have lettuce that was grown in California and another part of the salad from florida and another part of it from another long distance place. He lives close to Toronto, so he got that part easily. I told him we would have to pay more for Coffee and Bananas since they can't grow here. I kept it simple and he got it. I did not overwhelm him with all kinds of numbers or charts. I also told him I was investing my money in upgrading my house. He said that was probably one of the wisest moves on my part. As went to leave, he made sure he had the name of the film writen down and he was going to look for it when he gets back, or he may show up at the library if he is still in town. If I can "Sell" Peak Oil to and insurance guy, anything is possible.
Michael J. Kaer, creator of http://survival-list.blogspot.com and owner of http://www.2bitpixel.com and http://www.mikesworms.com
I have been busy on several boards ( Yahoo groups) runningonempty2,runningonempty3,runningonemptyCA and others. Peak Oil knowledge is spreading and information is being passed by word of mouth. I had my insurance agent over today. He had never heard of peak oil. I gave a 5 cent tour and broke it down ( It think ) quite well so he could "Get" it. I also told him about our showing of "The End Of Suburbia" at the Chatham library, 7:00 wed.May 31. I did not have to go too far in my examples, just told him about the world production of oil is at it's peak and the light crude is mostly gone and what is left is the heavier oil and the price is going to go up and up. I then told hom abot the 3000 mile salad where you go to a Toronto resturant and have lettuce that was grown in California and another part of the salad from florida and another part of it from another long distance place. He lives close to Toronto, so he got that part easily. I told him we would have to pay more for Coffee and Bananas since they can't grow here. I kept it simple and he got it. I did not overwhelm him with all kinds of numbers or charts. I also told him I was investing my money in upgrading my house. He said that was probably one of the wisest moves on my part. As went to leave, he made sure he had the name of the film writen down and he was going to look for it when he gets back, or he may show up at the library if he is still in town. If I can "Sell" Peak Oil to and insurance guy, anything is possible.
Michael J. Kaer, creator of http://survival-list.blogspot.com and owner of http://www.2bitpixel.com and http://www.mikesworms.com
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