[ExI] peak fossil by 2020

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 09:20:19AM +0000, BillK wrote:

> Very true, but to no effect.
> Look at the ongoing financial collapse. The politicians have said that
> everyone knows what needs to be done, but the problem they have is how
> to get re-elected afterwards. It is a failure of democracy.

It's true. So start spending money at individual, group and
municipal level. If you fail to do that, it will be not a
failure of democracy, but the failure of individuals.


> So everything possible is done to carry on as near normal as long as
> they can, while the future bill mounts up. When they finally have no
> alternative, the cost to pay will be greater than the world GDP.

If you look at the high figure (5 TUSD) it's already well
beyond normal spending. It's not longer a question of whether
it's gonna hurt but how badly. The weakest will hurting
the most.
 
> (That implies a bit of discomfort for everyone).

Don't look right now, but that giant sucking sound you've
been hearing for a while... yeah, it's what you think.