It's about desire
With faith, the essence - though not the specific scenarios - of our desires will come true.
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“..our ‘empire of consumption’ contains the seeds of its own destruction...our foreign policy establishment in Washington is totally incapable of coming to grips with it...”
~Chalmers Johnson
mollystrongheart.blogspot.com
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Russia-Georgia Conflict Fueled by Rush to Control Caspian Energy Resources
democracynow.org/2008/8/15/russia_georgia_conflict_fueled_by_rush
...the Russian-Georgian conflict is largely an energy war over who has access to the vast oil and natural gas reserves in the Caspian region...
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From:
Jimmy Carter's Malaise Speech, 1979
by Jimmy Carter
eoearth.org/article/Jimmy_Carter's__malaise_speech
...And this is one of the most vivid statements: "Our neck is stretched over the fence and OPEC has a knife."...
And this one from a labor leader got to the heart of it: "The real issue is freedom. We must deal with the energy problem on a war footing."
...a system of government that seems incapable of action...pulled in every direction by hundreds of well financed and powerful special interests. You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another. You often see a balanced and a fair approach that demands sacrifice, a little sacrifice from everyone, abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends...
We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is a path I've warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure.
All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path, the path of common purpose and the restoration of American values. That path leads to true freedom for our Nation and ourselves. We can take the first steps down that path as we begin to solve our energy problem.
Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.
In little more than two decades we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries, at prices that are going through the roof. Our excessive dependence...a cause of the increased inflation and unemployment that we now face. This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our Nation.
The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our Nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.
What I have to say to you now about energy is simple and vitally important.
Point one: I am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the United States. Beginning this moment, this Nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 -- never. From now on, every new addition to our demand for energy will be met from our own production and our own conservation...
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futurefood.org
supportculturedmeat.org
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International Initiative on Agri-Environmental Issues
March 2008
iisd.org/pdf/2008/review_international_assessments_annex.pdf
...Organic Agriculture...
...policy options to support sustainable agricultural methods, including investing in
organic certification, investing in biocontrols and non-chemical, cultural pest management;
reforming tax systems to make organic farming more competitive with intensive agricultural
systems, including shifting taxes from wages towards penalizing pollution and resource
consumption; and investing in low external input technologies to improve soil fertility...
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I want my (hydroponic) MEAT.
membersproject.com/project/view/H6PLUB
usnews.com/articles/science/plants-animals/2008/07/24/what-will-we-eat-in-a-hungrier-world.html
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richardheinberg.com/links
oss.net
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“..our ‘empire of consumption’ contains the seeds of its own destruction...our foreign policy establishment in Washington is totally incapable of coming to grips with it...”
~Chalmers Johnson
mollystrongheart.blogspot.com
======
Russia-Georgia Conflict Fueled by Rush to Control Caspian Energy Resources
democracynow.org/2008/8/15/russia_georgia_conflict_fueled_by_rush
...the Russian-Georgian conflict is largely an energy war over who has access to the vast oil and natural gas reserves in the Caspian region...
======
From:
Jimmy Carter's Malaise Speech, 1979
by Jimmy Carter
eoearth.org/article/Jimmy_Carter's__malaise_speech
...And this is one of the most vivid statements: "Our neck is stretched over the fence and OPEC has a knife."...
And this one from a labor leader got to the heart of it: "The real issue is freedom. We must deal with the energy problem on a war footing."
...a system of government that seems incapable of action...pulled in every direction by hundreds of well financed and powerful special interests. You see every extreme position defended to the last vote, almost to the last breath by one unyielding group or another. You often see a balanced and a fair approach that demands sacrifice, a little sacrifice from everyone, abandoned like an orphan without support and without friends...
We are at a turning point in our history. There are two paths to choose. One is a path I've warned about tonight, the path that leads to fragmentation and self-interest. Down that road lies a mistaken idea of freedom, the right to grasp for ourselves some advantage over others. That path would be one of constant conflict between narrow interests ending in chaos and immobility. It is a certain route to failure.
All the traditions of our past, all the lessons of our heritage, all the promises of our future point to another path, the path of common purpose and the restoration of American values. That path leads to true freedom for our Nation and ourselves. We can take the first steps down that path as we begin to solve our energy problem.
Energy will be the immediate test of our ability to unite this Nation, and it can also be the standard around which we rally. On the battlefield of energy we can win for our Nation a new confidence, and we can seize control again of our common destiny.
In little more than two decades we've gone from a position of energy independence to one in which almost half the oil we use comes from foreign countries, at prices that are going through the roof. Our excessive dependence...a cause of the increased inflation and unemployment that we now face. This intolerable dependence on foreign oil threatens our economic independence and the very security of our Nation.
The energy crisis is real. It is worldwide. It is a clear and present danger to our Nation. These are facts and we simply must face them.
What I have to say to you now about energy is simple and vitally important.
Point one: I am tonight setting a clear goal for the energy policy of the United States. Beginning this moment, this Nation will never use more foreign oil than we did in 1977 -- never. From now on, every new addition to our demand for energy will be met from our own production and our own conservation...
======
futurefood.org
supportculturedmeat.org
======
International Initiative on Agri-Environmental Issues
March 2008
iisd.org/pdf/2008/review_international_assessments_annex.pdf
...Organic Agriculture...
...policy options to support sustainable agricultural methods, including investing in
organic certification, investing in biocontrols and non-chemical, cultural pest management;
reforming tax systems to make organic farming more competitive with intensive agricultural
systems, including shifting taxes from wages towards penalizing pollution and resource
consumption; and investing in low external input technologies to improve soil fertility...
======
I want my (hydroponic) MEAT.
membersproject.com/project/view/H6PLUB
usnews.com/articles/science/plants-animals/2008/07/24/what-will-we-eat-in-a-hungrier-world.html
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richardheinberg.com/links
oss.net
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