The 'On The Bright Side' thread..

How will oil depletion affect the way we live? What will the economic impact be? How will agriculture change? Will we thrive or merely survive?

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The 'On The Bright Side' thread..

Post by PowerSwitchJames »

Nice weather today. :D
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The sooner things come to a head in the Uk the sooner we can stop p1ssing away whats left off the North Sea fields.

Does that count as looking on the bright side?

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Post by Sky »

Two good friends just got engaged :D
‘With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world.’ Max Ehrmann.
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The air will be a lot fresher and the roads will be safe to cycle on in a few years. :)
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Post by Ballard »

It's going to be a lot quieter.
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Living locally with lower consumer expectations significantly hurts big corporations
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There's a 'big-corporation' extinction coming..
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We have an opportunity to build a better world :)

and it is sunny here too 8)
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mikepepler wrote:The air will be a lot fresher and the roads will be safe to cycle on in a few years. :)
Roll on the free cycling days ^_^
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Earning no wages means that you pay no income tax

Trading everything 2nd-hand means you pay no VAT
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Post by rs »

Inviting the family round for lunch brings on a whole new meaning ;-)
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When the oil runs out, they're all cycle lanes!

An end to globalisation :D
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fishertrop wrote:Earning no wages means that you pay no income tax
Less Income Tax = Less Government
"If the complexity of our economies is impossible to sustain [with likely future oil supply], our best hope is to start to dismantle them before they collapse." George Monbiot
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Post by broadoak »

With no street-lighting, we'll be able to see the stars more easily.
'even the snail
leaves a stardust trail'.
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broadoak wrote:With no street-lighting, we'll be able to see the stars more easily.
With less automated navigation, we'll need to in order to navigate properly ;)
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