January 2011
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“You know the drill: global warming isn’t happening, if it is happening then it’s...”
– If you screen-scraped all the statements of global warming deniers on the Internet (something like this process), the meta-statement you could create from the most commonly used words would probably look like this. (via DougJ)
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“Are you putting important things off until some future period when you have more...”
– Ryan Avent. If only it were as easy to do as to say.
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“We’ve already discussed how networks of mutual aid spontaneously arise in...”
– T. Greer, via Matt Frost. If energy costs for long distance transport continue to rise and no substitutes for petroleum can be found, it’s likely to strengthen the importance of local communities and economies. Whether that’s a disaster, in the sense discussed here, is another matter.
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Life After Peak Travel →
I’m not particularly well-traveled, and thanks to highway gridlock, dysfunctional airlines, and (especially) rising energy costs, the window for becoming well-traveled, as we understand it today, may be closing for most of us. The Internet, of course, makes a return to provincialism impossible, but it’s hardly a perfect substitute.