Week 3

Now Dr Thomas is putting the pressure on us. He asked us What if we were to pull the plug? The discusion along with the readings really put me in a tough spot. I found myself in my car wondering where I would be going or how I would be going somewhere if we did not depend on energy and oil. There are many things to think about notably:

Food
Shelter
Transportation
Power
Social
Economic changes
Lifestyle

There would a whole different way of life that we have never seen. There is nothing that we can relate this to. We can see the Indians and the people of New Guinea but we are not experiencing it first hand. We should all take a pledge to be energy free for a day. We couldn't. Everything that we have contains energy even a cheeseburger or a blanket that we would sleep with.
Our revolution needs to begin with ourselves and go from there. Think about the list and figure where what we do now and how it would change with out electricity or other technologies.
I really found this troubling and how it is even possible to convert a whole society that is based on energy to abandon it. It starts with one person and can touch others and be spread.