Peak Oil War Economy Radicals?
As price of fuel oil & all things made of
& shipped on gas/oil rise (plastics, coils, solvents, glue,
paint, cars, planes, dishes, bottles, clothes,
rope, medicine, airlines, furniture, appliances,
boats, housing, tools, toys, dolls,
packaging, disks, electronics, jewelry, bedding,
bag, frig, cards, etc.) conservation &
efficiency
= doing more with less; recycling/reusing/ repairing will replace buying ever
new goodies & treats.
The eco friendly folks are localizing our life
needy faster as goods costing more we can do it ourselves. HereÕs
some trends if seen & done since 1970s when the first energy crisis of oil
wars began & ecology movement surged in US>
People with grassy lawn yards mow them
less or not, so grass grows tall & seedy, irritating classy
neighbors. Lawns die from not enuf rain or city water rationed during
hotspell/drout cycles.
Neighborhood free-stores, recycling centers,
swap shops, stores, garages, station sprout up in poor & resourceful
communities, & giving away surplus, on driveways & lawns.
Community gardens dug up pavements &
& lawns, planted in parks, school ground, churches yards, riverside, fairgrounds,
dried up wetlands, for growing food. Victory gardens planted by volunteer
teams in neighborhood yards for homers & sharing with neighbors,.using
compost for fertility.
Local garden seed swaps, in spring for planting
& fall for saving seeds for next years planting for growing food in gardens
& small farms, herb & tree starts
Weekly Farmers & grower markets in communities where
local home grown natural & organic food is sold by farmers cheaper without
packaging.
Alter plots of food growing in greenhouses, domes,
on sod roofs, in pots, shelves & tables, porches, sunny south sides,
Grey (reuse) & rainwater harvesting, collecting, saving,
&or storing for home using in for watering gardens, washing, cleaning &
filtering to drink.
Energy conserving Ð in offices, business,
homes, government & schools voluntary turning off lights & heater at
nite & when not being used.
Self heating in winter Ð when oil/gas/energy
prices rising fast, using wool clothes, exersize, yoga, dancing, massage,
jogging, bicycling, chopping fire-wood, deep breathing, cayenne, garlic,
cold water, singing, cuddling, winter gardening, sexualove, inversion,
southside greenhouse & composting space heating
Home made solar hot water heaters & storage,
small turbo windmills, in house heat pumps, 12 VDC current replacing 120V
AC, is far more efficient energy.
Bedae Ð French low-flow water washing toilet, saves
90% of usually wasted water, or can be flushed with wash waste water.
Clothes lines replaces power clothes
dryers
Hot summer cooling with cold water, shade,
deep breathing, herbs, ice, naps, Shiatzu, wind