Reply To: General thought on old coal mines.

[Phil’s Dad]

I’m not really sure where this is going. There seem to be two separate threads.

1/ AaronB’s well informed statement

AaronB wrote: Armed conflict between nation-states, religious factions, family clans, terrorist organizations, gangs and individuals is a never-ending part of history, and from my perspective, it always will be.

seems to me just a better way of expressing “War is the natural state;”

I fully support his view (shared, I think, by everyone here) that safe affordable energy and the resources it frees up will reduce the reasons given for war. Reduce, not eliminate. So we must continue to work constantly for peace.

2/ The other thread is about whether we do the cause any good by “ambulance chasing” man made disasters. I think not. If that is judgemental so be it. There are times when sound judgement is the best thing you can bring to the table.

But, Rezwan, you already have your positive message. You said, among so many other excellent examples;

(https://focusfusion.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/364/)

Rezwan wrote: I do want to live in a world where we transition easily from sleek urban areas with the option of jumping in a supersonic chopper to hawaii, or hopping on a horse and riding all day to the next town…

I mean, this corporate American western civilization is a bit boring. I’d like to see more anachronism and greater expanses of wild land where that could happen.

So, I have a number of fantasies of alternative futures and landscapes. None of these is very viable in the current limited resources…

There is your story. Roll cameras.

And in the same thread you said

Rezwan wrote: I hear you on the holier than thou thing…So, the environmental movement doesn’t resonate with me because its focus is on punishment and guilt,…

And no whiners.

Queue the video