“Oil depletion and climate change will create an entirely new context in which political struggles will be played out. Within that context, it is not just freedom, democracy, and equality that are at stake, but the survival of billions of humans and of whole ecosystems.” HumansWholePoliticalStruggleDemocracySurvivalClimateClimate ChangeOilBillionsStakesEcosystemsPolitical StrugglePeak Oil Author:Richard Heinberg
“As political theorist Michael Parenti points out, historians often overlook Fascism's economic agenda--the partnership between Big Capital and Big Government--in their analysis of its authoritarian social program. Indeed, according to Bertram Gross in his startlingly prescient Friendly Fascism (1980), it is possible to achieve fascist goals within an ostensibly democratic society.” BigsGovernmentPoliticalSocialGoalEconomicAchieveProgramDemocraticAnalysisFriendlyAgendasHistorianFascismPartnershipGrossFascistsBig GovernmentDemocratic SocietyTheoristsSocial Programs Author:Richard Heinberg
“We are about to enter a new era in which, each year, less net energy will be available to humankind, regardless of our efforts or choices. The only significant choice we will have will be how we adjust to this new regime. That choice - not whether, but how to reduce energy usage and make a transition to renewable alternatives - will have profound ethical and political ramifications.” YearsPoliticalChoicesEnergyEffortProfoundEnvironmentalAvailableSignificantAlternativesErasEthicalTransitionRegimesHumankindUsageNew EraRamifications Book:The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies Source: The Party's Over: Oil, War and the Fate of Industrial Societies
