The situation We have declining amounts of energy in the future For the past 100 years our culture has flourished because of abundant and cheap energy There are no replacement energy sources available in the quantity or quality needed Options There is no solution only adaption and mitigation Mitigation Curb population - restrict births, offer euthanasia to the elderly, restrict immigration Curb energy usage - restrict private vehicles Curb oil and gas extraction - save for future Adaption Promote local production of goods and services through tariffs Promote mass transit Promote alternate forms of energy generation Promote pre fossil fuels means of production and transportation Promote local production goods and services that do not use fossil fuels
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/gobekli-tepe.html?c=y&page=1 'To Schmidt and others, these new findings suggest a novel theory of civilization. Scholars have long believed that only after people learned to farm and live in settled communities did they have the time, organization and resources to construct temples and support complicated social structures. But Schmidt argues it was the other way around: the extensive, coordinated effort to build the monoliths literally laid the groundwork for the development of complex societies.' Interesting theory - but why? What was the problem building temples solved? Why was building temples cheaper than the alternative? what was that alternative? 'Hodder is fascinated that Gobekli Tepe's pillar carvings are dominated not by edible prey like deer and cattle but by menacing creatures such as lions, spiders, snakes and scorpions. "It's a scary, fantastic world of nasty-looking beasts," he muses. Whi
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