No mention of Thorium? Of all the alternatives to oil nothing else comes close, and there are many projects around the world working to make it happen.

Fuck.

Depressing as fuck.

Imma gonna go sharpen my spear.

*eco

Adding video to channels (Eco) - requested by calvados.

Awesome vid. so great even in insights to geo-politics.

fuck people, it's time to evolve

I have been considering heading back to school for nuclear engineering for said thorium, @Spacedog79. Problem is, schooling for it is all actually for the uranium stuff, and they mock thorium based reactors. I have a friend whom is a freshman in nuclear engineering and he already discounts it at the direction of his teachers. I think I am going to drop Kirk Sorensen an email and ask what should my course be, I know he just (last year) started the Flibe energy company to develop the LFTR, I want to try and be involved with that in whatever way is the smartest for me. Even so, like this video points out, growth makes it so that even thorium, anything that is consumed is limited. The energy advancement we make will make future generations even more dependent on even further advancements. The failing of that will result in more massive suffering than if no advancement was ever made, or at least that is a risk (one of many). Either way, thorium seems like a good solution in the interim. I'll let you know what I hear, if I hear, from Kirk.

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I have been considering heading back to school for nuclear engineering for said thorium, @Spacedog79. Problem is, schooling for it is all actually for the uranium stuff, and they mock thorium based reactors. I have a friend whom is a freshman in nuclear engineering and he already discounts it at the direction of his teachers. I think I am going to drop Kirk Sorensen an email and ask what should my course be, I know he just (last year) started the Flibe energy company to develop the LFTR, I want to try and be involved with that in whatever way is the smartest for me. Even so, like this video points out, growth makes it so that even thorium, anything that is consumed is limited. The energy advancement we make will make future generations even more dependent on even further advancements. The failing of that will result in more massive suffering than if no advancement was ever made, or at least that is a risk (one of many). Either way, thorium seems like a good solution in the interim. I'll let you know what I hear, if I hear, from Kirk.


awesome. dig it.

Myself and a few friends are very serious about buying some land and building a sustainable teaching farm in the next few years. aquaponics, etc.

We certainly can't wait for politicians to lead.

I wish more peeps would upvote this vid. sucky title but a very comprehensive summary of the world.

@criticalthud You might check out what level of Vertical farming you can integrate. Seems like a great use of land resource, though would tend to seem more backbreaking. I also haven't read how feasible a world wide solution this is, as there is only so much soil that is farm worthy. That said, if we could make crappy soil good soil with exposure to the sun, perhaps there is something to it...beyond my knowledge though(I only know how to keep good soil from going bad, no get bad soil good).

@GeeSussFreeK

yes! looking at farms like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV9CCxdkOng
3 acres ...a lot of food

Great video... Good summary of the current view forward.

However, historically, doomsday predictions appear totally accurate until a lateral change makes it all irrelevant.

We definitely can't continue a profit based industrialized society - but that doesn't mean we all resort to a pre-industrialized subsistence that the hipsters are dying for.

War, Climate change, Disease, Civil uprising... who knows. Not a new power source or life style change - but a new era. Something big and unpredictable and uncontrollable. People will probably die and we'll all see our way of life change. But i can almost guarantee riding a bike and growing lettuce and tomatoes in your backyard isn't going to help.