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I do think sometimes people outside of this site don't look at all of the indication factors of what has been discussed here...for example:
resource / food / water land grabs ....check
chasing expensive oil production methods because the easy stuff just isn't there anymore...check
distracting the voters with circuses and bread and fun fun wars in someone else's backyard....check
Now when you mix those with things that may not be directly (but still part of) the peak oil umbrella, such as pollution, climate change, animal extinction rates, ocean acidification, plummeting fish stocks, the colony collapse problems with bees, human population problems, etc....it does become overwhelming. Which may be why we see people closing their eyes, covering their ears and refusing to think about the future, or changing any of their behaviors.
Hell, I believe I know what is coming to this world eventually. We're starting to get a taste of what is to come. I apologized to my children when they were 12 for what was likely going to be left to them to deal with. And yet...I still drive to work. I eat well and often. I enjoy my electronic gizmos. I am JUST AS MUCH to blame as everyone else. How can I expect others to uncover their eyes and actually try to see? All I can do is try to answer questions when they come up...for that I want to be informed so I value this place. But for others, the topics discussed here are likely frightening.
Perhaps what we need to drive new traffic are friendly, enjoyable, amusing mascots to take the sting out of the topics....something perhaps like:
See, the 4 horsemen can be downright cuddly!
Oh, and bring back the Nigerian Swag Bag of Awesomeness. That was a highlight to read
