[maximumheaviosity]

5. Globalism ends.
4. Goodbye, Wal-Mart.
3. Hasta la vista, Las Vegas.
2. Celebrities are lynched.
1. No more leaf blowers.

Others?

[medicvet]

1. a sense of community restored out of necessity
2. With less and less electricity, a rediscovery of the joys of reading and playing boardgames takes placed.
3. Individual farmers are again revered as the backbone of this nation
4. practical day to day living skills more appreciated..indeed, become a necessity


(I came up with these while still realizing that PO will end up causing a lot of hardship and death for many, so still am not looking forward to it, but since this is a 'looking on the bright side of things' thread, tried to keep in the spirit of it.)

[rogerhb]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('maximumheaviosity', '2'). Celebrities are lynched.
Others?

[Raxozanne]

- Things will slow down
- We will become more aware of nature and the environment
- Vital skills will be relearnt

[Wildwell]

- Cult of celebrity ends, many of them meet their ends falling into horse muck while presenting new Horse love shows
- Traffic wardens get sacked
- Junk mail ends and Credit card applications stop coming through the door
- Christmas advertising and music playing in every retail buildings starts late December instead of late August
- End of Yobs, idiots on inadequates at the weekend on drink binges and embarrassing the nation abroad as they are forced to work hard manual labour with whips and chains

[Mo_Oil_Dave]

- A signifigant reduction in traffic on the roads.

- And a return of the Tall Ships of yesterday, with their billowing sails.



I hope the picture works.

Mo_Oil_Dave.

[SinisterBlueCat]

no more telemarking calls at dinnertime!!

[ashurbanipal]

I hate to be the party pooper here (not that I've pooped at many parties). But really, I don't think what's coming is going to be good for anyone.

Here's one example of a possible future:

I have a nine year old daughter. Probably the only child I will ever have. She's smart as a whip (I.Q. =164 last time she tested on the Wexsler), full of spunk, loves to entertain people, always smiles, etc. etc. She cries at the possibility that gummy worms won't be around much longer. Her mom and I divorced 3 years ago, and I am now with someone else (as is my ex). Jade (the ex) doesn't really "get" what's going on. I talked to her about Peak Oil, and her response was that she tried to conserve gas any time she could. She hadn't thought about the cost of fuel getting tomatoes to the local store, etc. And she's taken out a pretty massive loan getting a new house in the suburbs.

Now, I'm preparing, as fast and thoroughly as I can. But what if my daughter ends up with Jade amidst the massive social upheaval likely to ensue? What if by chance, I'm simply not able to save her? And how many will experience something of the same bitterness that might befall me? All of us will know people who will die, who will starve to death, and what's worse? All of us will know people who we will refuse help because giving that help will kill us.

The only good thing I can think that will come out of what will be happening over the next decade or two will be that people in America (anyway) will re-learn the fact that they are mortal, that all life comes to an end. And in that realization will come a need to again find God in a non-sectarian, non-religious sense. In that realization, I think, a kind of spirituality that we can now barely comprehend will again take hold, and people will find their souls again. The price for that will, however, take all levity out of the daydreams of the most prepared person, it will destroy all humor about the coming force of history, it will grind to dust the artifice within which we all currently understand ourselves.

[Paul64]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ashurbanipal', 'A')ll of us will know people who will die, who will starve to death, and what's worse? All of us will know people who we will refuse help because giving that help will kill us.

[SinisterBlueCat]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ashurbanipal', '
') The price for that will, however, take all levity out of the daydreams of the most prepared person, it will destroy all humor about the coming force of history, it will grind to dust the artifice within which we all currently understand ourselves.

[Ardalla]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I') have a nine year old daughter.

[Sunspot]

PO will prove, once and for all, that there really is no intelligent life in the universe

[MicroHydro]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Mo_Oil_Dave', 'A') return of the Tall Ships of yesterday, with their billowing sails.

[drew]

Take care of your kid, keep good relations with you ex, but for Godsakes, don't do something stupid like running. You will lose whatever custody you have, and maybe end up in the klink. P. oil could be a long slow process, and you will only be percieved as a nut by doing things rashly. PO will become apparent in good time. Besides where would you run to?

PS I've got three teens.

Drew

[Keith_McClary]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Raxozanne', '
')- Vital skills will be relearnt

[shakespear1]

Samurai Training will be in Vogue ( by Madonna)

[evilmonkeyspanker]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Sunspot', 'P')O will prove, once and for all, that there really is no intelligent life in the universe

[maximumheaviosity]

Lighten up, people...

Hiltons go bankrupt.
Trump commits suicide.
"Paper or plastic" dilemma ends.
CD wrappers banned.
No more NASCAR.

[clifman]

Sorry to be broad in my 'top pick' but (with a nod to "no more NASCAR") I go with an end to rewarding mindlessness. Sure, for awhile the perks of lucky birth will hold, and some will be able to buy their way to comfort. But as things get worse, true skills, thought, planning and instinct will be rewarded instead of blindly following a mantra of borrow, buy, consume, discard, repeat.

[Renfield]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('clifman', 'S')orry to be broad in my 'top pick' but (with a nod to "no more NASCAR") I go with an end to rewarding mindlessness. Sure, for awhile the perks of lucky birth will hold, and some will be able to buy their way to comfort. But as things get worse, true skills, thought, planning and instinct will be rewarded instead of blindly following a mantra of borrow, buy, consume, discard, repeat.