[Caine]

And what the hell. I'll throw in some creepy abandoned building/malls/stores pics to set the peak oil mood.

[cube]

I think you'll like this site Caine
http://www.deadmalls.com/

it has nothing to do with PO, it's about shopping malls in decline.
I think we're going to see a lot more stores going belly up in the very near term future through a combination of a sinking dollar and constrained resources.

[mgibbons19]

Cool dead gas stations pics.

[SILENTTODD]

With any luck. the silver lining might be our streets will soon look like this!

[Twilight]

Things always look OK from the air. The luxury of distance.

[timmac]

BigTex Wrote >>>>>>>

Anyone remember that movie from about 1978 or so with Lee Majors and Burgess Meredith where it's a post oil world, but for some reason Lee Majors is driving a race car and Burgess Meredith is chasing him in a Sabre fighter plane?





Oh yea I remember that show also when I was a kid,, Do you also remember Soylent Green..........

[Dvanharn]

Belgian Henk van Rensbergen, a commercial jet pilot, has a website named abandoned-places.com that is an incredible showcase of abandoned buildings. He is an excellent photographer, and his few words are an appropriate companion to the photographs. The site has been up and maintained for many years.

He treats the sites he visits as one should treat the wilderness, and leave everything as he found it. Unfortunately, others destroy, steal and vandalize, and Henk has reduced his postings because his site is a source of information that allows the destroyers to locate new targets. He reflects on this - "Nature is a powerful but slow and gentle force that takes back what used to be hers, giving age the beauty of decay. Here, other forces are in play, destructive, violent, criminal and efficient. They erase what took years to build, they destroy whatever value this place still had. I can not believe this happens without a reason."

I find myself drawn to the obscene beauty of abandoned-places.com, and once a year or so, I surf through it's pages. Many of the factories he photographs are symbols of the industrial revolution and the rise of human energy use to it's current unsustainable level.

Dave

[Revi]

Awesome images. Picturing post peak is the first step. I think we'll have to recycle all that metal and glass, and put the land back to work. There will be gas lines and pandemonium, but then we'll have to get back to work.

[Caine]

Thanks for all the great replies and links everyone. I know these pictures may be hard for some to look at and imagine that it could happen soon. But I think later, after some time, people will adapt and things will be more local. Life will be much harder, but I have a feeling many of us will be happier, too. I don't think peak oil is the end of the world. Just the end of the modern age.

[JustaGirl]

You'd probably love pictures of Chernobyl. As long as the US doesn't end up looking like that, I will be OK.

I tend to agree with oilfinder though. Not every suburb will be abandoned, no doubt some will. I think mine will fare OK. We are within walking/biking distance of 2 grocery stores, city hall, local farmer markets, and numerous other shops. I will soon be able to bike to the new light-rail. I also live by the cargo train tracks, which would seem like a good food drop off location, post peak.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustaGirl', 'W')e are within walking/biking distance of 2 grocery stores, city hall, local farmer markets, and numerous other shops. I will soon be able to bike to the new light-rail. I also live by the cargo train tracks, which would seem like a good food drop off location, post peak.

[JustaGirl]

I would venture to say 70%, maybe even more, of the people around here who go to these stores COULD walk/bike if they wanted to. At this time they chose not too. There's also 2 walmarts within biking distance of me(and thousands of others), but I try to avoid going there if possible. I just don't see all 6 of these places going out of business, Maybe 2,3, or even 4. My point was not all suburbs are set up in a way that requires a car to continue daily life. Of course if you work 30 minutes away you're going to have a big problem, assuming you'll still have a job & you can't work from home.

Yes it will be interesting to see what happens. I have been pleased with the little steps I see my state taking. Although they are doing a lot of things that seem counterproductive at the same time.

[cube]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustaGirl', 'I') would venture to say 70%, maybe even more, of the people around here who go to these stores COULD walk/bike if they wanted to.

[highlander]

The small towns around here used to have several gas/grocery marts. Many are now shutting down. We will likely see the contraction continue. then long lines. Then shortages. That is likely when TSHTF.

[Milret2]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('JustaGirl', 'Y')ou'd probably love pictures of Chernobyl. As long as the US doesn't end up looking like that, I will be OK.

I tend to agree with oilfinder though. Not every suburb will be abandoned, no doubt some will. I think mine will fare OK. We are within walking/biking distance of 2 grocery stores, city hall, local farmer markets, and numerous other shops. I will soon be able to bike to the new light-rail. I also live by the cargo train tracks, which would seem like a good food drop off location, post peak.

[patience]

Those gas lines bring 1974 to mind. And maybe 2008, '09.

[Twilight]

It brings 2000 to mind here. Of course, no-one actually learnt anything.