Economy and the World in Crisis: Gas, Food, Thought

Crisis is defined first as a “turning point” and secondly as a “crucial situation.” Currently the world is deep into the latter as it relates to energy and food, though inevitably the present situation will evolve into the former. The international community, and particularly the United States, must be willing to think differently about energy, food, and the environment. The current paradigm, as expressed by consumption and inaction, reflects an underlying belief that there will always be more and that this crisis, and others before it, are temporary. Just as society had to accept that the Earth is not flat and the Sun is the center of the universe, we must now accept that oil is not a renewable resource and that how we live today will determine how our grandchildren live tomorrow. We must think about problems in a new way or we will never generate a new reality; we are, in fact, destroying our current reality.

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