You think you owe a lot on your credit card, mortgage or student loans?   That’s nothing compared to the $510,678 every single American will have to pay in order to pay off the national liabilities our nation owes.
The National Debt is just one piece of the puzzle, add in Medicare, Social Security, Government retirement benefits etc.  […]

Pretty Nice M.P.G, if you don’t mind lying on your belly riding in a giant hotdog (or turd) shaped death trap.
While the tech involved is pretty cool, one can’t help wonder; wouldn’t it just be easier to rebuild (or re-invent) our rail infrastructure, build multi-use pedestrian friendly urban centers, and discontinue the destruction of our farmland […]

From MSNBC.COM: 
High gas prices lead to boom in motor scooters
Sales seen surging as pump prices top $3 a gallon
NEW YORK - With gas prices above $3 a gallon, software engineer Daniel Fry has been commuting to work over the Brooklyn Bridge in a car pool of sorts.
It’s actually more like a convoy — of motor […]

What I what to know is,  Who in the hell buys gas from some guy selling it in his front yard?  It sounds so….  Third World?

Just more weird crime and more weird crap as we enter the birth of The Long Emergency.  I know I’ve said this a lot on Goofyblog over the past month […]

 
Some people may think I talk to much on Goofyblog about the Gas/Oil situation.  The reason I bring it up so much is because I believe it will be the number one issue effecting the United States, and the world, for a long time to come.
Today we have news that oil prices continue to climb, […]

3 More years huh?
I guess we can look forward to more scenes like this (a video showing how people are stealing gas from gas stations by taking apart the electronics in the pump) over those next 3 years.
Sounds more like the early stages of The Long Emergency to me.  When the Secretary of Energy says “The oil has […]

 
Every day it just gets weirder. 
It’s amazing what people will do when it dawns on them that their entire lifestyle, existence even, is dependent upon cheap available oil, and that the party may finally be coming to an end.
I wonder what people will say 100-200 years from now when they look back at these days, just […]

 
More too-little-too-late politicial postering by the clueless leadership in the White House.  Bush wants to have the personal authority to raise fuel-efficiency standards on cars.   WOW… Thankyou for saving the country moron.   As if thats going to change anything in the next 5 years.  I guess I can relax now knowing you’re on top of […]

 
This is unbelievable.  As I said in a post a few days ago, Our “leadership” in the white house and congress is pretty much following the script that Howard Kunstler predicted in his book “The Long Emergency” i.e. Denial that we’ve hit peak oil, that a new age is dawning, and instead of responsible, corrective […]

 
From Reuters.COM:
Cape Cod debates first US offshore wind farm
By Jason Szep
YARMOUTH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - A plan to build the world largest offshore wind-power farm off Massachusetts is dividing residents of the Cape Cod resort region, in a debate involving million-dollar ocean views, migrating birds and soaring energy bills.
Opponents seeking to block the $900 million project […]

 From CNN.COM:
Drivers run out of gas to save money
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Some California drivers are resorting to desperate measures to beat the surge in gas prices at the pump — deliberately running dry on the state’s freeways and simply waiting for rescue.
“Every time fuel goes up, we start noticing it. But right now […]

 
So far, Howard Kunstlers predictions are right on.  He said the early stages of the “Long Emergency” would be half-measures, denial, and other attempts at perserving our oil-dependent life-style.   Having real leadership on this issue would be next to impossible with a truely competent President,  with the complete idiot that sits in the white house now…   not […]

Could this be the beginning of the Long Emergency?   For more on this, check out the review I wrote by James Howard Kunstler a few weeks ago. 
From CNN Money.COM:
Oil turns higher, hits record above $74
Inventory worries linger; keeping an eye on Iran, new front-month contract.
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices turned higher and hit a record […]

From Sustainlane.COM:
U.S. Cities’ Preparedness for an Oil Crisis
This is a Tale of Two Types of Cities.
One type of city has a dense, walkable center with cultural attractions, jobs, farmers markets, and residential neighborhoods easily accessible by foot, bike, or public transit. The other type has lower density, a poorly or undefined center, separate centers of […]