tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416216787811433893.post6497154186986828839..comments2024-02-27T10:18:27.123-06:00Comments on Swedish in Milwaukee: Musings in the Age Of Collapse: We have some things to talk about, yes?Margaret Swedishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18122528070296887747noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8416216787811433893.post-38276150888274114082016-08-08T12:43:31.803-05:002016-08-08T12:43:31.803-05:00We probably don't have much time to launch a t...We probably don't have much time to launch a true cultural alternative to the dying dominant system. Change will not be a "century" away (which in the myopic business-as-usual scenarios is code for "never").<br /><br />Resilient local / regional communities need to be functionning when? 10 years? - if the climate deteriorates rapidly provoking political instability both between and within nation states. Or do we have 50 years? (assuming that doomsayers like me have understimated a bit) <br /><br />If you take the mid-range of these estimates, that gives us 20 - 40 years to build local / regional resilience / autonomy. Not much time!<br /><br />Here is some good news on the large scale: Denmark is producing 40% and more of its electricity from windpower. This does not make them immune from geopolitical / regional instability or climate change effects but it does, potentially, increase their POTENTIAL to withstand the coming turbulence.<br /><br />https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jan/18/denmark-broke-world-record-for-wind-power-in-2015?CMP=share_btn_fb<br /><br />I'm sharing this of course..<br /><br /> hombredelatierrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07347889851876420925noreply@blogger.com