Muggle Liaison

Thursday Outlook: Crude Awakening

All these posts make good points, but I think conservation is the single most important element in short-term and long-term solutions to North America's energy problems. But of course politicians lack the courage to tell us what the great majority of us don't want to hear and wouldn't want to admit...that we want, use, have, and waste too much of just about everything.
One scary side effect of our chronic over-consumption is that China (our trusty supplier of manufactured goods) is developing an even greater appetite for energy, food and water.
Hmmm...in an analogy with Wells' novel "The Time Machine", if we're going to continue behaving like the Eloi, I sure hope the Chinese don't turn out to be like the Morlocks.

Peak Oil, Gold and the U.S. Dollar

I completely agree with you - keep up the good work. And hey, the back yard thing may not be that farfetched. ;-)
A couple of key bullets for your energy policy...
1. Conserve (boy, do politicians hate to talk about this)
2. Look up...take solar energy VERY seriously (wind too)