Globalization and technology are rendering many jobs and industries obsolete. What isn’t clear is how the masses will find employment/income in the wake of this change. There don’t seem to be any major growth industries in existence or on the horizon to fill the economy with living wage jobs.

This is why I wrote a post on Survival+; I think the time has come for us to face up to a new reality. We like to believe that life will be like it always has, but at various times in history, circumstances took major turns and changed life as it was known. I think we’re in just such a moment now.

The only good news is that the dollar is so deflated that it will be worth more when we come out of the recession with greater buying power.

I only mention North Dakota because a guy I know has mineral rights there and they are beginning to drill on his land, yes the have to fracture the rock with water pressure but the technology has gotten so much cheaper to allow for drilling to be reasonable. Natural resources are available and plentiful.

One of the points Charles Smith makes in the book and on his blog is that what we’re experiencing is the end of EASY oil, more than and end of oil in general. There may be plenty of oil in the ground–somewhere–but that somewhere is getting more difficult and expensive to access.

We do need more engaged local communities and government and less federal legislation and control.

Why don’t we drill more in North Dakota. There is more oil there than in Saudi Arabia 3x over.
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