As for JLMs comments above, I think that PO proponents and those in the alternative media that can actually report on PO (with the emphasis on can) are well below the radar of the average North American, as shown by Kris’s on-the-street interviews in New York. How many hits has this site had? How many views did the latest ASPO conference have on Google? If you are trying to get practical suggestions or practical solutions, PO has to go mainstream and into the consciousness of the average joe. I’m afraid that won’t happen UNTIL even Fox News and USA today finally give it some attention and, by that time, I suspect it will be too late. Hip, informed, left-of-centre young people not swayed into denial of resource constraints ( by our human trait of cognitive dissonance) really ARE few and far between and we have to admit that. Even in my field of linguistics, fellow academics pay little, if any heed, to my remarks about the topic.

Frankly, if PO is to make it on to the front page of the New York Times, it is going to have to be through public protest. I would challenge Kris, and JHK themselves, to organize a protest–something not seen in long time–at the front steps of the NYT or perhaps on the lawn of the Washington Monument. Chomsky and Abbie Hoffman did this during the Vietnam era, and its going to take this again to smack a 2×4 into the American psyche. Otherwise, PO will be relagated to academic circles and the backwaters of the Internet.

Its up to you and your friends Kris…take the next step. You have NOTHING to lose.

Regards

I’m growing food, composting and mostly just ruminating…trying to become a local while still commuting 109 miles…I will get rid of my car when I can find a job locally.

Do we write to editors etc now about railroads or what?
I didn’t quite get any practical suggestions.

I love your theme music!
JLM

It could be, let’s see what happens, next.

I can ride a bike around here, but I won’t until the government legalizes rocket propelled grenades, first. The motorists here are all possessed by demons.

I saw this on an episode of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’.

Personally, I’m not optimistic. old habits die hard. I suppose the best strategy is to stay right here close to the chairman of Exxon/Mobil.

The company headquarters is right down the street .. Honest!

I’ll be able to just go over and siphon some gas from his car when I need to …

:).

Sooooo…. what better way to face a scary subject than with humour… and music?

The more people look into this - the better. Any medium is a good medium, and your’s is great - fresh, funny and sexy.

There is still time to get this message out and make change.

love ur stuff.