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I have to agree with Yoda’s comment on the previous post (click here)

I have no problem with society returning to the pre-petrol methods of transport, and believe a happier/healthier society would prevail if we did – it would certainly build stronger commnunities and cut obeseity that’s for sure.

But the problem still remains with how would we support ourselves in the absense of petrol/deisel? There has to a commerical alternative to maintain the supply roots of the country whilst the changes to infratructure are made.
So what changes need to be made? Here’s a few obvious ones that spring to mind…

a) the recontruction, restoration and expansion of the canal network in this country (linking nicely to Yoda’s comment – barges can be towed by Horses therefore no need for engines) to enable mass transport of goods to and from industry.

b)Reclamation of good farm land near/in urban areas to enable cities/towns to support themselves by growing essential food stuffs locally.

c)To stop looking at the rest of the world for inspiration and look at our own past. Pre-empire we had a wonderful richly woven tapestry of culture full of fantastic recipes and wisdom, some of which harks back to before the romanisation of Britain. Certainly the Angle Saxon way of life holds many keys to our survival in the near future – for instance, Anglo Saxon cookery is a match for any nations culinary wares and contains exclusively food that can be grown in our fair land.

I’m sure there are more changes than this but these are what have sprung to mind, feel free to add yours…

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Found this earlier today:Mercedes to Cut Petroleum Out of Lineup by 2015.

This is something that “we”(ie the world) really need to happen fast. The sooner we get away from using fosil fuels for stuff like transport the better, our entire infrastructure relys totally on a substance that we have to import from countrys that just simply aren’t capable of meeting the demand of the modern world.
Just imagine a country, where all vehicles (commercial and private) are run on a substance that we can grow/manufacture in this country, effectively removing the gun of the oil producing nations from our collective head.
You don’t need me to tell you how frigthened people are about a lack of petrol, just look at the panic buying everytime there is fuel protest in this country!?! The worse thing about it is that the fear is not really that misplaced.
Personally not being able to drive my car isn’t too much of a worry, but the idea of the food distribution network seizing up does. After all without deisel how’s the food going to get to the shelves? This country is too far gone down it’s path of industrialisation to suddenly start supporting it’s burgeoning populace from what it can produce locally. Quite simply, if the fuel runs out people will die. We need an alternative, and fast.
So good luck to Mercedes, and lets hope that plenty of the other car manufacturers do the same.

Then again if the world ends in 2012, it’ll all be a little too late……..

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