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Whistle while you W@lk

Published: 1:10 PM GMT-07, Thursday, 25 October 2007

When the gas & electric company starts beseeching you to conserve energy, you've passed peak-consumerism, that neo-ism opportunistically created to solve the post-WW2 labor glut by firing Rosie-the-riveter & enshrining her in a 'modern' kitchen with the newest all-electrical appliances.

Yesterday, I listened to an 'energy consultant' on "BBC World " warning that China's "quietly, politely sucking in all the energy it can; soon we won't be able to afford energy" which means we'll have to buy our energy from China at whatever price they want for it: China's building  2 new power plants every week.

Soon, cooking programs telling you to "Bake for 60min at 350oF" will be prohibited from promoting excessive fuel-consumption. Low-energy everything will become the norm as the peaked-out post-WW2 Oil Delirium ends, so whistle while you walk; bike to work.

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